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Old 12-18-2011, 04:00 PM
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I carved this at the request of my neighbor who wanted a Santa, surrounded by animals found in our backyard, for his wife. Santa is feeding the chipmunk a peanut and the rabbit is eating on the trumpet vine. Hummingbird and Monarch Butterfly complete the wildlife. It is painted to match their color scheme. Merry Christmas everyone.
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Old 12-18-2011, 06:25 PM
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Absolutely excellant carving..I love it.
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Old 12-18-2011, 06:36 PM
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She will love it. Well done. I like the way you incorporated the critters.
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Beautiful job on the carving, and the paint job is fantastic - wonderful piece.
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What a great carving! Really well done!
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Inredible craftsmanship. You should be veryproud of this piece.
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Absolutly fabulous carving well thought out and excellently done. How big is the carving and what is it carved from? Just curious I know your neighbor will love it I know I would .
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Thanks everyone. Jennifer recieved her Santa early and she likes it. It is 12" tall and I carved it out of wet white pine. I haven't used wet pine often, but it carves real nice if it is still wet. I got the wood free, well not really free, a storm blew the pine tree over last summer in our yard, so I had to pay the tree guy to clean up the mess. I did get a lot of wood out of the deal, but I guess it wasn't really free. It is painted with oils mixed with minwax.
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Old 12-19-2011, 12:46 PM
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That is a very good Santa. I especially like the beard and the colors are nice.
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