Carving wood... I should probably stick to metal working!

[Shadow11]

I thought about giving wood carving a try, about a month ago.

I tried to carve an old man's face out of a pine knot that I found behind the house. My dad asked me "is that supposed to be Nancy Pelosi?" I said "No, it's you!"

I also tried to do a walking stick. It was supposed to be a snake on one side, and an old man on the other. The snake turned out ok I guess, but about half way through on the old man, he started looking like the devil, so I ended up going with that, lol.

I'm not giving up just yet, but I'll definitely be trying to keep my day job.

 

[wvdawg]

Cool! Modern art right there! Keep at it!

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Very nice! Keep it up!

 

[JustUs4All]

I like the first one especially. It looks like I feel a lot of the time.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I like them.

 

[Raylander]

I like it! Nice work

 

[Hooked On Quack]

ALOT better than Rooster's chair . .

 

[GA1dad]

I've only tried to carve once or twice,, and yours looks better than mine did!!

 

[fishfryer]

I like them,I try one myself time to time.

 

[Jeepnfish]

Keep carving! I think they look great!

 

[Jeff C.]

I agree with the rest of the Folks here, what you see as not so great, we see completely different. To me it appears as that was your goal to produce somewhat of a whimsical or freakish appearance.

I like them also.

 

[Bkeepr]

I love it! Your carvings are fun and unique, keep it up! You are onto something!

 

[pjciii]

I would get the carving of the man on sombodys trail cam and the post a "what is it".

Keep carving, you are your biggest critic.

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

Man those look great ! My uncles used to carve wood spirits when they was squirrel hunting and leave them on fence posts and places for us chaps to find. You got talent man .

 

[madsam]

You got it !!! Carving is like playing pool, some days your on and some days your not. What you have done so for looks good /cool !!!!

 

[Shadow11]

Well, y'all talked me into it. I decided to try another one. I already had this little poplar tree pulled up for a couple months or so. I thought it looked really neat, the way the roots went.

I tried doing a snake head on it this morning. I may sand the body down a bit and retry the scales. I think I'm getting better, but my problem is I shake too much. I'm always gouging into the wood, and having to fix things. It's still fun though!

 

[killerv]

the Ga national fair has a decent carving competition, they have interpretive categories, walking cane categories, etc....Pays really well too.

 

[Redbow]

Your carvings aren't bad at all I like them. Something different to me is always better, keep up the good work..

 

[jollyroger]

These are awesome!

You definitely have a style and I like it.

 

[stonecreek]

Those look good. I was thinking the first pic could pass as an owl ?