Just Like "JustCarving's" Bears!

Eddy Smiles · #1 06-30-2008, 10:32 PM

I couldn't let "JustCarving" have all the fun. These are great little projects to throw in a pocket and take along to whittle when you've got nothing else to do! I had so much fun with these (and I still have at least a dozen more blanks cut out to go) that during Fox Chapel's last clearance sale I picked up a copy of Gary Batte's "Carving Caricature Pins & Bolos." Now I've got so many ideas I don't know where to start!

Thank's Bob for letting me borrow your bear pattern!

gene messer · #2 06-30-2008, 11:14 PM

Eddy .. you are a bear carving fellow .. great buch of cute fellows and would make great pins .. Love the color scheme for each one ..

great job ..

Gene

tucker1931 · #3 06-30-2008, 11:50 PM

Way to go Eddy, very creative, really cute.
cliff

Iowa Carver · #4 07-01-2008, 12:13 AM

Nice job Eddie, great looking pins!

Corey

JimSawyer · #5 07-01-2008, 12:58 AM

Great work. They look like a lot of fun. Have you thought of putting a magnet on the back and putting them on the fridge?

Ron T · #6 07-01-2008, 01:09 AM

Very, very nice. My sister, a collector of bears, would go bonkers.

Just Carving · #7 07-01-2008, 09:10 AM

OH SUUUREEE!! GO AHEAD!!! MAKE ME LOOK BAD WHY DONTCHA!!!! LOL

Excellent Eddy!! I've got a smile on my face! Somebody else is addicted to these things!! I like the paint jobs on them. I have all to do to get the eyes and the noses painted on them. I have been painting a little red heart on the chest as my signature--THAT YA CAN'T HAVE!!!! MINE--I TELL--MINE!!!!

Eddy and everyone else are welcome to use the pattern. I borrowed it from Woodcarvers.org where it's listed as an ornament pattern.

Hope to see more of DA BEARS from you and others! The smiles you get are priceless!!

Eddy how big did you make yours? I have made them in different sizes--I vary the height by half inch increments. Helps to break up the pace and I've grown to like carving the ones at the 2" end--but they can be tough on the hands. The 3" ones are good but they're better for magnets or ornaments.

JimSawyer--they are great for refrigerator magnets--but it's tough to keep them from raiding the fridge!! LOL

BTW--Eddy, I got the same book, too. I looked at it once and I got a headache from all the ideas that popped into my head!! LOL

Bob L

TedM · #8 07-01-2008, 09:37 AM

little critters!

Kenny_S · #9 07-01-2008, 11:10 AM

Boy it is a toss up between you and BobL. Very nice. Ok, I have decide that I can't decide which is the better so, both Eddy and Bob, send me a couple bears each to see up close which is the best ones. HEHEHEHEHEHEHE
All kidding aside Eddy, you done Bob jusitce in your bear pins.

tnartist05 · #10 07-01-2008, 01:13 PM

Dont Know where To Start?? Hummmmmmmm Seems after seeing these neat bears of yours Eddy,you are already off to a great start my friend. Nice job and nice painting on theses. Forrest