Rick Jensen's Bark Carving in the Round

[boprey]

Hi
all my first ever forum i've been on ...and i choose carving i might be out of my depth here but seems a nice place to start, i have just purchased two piece's from Rick cannot wait to get hold of them ...we have trouble here in the uk getting any bark like this as i know of none or any suppliers ...been buying little bits here and there from ebay to build up a stock of cottonwood then i may dip my feet in and have ago myself bit nerve wraking but got to start somewhere ...what an inspiration thanks a lonely carver from wales
i probably wont respond to any messages for a fortnight taking a few days rest in the hills
thanks phil Thank YouThank You
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[boprey]

hi all my first ever forum i've been on ...and i choose carving i might be out of my depth here but seems a nice place to start, i have just purchased two piece's from Rick cannot wait to get hold of them ...we have trouble here in the uk getting any bark like this as i know of none or any suppliers ...been buying little bits here and there from ebay to build up a stock of cottonwood then i may dip my feet in and have ago myself bit nerve wraking but got to start somewhere ...what an inspiration thanks a lonely carver from wales
i probably wont respond to any messages for a fortnight taking a few days rest in the hills
thanks philThank You Thank You

[revnate]

Man! that is impressive!

[chuckt]

Yes very impressive indeed! I love doing these bark houses (I have 2 in progress atm). When my daughter and I were at NEWR a few weeks ago we took a bark house workshop with Harold Kaltenbach and he had done one "in the round" and mounted an LED light inside. VERY cool. He took a piece of bark cut it in half then flattend the backs of the two pieces and mated them together to get the basic shape of the exterior. Then took them apart to do the detail work and to hollow them out. Then glued them back together and completed any exterior carving to hide the seam. I assume this is the same method Rick is using? (Though I don't mean to imply that Harold did it first - I am guessing Harold learned it from Rick.) In any case, it's a VERY cool idea. LOVE Rick's work.

Cheers
ChuckT

[Blake Lunsford]

Outstanding work from Rick! Really nice!!

Blake

[gene-messer]

Fantastic work Rick .. Outstanding !

Gene

[knothole]

Now that is a really neat piece, never saw a bark carving in the round...Bruce

[xsailer]

He's a pretty good guy to visit with and take a class from also. Very entertaining, knows bark carving and willing to share his expertise.

[bttnskjjj]

A welcome bonus ˆ100

[draft51@aol.com]

A fantastic piece. fred k