Black bear

[tnartist05]

This is a younger female black bear going in a rocky den. Its relief carved from a 7 X 14 inch saw mill cut off,its a really hard wood,Im thinking its black gum which is a hard wood. Sweet gum isnt that hard,I know its not oak,hickory,laurel or locus,Ive carved thoses before.

I mounted a cherry tree branch behind it where it will sit up higher. The finish is too shiney right now,I will dull it down with a mate finish soon.

Your thoughts are more than welcome. Thks Forrest

[tucker1931]

Hey Forrest, good lookin bear, and am I ever happy to see everythings workin again, I was just starting to go into with drawl symtoms with the forum down.
Cliff

[Ashbys]

Forrest ,

sounds like a tough wood, nice look to it.

Ash

[Tom-H]

Forrest, You do the most interesting stuff. I really enjoy looking! This bear is tops. Keep it up. Tom H

[tnartist05]

Yea me to Mr Cliff,I was worried about the forum being off again. Gald you liked this bear,thanks for your nice thoughts! Forrest

[tnartist05]

Thanks you Ash,I wanted to really get deeper with this relief carving but it was just too hard. Thks again,Forrest

[tnartist05]

Tom H,I relief carve alot more but I enjoyed trying to carve in the round here lately but hope to get back to that at a later date. cleaning my olde junky found wood takes alot of my time,Just Cleaned a load of different kinds of wood a few days ago. Heres a pict of them on the back deck. Thanks again Tom for your nice comments.

Theres old boards,drift wood and other wood as pine,maple,oak,locus & walnut,26 pieces of carvings laying there to me. LOL

[Robert Cahill]

Beautiful job on the bear.

[tnartist05]

Robert Cahill,Thank you Robert,gald you liked the bear! Forrest

[susieq]

Great job on the bear! You do the best relief work in NC wildlife! Make that, Smokey Mountains wildlife.......