Bird Houses

[littlewhittles]

Hi,
I'm pretty new to woodcarving and have found the I enjoy doing caricatures as they don't have to be 'perfect'. I started out doing some Santa carvings from Tom Wolfe's book, as I didn't have a band saw to cut out my own blanks, and have tried my hand at working a few rough outs from what use to be Rossiter Roughouts . . . by the way, is working a piece like that (a rough out) considered 'cheating'?
Anyway, I have found the peace and tranquility that wood carving has to offer and in the meantime found a hobby that brings me a lot of pleasure.
My final question is this:
Does anyone know something about Monte Spinker and the Face Birdhouses he makes? (Faces in which the bird flies up the nose to enter the house) I would like to see something in the way of plans or an idea about how to go about carving something like this.
Thanks for any input anyone may have.
LittleWhittles

[Eddy-Smiles]

No such thing as cheating. All's fair in love and war!

Looks fairly straight forward. The front piece of the bird house appears to be carved in the image of a carricature face. You could use almost any woodspirit tutorial as a guide and modify it accordingly. Lora Irish's book on GreenMen and Woodspirits might give you some ideas.

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[Clifford_Parker]

I did't know about him until now. Those are some terrific birdhouses!!
- Carvings by Monte - & - Bird Buddys - Hand carved birdhouse creations by Monte Spinker!