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Old 01-23-2009, 03:51 PM
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Well, after carving Santa's for several months, it is nice to carve something else for a change. Here are two wood spirits I have carved recently for collectors. I'm always happy to oblige collectors that want wood spirits with special themes.

One of the bark carvings is a wood spirit with a Kansas Sunflower theme. The other is a Nordic mythological theme featuring Odin and Thor.

At the top of the Odin and Thor wood spirit is the symbol of Odin's horse with eight legs. Working our way down, we have Odin with the rune symbols, Alpha on the left and Omega on the right side of his helmet.

The Odin rune is embedded in his beard and then on the left, are the very mystical words written in rune symbols, "Kansas Bark" Odin's son, Thor, is next with his hammer. At the bottom are the rune symbols that spell out his name, "Thor".

You will notice that these wood spirits have a scorched appearance. This is because I harvest almost all of my bark from Cottonwood trees that have been struck by lightening, giving the spirits "special powers"!
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Old 01-23-2009, 03:55 PM
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Very impressive, they look great.

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Old 01-23-2009, 04:04 PM
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Millard, What a joy to see more of your carvings. You're magic with that cottonwood bark.

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Old 01-23-2009, 04:07 PM
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YEA !

Been ages since you post any of these!


Love them

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Old 01-23-2009, 06:16 PM
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Those are great. I have a question, what do you use for finish...varnish? BLO?...just curious...
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Old 01-23-2009, 06:27 PM
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I use Danish Oil and 24 hrs. later I apply Watco Natural Satin liquid wax.
Hey, has it warmed up where you live any?
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Hi Millard, Haven't seen you posting for a while and now I know why. Very nice Carvings. Always good to see your work. Merle
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Excellent work Millard Thumbs Up Cheers.
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Both are grea. tSome of the best Bark carving I have seen. Really like the wood spirit with SunFlowers. Hmmm, I wonder why. Excellent pieces Milard.
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Millard those are great original carvings.

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