Skinny Santa

[cgm]

This Santa was inspired by the one in the Hand Carved Holiday Gifts by Woodcarving Illustrated~~~~~ 39 projects The Santa is found on page 43.
My Santa is 7'' tall. I copied the original pattern.I cut out the Santa, then I cut that pattern at the top of boots, and glued the pieces to a white sheet of paper. So the boots were shorter. I also did other minor changes to the pattern. Now he measured aprox. 6" high. Then I did the math to see how much more percent wise to set the copier at to end up with a 7" tall Santa. Then I recopied that pattern to get the pattern I used. Some people have wanted to know how to make a pattern of there own design is the reason I explained it here. I hope I didn't loose you along the way.
I carved the hands and attached. I carved a round tenon on each hand that fit into a hole that I drilled into the arm. To avoid cracking the arm when fitting the tenon, I drilled a hole in a scrap piece of wood, that I used to get a good fit. Drill the holes in hands and arms before they are carved to fin. size to avoid cracking when drilling. Then the hands were glued into the arms.
I added the dog to the scene to add interest.
Painted with acrylic
Carl

[Doug R]

Very Good job and skinny or fat Santa is Santa and yours came out great. The dog is a great addition also, I Love it! Happy New Year

[Colin-Partridge]

Wonderful carving full of character, looks as if Santa stuck to his new years resolution last year old boy looks good with some of the weight off. Hmmm now if I could follow his lead LOL
Colin

[Dougie]

Great carving Carl.
Doug

[gene-messer]

Very nice job Carl .. love the dog by him with the hat

Gene

[cgm]

Thanks everybody for the kind comments.
The dog is a smaller version of the one in my avatar.

[Mark Dellinger]

Carl,

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

Safe Carving and God Bless,

Mark

[kdispoto]

Seems like all you preparation really paid off and Santa's face came out great. Thanks for the wonderful instructions.

[Gulf Coast Handyman]

Nice job Carl, well done!

Dave

[cgm]

Thanks to all on the recent comments.
The face was a combination of many, that I have put together on this carving.
Ken, that is a clever Santa under ur name. I never saw that before
Carl