Fun with flawed wood

[Carvity_Carve]

After reading Callynne's thread about her “surprise cyclops Santa�, I was wondering what you guys have done for fun with naturally flawed wood. Here's something I did a while ago. A weird little two-in-one piece, because the wood had rotted away and formed this mouth and eye, with a rather long nose. That image was very bothersome as I didn't quite WANT to use it, but it was there to stay so I just carved in a weasel too. Quite an odd stick!

Sabrina

[GILLY]

Certainly has charector......thanks for sharing.

[Alice in Wonderland]

Sabrina
thanks for sharing and I am so with you :-) I have to say that is the only type of wood I go for ,it has to have already character how much more fun this is then ordinary wood isn't it ???
to discover even inside flaws and work with it, the attached picture was an old Maple log about 150 years old and about 4' diameter and all what came out where those ducks,
Alice

[GeorgiaCarver]

Now that is a nice pc of work!

[Canopener]

I carved a piece of butternut recently that was just like me. We are both rotten at the core. Ha Ha
Actually it worked well because the carving was of a cat and the grain looks like swirls in the fur.
Have fun.
Jim