[sharon cottrell]

found the wood at the swimming hole at river near by.think it's hunk of madrone root.real hard and heavy.misted it with alcohol and water( I learned off the WCI-thanks everyone for tips.)comments and suggestions are welcome.If I counted right, this is my 8th woodspirit.I hand carved and used my dremel and also my proxxon recipicator chisel.I used minwax tung oil finish and BLO on him.Finished him yesterday.Took me about a month to do, also was working on another that I finished about a week ago.

[mikeGinSC]

Real nice. I like the finish.

Mike G. in SC

[tucker1931]

Sharon, "you done good", that's a fine lookin spirit, great detail, keep up the great work, you've got no problem with wood spirits for sure.
Cliff

[Gear Dog]

Nice work and great detail.
I would swear you were doing this for years.

[tnartist05]

Sharon,I really like this old found root you carved! You did a excellent job carving this wood spirit in it for I know how hard old roots are to carve by carving several myself. I like the face expression on this old guys face plus the beard and his hair.

Just a all around very neat carving on you behalf plus I know also how hard it is trying to get a nice natural finish on such wood buttttttttt Ohhh you did fine!!

Forrest

[sharon cottrell]

Thankyou Mike, Cliff, Geardog and Forrest for the nice comments. I made dolls out of polymar clay( Fimo,Sculpty,etc.) for alot of years.I think that helped alot with carving. Also made trees with faces on rocks with faces out of polymar clay and also out of paper clay.Mom used to let my sis and I play with plasticine clay at the kitchen table when we were really little.We were heavily influenced by the movie, Babes In toyland, and anything Disney.Had a vivid picture in my mind as a teenager of the Ents in the Lord of the Rings books and always wanted to do stuff like that.My Dad worked for foresty, so we were out in the state forest alot growing up.My sister and I always imagined the trees were alive and there was probably gnomes and fairies running around out there.She's an artist too and an art teacher now. Also knew a nice man as akid who carved woodspirits.all these influences have helped me alot. Got a long way to go though.Hope this isn't to much info. thanks again, ohyeah all you are great inspirations to me!

[Mottles]

Sharon, nice woodspirit and super carving and finishing. I love these found wood carvings giving an old piece or hunk of wood a new lease on life and a pleasure to view. thank you , for sharing,
Kathy

[sharon cottrell]

Thankyou Kathy, I love to make something out of nothing so to speak. There's beauty everywhere if we just open our heart and see it.

[Ashbys]

Very nicely done ,

How large is it? And your are doing great .

Ash

[Merle Rice]

Hi Sharon, You have definatly got the touch for Carving Woodspirits. Another good Job. Merle