Couple of Shipley Bears

gene messer · #1 02-13-2007, 03:52 PM

Here's a couple of Bears I carved from Mike Shipley's pattern book .. Carving Country Bears .. They are basswood and carved in the somewhat flat plane style ..they are 5 1/2 inches tall and as you can see .. one's painted ..and I left one natural .. These are fun fellows to carve .. especially if you change their clothing .. the one on the right .. I carved a mustache on ..

for letting me show

GaryMc · #2 02-13-2007, 06:22 PM

Great job on the bears Gene,nice paint job also! show us more>
GaryMc

Tom H · #3 02-13-2007, 07:12 PM

Good clean carvings! Looks like they were a lot O fun...Tom H

Blake Lunsford · #4 02-13-2007, 09:52 PM

Great carvings Gene! Great modification to the patterns!

Blake

wood-whittler · #5 02-14-2007, 05:50 AM

gene,

great carvings i like them both.

bart

Anthony Filetti · #6 02-14-2007, 07:40 AM

Looks good Gene!!

Bob_in_TN · #7 02-14-2007, 09:09 AM

Nice bears, Gene! I love the Shipley style, simple but eye catching.

Marci MN · #8 02-14-2007, 12:10 PM

Lookin good! I like the mustache idea..that came out really well.

Kenny_S · #9 02-14-2007, 01:12 PM

Real Nice'uns Gene!

Eddy Smiles · #10 02-19-2007, 09:20 PM

Nice job! I've carved a number of Mike Shipley's Ozark Bears myself but I guess I haven't reached the artistic stage in my carving yet. I like how the lines of their clothes are irregular so that they have that sloppy carricature look and also the cuts on the bears head that give him a wrinkled look. I've got another bear roughed out in the shed. I'll have to dig him out and try again. Thanks for the carving lesson!