Mother's Day

[Phaeton]

Mom's Rose is almost finished and I think my cat is glad of it..lol..that face tells it all.

Bill
^v^

[Thor]

WOW!
That is a beautiful carving!
Mom will love it.
Thor

[Nancy-G]

Bill, I've always admired your carvings --- especially those magnificient decoys. (We're gunning decoy collectors)

Now I learn YOU HAVE A CAT.
--- I also admire YOU !!!
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

[Phaeton]

Thank you Thor, I think she will like it too, Mom really loves her flowers. I've gained a new appreciation for relief carving, that rose was a lot harder than I thought it would be.


Nancy, thank you for the kind words.
The new "Contemporary Antique" division is my new love and very soon I will start work on an Old Squaw like the one below by Tom Matus.

Sonny (the cat) is trying to make biscuits with a rock!..poor ol feller ....I think my wood carving has left him starved for attention but I'll make it up to him after this project is finished.

Tom Matus took 1st, 2nd and 3rd BOS in the Gunning Pairs at the Ward Championships 2006, I think the pair below is one of his but I'm not sure.

Happy Mother's Day

Bill

[GeorgiaCarver]

Those decoys are wonderfull, very nice work! I like the rose too, your mom will love it.

Greg

[love2carve2]

That is a beautiful rose! I'm sure she will love it.
Mary

[Phaeton]

Thanks Greg and Mary, the Rose was a Rossiter roughout and it was also the hardest roughout I've done so far but still fun.

Bill

[whitecree]

That reminds me, a friend asked me to carve a rose for her. I better get busy...

Oh yeah, nice work Phaeton!

[BobD]

Hey Nancy,
I haven't carved a gunning decoy yet, but I've got four cats...

Bob

[Nancy-G]

Bob ...........
LOL