comments welcome

sharon cottrell · #1 03-20-2008, 10:49 AM

Hey everyone, thankyou for the warm welcome while back.Gonna try to post pictures of a couple of my little spirit buddies.Bought gloves for carving instead of my old leather one I was using.Thanks for advice on gloves.I find my wood at one of the local swimming holes and at the beach mainly.The two carvings are sinker redwood roots.The wood is fairly hard compared to the rest of the tree,usually been burnt in the past from logging.Finding the wood is like atreasure hunt, swimming hole is colder than a well diggers behind though.Anyway, heres pictures, advice and comments are welcome and appreciated.Guy with teeth is latest one I finished.Name is cousin Larry.He's one I gouged myself on.The other one is second woodspirit I carved. God Bless, Sharon, newer member

Lynn O. Doughty · #2 03-20-2008, 12:09 PM

Those are really nice looking.....different from the norm. Beautiful finish.

sharon cottrell · #3 03-20-2008, 02:13 PM

HI Lynn, the finish is danish oil,thanks,---sharon cottrell,root mama

tucker1931 · #4 03-20-2008, 04:41 PM

happy carvings make happy people and your carvings are happy, I like them.
Cliff

Mark N. Akers · #5 03-20-2008, 05:34 PM

Sharon:
Those are really some nice looking woodspirits,thanks for showing them to us.

Alice in Wonderland · #6 03-20-2008, 05:39 PM

Sharon, they make you smile ,very nice and I love the color is it natural??
it almost looks like a Fruit wood?
alice

sharon cottrell · #7 03-20-2008, 06:57 PM

thankyou everybody! there redwood roots from a river by were i live.my hubby calls them sinkers.it's wood thats been stuck under water in the mud for years until we get a few big storms and thry wash free.it changes the color of the wood.i used neutral color danish oil on them.i'm glad they made you guys smile.that's what its all about!

Ashbys · #8 03-20-2008, 07:08 PM

Nice spirits . And they finished very well .

Ash

chaboinken · #9 03-21-2008, 08:35 AM

Good job on the spirits,thats some nice looking wood.
Keep on carving,and thanks for posting.
Lennie.

Irishman · #10 03-21-2008, 08:47 AM

You'll find a few wood spirit carvers on here Sharon so your work has lots of company. Found wood adds an extra challenge as you need to shape your characters with the wood provided...but that's what makes them unique. Great happy woodspirits.
Patrick