[AlArchie]

Just finished this simple carving of a snowman. It's for a 2 yr. old so there are no protruding arms, hands or other acrutments to get broken off and stick her. It's just 8" tall, carved from a block of "southern basswood" sent this way by Bob from Tn. I always thought the southern bass was supposed to be soft and punky.....HA! This stuff is as hard as maple.

This was also my first project since the rotator cuff surgery in Jan and the arm is finally getting enough strength back to hold onto a carving for a while.

Al

[Merle Rice]

Hi Al, Glad to hear you are getting your strength back and getting back to Carving. As always when a carver does a carving for a family member they enjoy it . I'm sure the Grand Daughter will Love it . Nice piece. Merle

[Iowa Carver]

Nice job Al, great idea for the grand daughter!

Corey

[Kenny_S]

Glad to hear you are back to carving. However, Take care of the shoulder.

GD will love the snowman for sure. Nice!

[gene messer]

Al .. its these simple carvings that have so much charm to them ... and this one sure does ..

no frills .. no extreme detail .. just simple ,..

great piece ..

Gene

[MelNM]

Very cool Al, I agree your grandaughter will love it. I hope you heal up fast.
Take care and don't do nothing to slow down the healing progress.
Mel

[Irishman]

That's a nice little snowman Al. She'll love it I'm sure.

Patrick