Two Ballerinas

[love2carve2]

Doug,
You did a magnificent job on BOTH of them. There are slight differences so each granddaughter can tell which is made especially for her.
Wonderful job.
Mary

[Doug Ridley]

Thanks to all for the kudos. They were fun to carve and something very different. A nice change for me as I carve an awful lot of things for the gift shops only.

[Thomp]

love the Ballerinas they look very frail and hard to carve without edeges crumbling, good job..

like hat brims on cowboys

[Doug Ridley]

Thomp-- Such things as skirts and hat brims are where power carving is a huge advantage. Sometimes even when I'm carving with nothing but a pocket knife, as in a cowboy, I will use power to finish, like the hat brim.
Actually, the ballerinas were completely carved with power tools.

[Thomp]

Wow doug, i never thought of using power tools on a hat bill, but it would come in easier than super glue to stabilize and strengthen the thin wood and still hunting the fallen off pieces in the chips...

[Doug Ridley]

Yeah, it works good but ( there's always a but) you have to be careful. If you try to get it too thin it is pretty easy to grind a nole in it. I just try to get the edges thin and leave more thickness from the edge back toward the crown.

[cut up]

Nice ballerinas Doug!
I just hope my granddaughter doesn't see them. She's been collecting ballerinas for about 3 years now, including a fretwork ballerina mirror and an intarsia ballerina I've made for her.