March 2018 Contest: Post pictures(s) of you most prized "Carving in the Round"

[Michael Mathews]

For this month we'll try a twist a tad outside the norm. Post some pics of a Carving in the Round that you did any time in your life! Painted, or not, finished or not....Let's see them!

 

[Bugle]

From about 4 years ago. Supposed to be a Dunlin....see them at the coast all the time. Carved from butternut, acrylic paints. (real sand and shells:gar-Bi)

 

[Michael Mathews]

Okay........... Nobody else beside Preston has every tried to carve something??? Or did Preston knock it out of the park with his awesome bird carving? Does anyone else have a carving to add? I'll wait till later this week to close the submissions...

 

[danmart77]

Okay........... Nobody else beside Preston has every tried to carve something??? Or did Preston knock it out of the park with his awesome bird carving? Does anyone else have a carving to add? I'll wait till later this week to close the submissions...

This was a project I did when I had a hole in my head. Wasn't caused by the tomahawk... it wasn't done yet. Carving and shaping curly maple is a slow process. It is not like carving bass wood or pine.

Michael I posted a few photos here to fatten up the thread a bit. More in a folder in the Gallery. Black tar bear head over Nitric Acid on ball and handle.

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[Mike Davis]

I'll post my squirrel just to make the poll larger. It is carved out of some very old maple burl and rubbed with my oil mix.

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