[Blake Lunsford]

I've been studying Gene's style of carving and tried to apply what I know about his carvings to a Santa I used the pattern he supplied on his first tutorial and left a little extra wood for the beard.

I'm going to try another one, but this is what I came up with on my first try. He's about 3" tall and carved from a 2x2 piece of wood.

Thanks for the inspiration and for being a great teacher and friend Gene!!

Thanks for looking!

Blake

[Tom H]

Blake, Nice lookin little Santa, and bald too. Bald works on (for) me. That's a great adaptation of Gene's pattern and style. Adaptation goes only so far, cause I can still your own style too. Don't forget to post when painted..Tom H

[MelNM]

Looks like you had fun Blake, you going to paint him?
Mel

[gene messer]

Blake ... he is really cute ... But you sure dont have to be told how to carve Santa's .. your's are great .. I know .. I have had a close encounter with several of them .. I could learn alot from you ..

Blake old friend ... you do a great job no matter what you carve ..

I know he's going to look good when he's painted ..

Great job ..

Gene

[Kenny_S]

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Even though I like your other Santas, You represented Gene's style real good. I think you made gene proud.

[Bob_in_TN]

Neat little santa, he looks good. Hope you post him again when painted.

[wood-whittler]

blake,


good work on the santa now lets see him painted, good work thanks for sharing.

bart

[Joy]

Lots of character in that small package. Nice job.

[santagibbs]

Now that's a cute little Santa and well done..Looking forward to seeing him painted..Thank's fpr showing him. Charlotte

[Arnold Smith]

Good work there Blake,