[GAcarver]

Well I broke down and found me an old pine log behind the house and went to work. I found out you need a good sharp chain. Anyway here is the outcome, still working on finishing touches.

[Thor]

Isn't chainsaw carving fun?
Glad to see you tried it. There might be a little confusion since we do have another chainsaw carver on the board, Georgiacarver, aka Greg, who does bears too.
Where in NE GA are you?
I am planning on hosting a chainsaw carving day here at my place sometime this spring. Maybe you can come?
Please show pics when you get the finish on him.
Thor

[GAcarver]

I'm sure ther will be no confusion when that look at the work, I have a long way to go.

[twoclones]

That's a very good first effort. I find that bears that size, the pick up and walk away with size, are an easy sell too.

[GAcarver]

Not sure anyone would want to walkaway with this one. I hope I get alot better before trying to sell one.

[twoclones]

You'd be surprised.
My first bear was what I'd now call a rough-out but it sold for $125. In my opinion, the $50 - $200 price market is all about "cute". Not at all about expertise. When I need some quick inventory, I cave small bears and put one inch black marbles in for eyes. Half inch would look good but the larger marble elicits that "He's so cute!" response.

Cute Sells

[ElWoodTroll]

Funny how that works. Spend weeks doing something artsy and the thing that sells is the afternoon job. Good job GA

[GAcarver]

Thanks for your nice words.

[psychomikeo500]

that bear looks better than the first one i finished. and as one book i have says," Don't try to 'fix' this one. go on to the next one n fix it in that one."