Butternut bears, "Linden Forest Carvings"

Don by the lake · #1 11-16-2005, 06:21 PM

Has anyone ever seen this website before? I found it in a search I was doing for carving bears once and I really like what the lady has to offer. Her carvings are really neat. Check it out! Her name is Christine Coffman.
http://www.coffman-art.com/index.htm

Don

Blake Lunsford · #2 11-17-2005, 09:56 AM

I agree! Very nice carvings. I like the way she leaves the wood natural!

Any idea where I could find a good supplier of Linden wood? I like the way it looks after it is carved.

Anyone else ever use it??

vacaricature carver

carve on!

BobD · #3 11-17-2005, 10:05 AM

Linden is actually very similar to Basswood...some countries use the words interchangably...

Bob

Blake Lunsford · #4 11-17-2005, 10:17 AM

Makes sense......now I feel really stupid.....can you tell that I am still a Newbie!!

(that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!)

vacaricature carver

BobD · #5 11-17-2005, 10:26 AM

I never knew that until I started working for WCI....so don't feel silly!
B

Mitchell · #6 11-17-2005, 10:34 AM

Even though the name of the company is "Linden Forest Carvings", the wood appears to be Butternut. I have not looked through the site to find what wood is used (if it's listed), but I have carved some bear ornaments out of Butternut that have that same appearance.

Edit: Duh..... Don even put "Butternut" in the title of the thread.

Thor · #7 11-17-2005, 10:47 AM

I like the bear wedding cake topper! She is very clever and apparently, hard working.
Thanks for sharing the link. That was fun.
Thor

brian bailey · #8 11-17-2005, 10:48 AM

Actually, Basswood and Linden are the same.

Tiliaceae is the latin name for the family.

There are 2 common names for the genus Tilia.

In forestry, it is known as Basswood and in horticulture, it's known as Linden.

Tilia americana L., American Basswood (northern variety) is the one prefered for carving.

wade clark · #9 11-17-2005, 10:59 AM

Brian,
That's exactly what WOOD IDENTIFICATION AND USE by Terry Porter says.
Wade

brian bailey · #10 11-17-2005, 12:50 PM

Wade,

I just want to clear something up. I've never read Terry Porter's book, so my words can't be exactly like his

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I've put a lot of basswood logs thru my sawmill over the years so I'm quite familar with it.

I just started reading a book called "The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany" by Michael Baxandall. It's about the history (1475 - 1525) of this group of sculptors and shows many photos of their work. Anyhow they used Limewood which is a genus of Tilia. Golly, that darn basswood sure goes by many names doesn't it

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