I like how you see things in the wood!

[homp]

at DaveE's request a different thread... *

Thanks daveE for the kindly words... *

I never was able to force a block of wood into something, *
so..I couldnt ever do things on commision for that reason.. *

been trying to make whisker'y Pete a poney.. today, thought he would just go great front of a bucking pony, with whiskery pete still holding the reins... or a rattle snake?, while reaching for his side arm... *

Pict.'Whiskery pete'
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so far i peeled bark off about 8 2foot cypress knees and havent found that poney yet.. *

the chips are getting deep on the front porch... better get back to um.. *
thomp

on Today at 2:35am, DaveE *on another topic, finely pics. wrote:Hi Don,

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Thomp,

I'm diggin' the cowboy, *it would look good painted or not. *I like some of the other stuff on you PT as well... *I like how you see things in the wood! *You might want to start a new thread *with this post so idiots like me can keep things straight... * Bleed no more * *

Dave *

[DaveE]

thanks for the effort Thomp! I do like being able to follow one thread by the heading.

your link was just to one pic I hope you don't mind:

http://www.picturetrail.com/thomp

so everyone can see what I meant. Keep up the good work!


DaveE

[homp]

thanks daveE,

I thought we were just talking about the one...

never the less..

im working on several pieces of cypress presently. ill get some new pics up soon..

one is 2 froggs, they are roughed out, but am having a heck of a time figuring what im going to make them to be setting on..

youll see in the pics. its a real bumpy shaped cypress knee. and i think i can make the lepord type frogs riding a large snail.. youll have to see it.

i got whiskery pete's bucking poney going, although the pony is smaller than he should be, it will add a humorious addition to the cowboy setting on his fanny.. the starting block/knee segment is in my7
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the first 2 pics are the starting billet of wood.
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http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?
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guess its all how we precieve anything. but i hope to get better at proportunes. and scale. but till now i havent been able to force a chunk of wood into something its not.. ?

thomp

but till now i havent been able to force a chunk of wood into something its not.. ?

thomp your problem is you're carving knees. Every knee I've seen had something inside!

The only way to carve something without really seeing it is to get a chuck of sawn basswood. Don't look directly at until you have pencil in hand and turn the radio up a little louder so it can't talk to you (sometimes even a squared-up block of wood has something inside!).

[homp]

YEp the perverbal writers block..

carvers block..

one place i checked here for basswood, michiels arts and craft store $37.00 for a 12x3x6 block all neatly wrapped in celophane..

ill have to just make a block from one of these bigger cypress knees.
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worked on getting frogg pics,
they are rough to see things in, due to the cheap camera but you might get to see the details

im thinking they are riding some weird looking snail..

in the wood i have roughed out 2 froggs one perched on the top, with his hands crossed over each other, kinda looking like hes riding a saddle.
the other frog is reverse looks to be touching butts.. *
im thinking a few blades of grass, and a dragon fly or butter fly, would set it off as well. like the frog was feeding.
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