Kaleidoscope Santa

[scooter]

[Pictures hopefully attached]

Last winter WCI conducted a Santa Carving Contest (and who could forget the lively discussion which followed the announcement of the winner!). As it happened, I was one of the Honorable Mention recipients. One of the prizes was this Kaleidoscope Santa kit, from Steve Brown Woodcarving (thanks Steve!), which I just got around to finishing. Actually, the carving's been done for some time, it's just come painting time procrastination sets in (like most carvers I know). It included a roughout, and the pieces to fashion a kaleidoscope inside the Santa.

It's kinda cool, actually. You remove the tree from Santa's bag and look throught the hole in the top. There is a prism inside and a marble at the end which you spin to produce the kaleidoscope effect.

S~

[scooter]

[Couple more pictures...]

[Cottonwood]

A very nice carving!

[Claude]

Nice looking carving!

Do you buy the 'scope already assembled and just install in a hole in the carving?

Claude

[gene-messer]

great job

Gene

[Mark Dellinger]

Scooter,Very nicely done. The paint job was worth the wait. I don't look at as procrastination. I look at as just taking a long time to form a minds view of how you exactly want the out come to be.

Save Carving and God Bless,

Mark

[Nancy-G]

That is just super!!
Thank you for the joy of seeing such a lovely Santa.

[wildhare]

Very nice. Is the scope already inside?
Wanda

[Kaledrub]

Sant has lost some weight!!!

Amazing piece. Love the colors too...!

[Merle Rice]

Hey Scooter you have done one heck of a job carving and the Painting is Excellent. That will be enjoyed for many years to come. Thank you for showing him . Merle