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doubleboost:
Hi
Mick
The wood butchering is coming along very nicely  :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:
Its ear is a good shape  very impressed
John

micktoon:
Hi VT , yes I believe what we know in the UK as Lime , is either Linden wood or Basswood in the USA, I dont really know if its exactly the same tree but its as close as you can get if its not the same, some carving books refer to it as the same thing but I suspect a proper tree buff would say they might be from the same family of trees but variants ? The bit I am using is slightly spalted, which I hope will bring more character and not problems, up to now the spalted bits seem nice and firm, the pattern loked better when it was in a block to be honest but I think it will look better with some finish on the wood.

 John I am still shaping the ears so hopefully they will look better later on  :thumbup:

 Cheers Mick.

krv3000:
well dun mick

micktoon:
 I have got a bit more done to the Hare carving and also started the wren, I have been loaned three seperate carvings of a wren at different stages from a friend who is an expert at bird carving to use as a guide to doing mine, good job too as they have been a great help so far, I am very greatful to have them to compare to.

This is the hare , I am not sure how different it will look in photos but quite a bit of work has been done since the last shots.





The wren along side the stage 1 pattern, up to the stage I have reached , in the first shot mine is the one nearer my wrist and in the second shot mine is the one at the bottom. I have carved it with gouges to this basic shape then used a dremel type tool with sanding drums to refine the shape , it still needs lots more work, I will post photos of the sample carvings I am aiming to copy next time .





Cheers Mick

awemawson:
Mick, either you have VERY small hands, or the wren is at least double if not treble size  :lol:

We regularly have wrens here and they are minute.

Very nice work by the way  :thumbup:

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