Frog...Apple??!!!

[Josef]

You have all heard the tale of the frog prince? Well this is the tale of something else. Once upon a time a little wood carver entered into a competition which demanded a piece of art in twenty-four hours to the subject of a theme.

Green was the theme announced late in the day, when the little wood carver entered the fray. He worked hard for five hours, till nearly midnight. When a big chunk of sculpture dissappeared from his sight. His green frog now was without a left leg, with so little time his gods he did beg. For insight, inspiration, ideas anew. Nary a thought came to what he might do. He dragged his sore body to another lump of wood, to begin sawing and chipping in the hope of something good. From a dimple came an inkling, from a rough shape came a form. At length came a concept with which he could ...grapple. The little wood carver ended up with an ...apple. Which he named, 'New York Granny'.
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Comments and critiques are always appreciated. I would love to have had another week with this one to get it to a very high sheen all round, but time simply ran out. Joe.

[Claude]

Nice apple, Joe! is it just the photo angle, or is the stem off-center in the final photo? The 4th one looks ok...

Claude

[Woody1961]

I really love the apple. What kind of wood is it? It really turned out nicely.

[Robert Cahill]

Very nice looking apple how did it fare in the competition?

[Thor]

Great looking apple. Very appealing.
Good luck with the contest. Love the name as well.
Christina

[Buffalo Bif]

nice wood, nice apple, nice poem too.

[Josef]

Hi Claude, the photo is a little misleading although I did place the stem a little off-centre. Thanks for the nice comment.

[Josef]

Phil, I used Yellow Birch for the apple which is simply my favourite timber to work with. Nice grain and reasonably soft. Glad you liked it.

[Josef]

Hello Robert. The apple didn't win, dipped out to a wire chicken from a sixteen year old. It did have plenty of admirers though. I somehow doubt that I will be getting it back.

[Josef]

Thanks Christina, glad you liked the name. It took a bit of prompting and clues before some of my friends got it.