Lost the plot for sure:)

[Josef]

For anyone who wants to know the background to this....piece, you will have to go to the thread titled 'Unknown', in the WIP section. I am not alltogether sure I am game enough to share the result of this project with you for fear of someone committing me to the loony bin. I have titled this work, 'Pavlov's Dog'. Why that name? Dunno, just came to me. If you can see the pooch in this piece, then you are as far gone as I am. My partner begged me to go no further and add nothing more to this piece when I announced the name off-handedly, more for a joke than anything else. While I love the grain and colouring in this Yellow Birch, I still feel a little ashamed to present it as a finished item. Tell me your thoughts, no matter how diverse or divergent they be.
Pav 001.jpgPav 002.jpgPav 003.jpgPav 004.jpgPav 005.jpg

P.S. I haven't given up on the little Platypus, I will just put him into something else. Wouldn't want anyone to think I had quit on it.

[Tom Ellis]

Very interesting piece Josef, should be worth thousands.

Tom

[Buffalo Bif]

First of all, that is a beautiful piece of wood, and perhaps a bit of genius in the inspiration. And yes, I can see the dog. I was wondering if the platypus might like a ride on the dog anyway.....

[Josef]

Thousands of laughs you mean Tom? Ha, ha, yep you are probably right.

[Josef]

Well Brian, there is obviously no hope for us if we can both see the pooch. Thanks for the nice compliment. The Platypus has found its home on another base I knocked up in a couple of hours this afternoon. I posted a thread about it in the animal and bird section.

[Dan Wegiel]

Hey Josef,
Here doggy doggy! You know me, see stuff in everything I look at and do see a dog very well in the first pic but then you loose me. Like the little platypus too! Enjoy your imagination my friend.
Dan

[Inadv]

Josef,

OK despite a rather vivid imagination I'm not finding the pooch, but I still like the piece for the beauty of the wood and graceful lines. I have concluded that there are some pieces of wood that defy our desire to make of them something they are not. I think you found one of those.

L.P.

[Josef]

Hi Dan, thanks for dropping by. Yeah, the pooch is only visible in the first pic. You wont find it in any other angle.

[Josef]

Well L.P., it looks as though you are one of the few non-committable carvers on this site. Refreshing indeed that there is one among us seemingly sane. Thanks for the compliment. It is a nice piece of wood that defied all attempts to alter its own course.

[Caril Chasens]

Dog, yes, particularly the fourth picture... Beautiful wood, interesting piece, valid as an abstraction with or without the damn weird dog.