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Old 04-14-2008, 11:59 AM
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Id carved a much larger set of my honey bears last fall which was about 3 ft tall from a large slab of saw mill pine cut off. A couple of weeks ago while attending a flea mkt,I'd saw this cypress knee sitting on a mans table. Course I bought it for $ 1.00 Id seen alot of cypress knees down in Ms. and La. but never have carved one.

It didnt take but one cut into this wood I found it was like a sponge course later I also found holes would just pop up. On the left side under the boy bear in the tree there was several holes there plus down at the bottem. I could have patched the holes but it was easy to make something out of them.

So I carved and made a water fall coming from one of the holes and showering down into another hole.

These honey bears are 8 X 15 inches and painted with acrylic.

Thanks for viewing them plus your comments or thoughts are always welcome. Forrest
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oh forrest, these are cute. i love them ! thank you for showing many pics, so we really can imagine how the piece is in whole :-) your painting is awesome, and neat idea with the waterfall too. ... such a vivid story...thanks for sharing. i enjoy very much

edit.. i just found your homepage, forrest, that was real eyecandy to view. you do so lovely wild life painting/carvings, many i had not seen before... wonderful work
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great work, really like your finish technique.


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Love the carving and the paint job. Number 1 in my books.
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Thank you very much,Doris. I just wanted this old Cypress knee to really come to life and thought it would have enough area to support my honey bears carving. My home page needs up dating big time but im glad you enjoyed viewing what I have on it. Thanks again for ckn out this latest carving which means tomorrow morning,Im back carving on something else.

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Thank you Bart! The only thing I hate about carving alot of details in a carving like the honey bears is painting it,which takes some time with the wood being so raw which eats up alot of paint. Im glad you enjoyed them thoug. Thks again,Forrest
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Nice work Forrest, really nice carving and the painting is nice as usual.

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