Hummingbird

[Claude]

A little hummingbird, waiting for spring. The bird is 3.5 inches from tip of beak to tip of tail, and carved from quarter-sawn padauk. The branch is crab apple, and the base is walnut. All finished with clear water-based varnish.

Claude

[Phyllis Singer]

WOW Claude, That is beautiful. They band hummers here on our ranch, and teach college courses on it. So after having hundreds of them here I can say that hummer of yours is a beauty,
Phyllis

[Dicky]

Thats a humdinger. How did you manage not tp break the beak?

[sitesby]

Very nice. Thank you for sharing.

[Iowa Carver]

Beautiful little carving Claude!

Corey

[Claude]

Originally Posted by Dicky

Thats a humdinger. How did you manage not tp break the beak?

Thanks! Padauk is a very hard wood, and the grain runs straight along the beak. I used my Dremel for the beak, but made sure it was turning so it always turned toward the tip of the beak - that way, there was no chance the burr could catch in the wood and break the tip. Final shaping of the beak was done with a small sanding drum on the Dremel...

Claude

[Dicky]

Thankx for the info Claude.

[Joy]

A real beauty! I love the "holey" texture of the wood which contrasts beautifully with the satiny finish.

[Sharon of the Dell]

Claude, it's simply lovely! I love watching those fierce little birds.We have quite the number of them here.There's a couple pairs that stay here year round and we get the migrating ones also which causes a lot of heated little battles between them all.When I hand water in my nursery there's two that will get within inches of my face when I turn the water off.When I turn the water back on and squirt a fine mist in the air they dive through it and then sit up on the lath prining themselves.Amazing little creatures!

[Merle Rice]

Very nice Claud. As they say that's a keeper. Merle