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Hare woodcarving
Bowtrees:
Hi mick, excellent carving. I fancy having a go myself could you please tell me the magazine the article was originally in and what edition? Thanks Brian
JD:
Mick cracking job, :thumbup: I was born in very small village in West Sussex (population 200 ish) with a large farming community. During my youth we used to see hares a lot, but a lot of water has passed under the bridge since. You have captured the spirit of a rarely seen animal.
Thanks for sharing
John W
micktoon:
Thanks for the comments everyone. I will take a few photos of the totally finished job in the next couple of days , Imade a mahogany oval base for the hare as the grain was running upwards on the feet so a chance they could have been knocked off without a base.
Hi Brian sorry for late reply, I had missed your post somehow, it was the woodcarver magazine the UK one, I will find out what number and date and post details with the photo.
Hi John, I live in what was once quite rural place too , its getting built on in every direction so not so rural at all now, I have a dog a pointer that finds hares, rabbits etc and still take him to more rural places, he is 11 years old now and there are places where we always used to see the odd hare while walking where I have not seen a single one for say 4 years now. I think between building on their habitat and modern farming methods that seems to have no regard for the natural wildlife, the brown hare's future sadly does not look good. As you say thay are amazing animals to watch and considering they are always above ground its amazing how they survive the winter weather at all.
I am doing a carving of a pointer dog next that I will post but plan on doing more hares in the future as I like them in general but they are a good subject to carve too.
Thanks Mick
ddmckee54:
I love the finish. What's your recipe for the beeswax and turpentine mix? Could you go into more detail on that procedure?
Don
Bowtrees:
Thanks Mick, appreciate it. Looking forward to the final pictures. Do you use a buffer to get the shine on the beeswax finish or lots and lots of elbow grease?
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