Doggone good dog!!

[whittlinwill]

Hi folks!

Been a W-H-I-L-E since I've been here. Hope you all are well & enjoying the summer. Here's a dog I just finished for someone. It's from Tom Wolfe's book "Tom Wolfe goes to the dogs", but it probably looks different as I don't own the book! My carvin' buddy "Wild Bill" Rought gave me the cut out, but nothing else to go by. I was thinking of getting the book, but decided to "do my own thing" & not copy tom's work {couldn't if I tried ANYHOW! HA!} Hope you like it.
Happy Whittlin' ! )
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[Rook]

Nicely done! I especially like the tail carriage. How big is the base he's sniffing on?

[whittlinwill]

Thanks Rook! The base is 4&1/4 X 2&7/8ths. an oval from Michael's crafts made of 1/8th inch plywood. Also, forgot to mention that I used a sewing needle, raking it into the wood to get the "fur". That was my own idea. Worked great on a rabbit pin I made for easter, but not sure I like how it worked out here. oh well. Thanks again.
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[Rook]

Ah, ok. Just asking about the base to get dimensions of the pup. That needle idea, I'll log that to memory for later usage. I had a thought in a similar vein of using a clean new metal bristle brush, althought it might leave metal particles behind. Maybe something like a carding comb?

I think the effect works well on this piece.

TJ.

[Lightningbolt]

Nice work! Can't go wrong with Tom Wolfe as your teacher.

[Old Codger]

Nice Dawg Will! He looks like he's found a scent and he's going to find out what and where it's out now... Cute...I like it alot! Thanks for sharing the littel guy with us, made me smile!
Kenn

[gene-messer]

Great job Will

Gene