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Old 01-09-2006, 10:01 PM
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Hello All,
Playing with some of Artolver's bark. Santa is about 6" tall and 3" wide. Man I love carving bark!!! Did this one quick for me. I have 6 weeks to get my carving invetory back up, I am going to have a Display at our County Library in March, so I gotta get some carvings to display there,hehe.
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Old 01-10-2006, 05:30 AM
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Wow Gary another great piece,love the way you let the natural shape of the bark dictate the finished carving,looks great.
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Old 01-10-2006, 06:30 AM
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As usual this is another winner. I like the way you showed movement with his head tilted.
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Old 01-10-2006, 11:13 AM
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Nice one Gary. Notice you left the Santa face unpainted. I finished up one but painted the face and do not like it at all. I had a piece that I cut off another piece of CWBark and thought why waste it. The only thing is it was 1/4 inch thick but manage to get a decent Santa carvesd in it.

I like yours a lot.
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Old 01-10-2006, 11:29 AM
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Your Santas have really gotten to be a signature piece of yours. The face is always so calm and serene looking, and the hair on the beards just gets better and better. Wonderful work.
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Very nice! An excellent piece.
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Gary, I enjoy each of your carvings so much ---- I'd really like to see an entire display.
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Really nice, Gary! I really like the finish yolu put on it too. I have a dumb question . . .I read about people carving "bark" but what is it exactly? The bark with some wood still attached or . . .? I might like to try it
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Nope...just bark...very thick, like 4 inches plus......mostly cottonwood.
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Okay, I think this my favorite one! You are really good at these, your show is going to be a great success, no doubt about it!!

That's some great bark, isn't it?! You definitely did it justice! Deborah
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