[kitaye]

I've had some spare time the last two weeks and have finished a couple more carvings. I'm pretty happy with how the turned out, even though they were just playing around.

Both are from basswood scraps from a bag of "Whittling" piece from Michael's Craft Store. I chose the orientation of each pattern to take advantage of the look of the grain. After the pieces were oiled with NaturOil, I found the grain on the Goddess Spoon far more pronouced than on the penguin.

The Goddess spoon will most likely be given to someone as a gift. The penguin I carved for fun and will keep in my box of finished carvings.

[BrandantR]

Those are two beautiful carvings. That natural finish really does show off the terrific grain patterns. excellent work.

[gene messer]

Great job Kitaye .. Unusual spoon ,, but neat ..

Good carving job ..

Gene

[achaundy]

Kitaye
Such very neat carving job, it sure doesn't look like basswood. Skip

[Bob DeBusschere]

Nice Job! I like the grain pattern also, The penguin is very nice and my favorite of the two.

[slather]

Kitaye ,super job on both carvings ,very imaginative ,really like the spoon

Al

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[kitaye]

Thank you, all. I think the penguin in my favorite too. He is so small and cute.

[jillsy]

Wow! These are really good. I gotta go with the penguin - I'm a sucker for cute! I always like seeing what people do with their leftover scraps. Isn't it fun making something from what would have just gone in the trash?

Jillsy

[jillsy]

Wow! These are really good. I gotta go with the penguin - I'm a sucker for cute! I always like seeing what people do with their leftover scraps. Isn't it fun making something from what would have just gone in the trash?

Jillsy

[kitaye]

I agree jillsy. I'mtoo cheap to throw anything away if I think I can use it for something else. I also expect to have alot more scrap pieces available once I start using a bandsaw to make my roughouts.