Driftwood from North Shore, PEI :
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
November 2011 / Burned house
Another (or at least I think so) innovative idea with whimsical houses:
October 2011 / This didn't go well...
A piece of bocote wood.
I had no clue that it was way too hard for knife carving but the challenge was there.
I was going for two balls in separate cages connected with a chain:
October 2011 / A maple bowl
The first experiment with sort of 'relief carving' on a maple bowl.
Well it surely has a lot of fibres:
August 2011 / Cottonwood bark delivery
And because carving whimsical houses seemed like a fun I needed more bark.
Delivery from British Columbia:
Delivery from British Columbia:
August 2011 / Three balls in a cage
Another lesson of traditional carving puzzles in my self-teaching:
July 2011 / Whimsical house
The first traditional carving of a whimsical house from cottonwood bark:
July 2011 / Pino
My second carving of Pino from Ergo Proxy, this time already knowing more about how to finish a basswood carving not to let the grain take over:
July 2011 / White émigré
'White émigré' - a woodspirit carved out of foundwood from Tea Hill, PEI:
July 2011 / PEI woodcarving show
Well, there were just few more carvings in the novice category...
The driftwood dragon carving got the first place, which surprised me as the judges didn't know what it was at first :)
The other three of my carvings received some honorable mention acknowledgement, which sounded like they were not bad...
June 2011 / Slavic warrior
A slavic warrior carved out of a single block of basswood without using anything but knives and gouges.
June 2011 / Zombified teddy
This piece of driftwood from Tea Hill in PEI was asking for 'Zombified teddy bear woodspirit':
April 2011 / Malicious aristocrat
The woodspirit 'Malicious aristocrat', driftwood from Souris, PEI:
April 2011 / Teddy bear
I wonder if this is the first teddy bear woodspirit ever.
Driftwood from Souris, PEI:
March 2011 / Svantovit
Svantovit (Czech for Svetovid, Sventevith, ...), the personification of the highest Slavic deity. The best known for his four heads that symbolize the four world directions and the four seasons.
December 2010 / Tsarevna's growth
The 'Tsarevna's growth' carving.
The piece of wood found near Victoria Park in Charlottetown.
The piece of wood found near Victoria Park in Charlottetown.
November 2010 / The beginning
My first carving projects made of basswood:
And the first Woodspirit, driftwood from Tea Hill, PEI:
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