I took another woodcarving class. This one is different. Two pieces of bark are glued together and then you carve. When you have it roughed in..you heat the piece up to soften the hot glue and take it apart..do your windows etc..and then glue it together again and finish it up. I know it sounds complicated.
It also helps if you are a person that sees in three dimensions..me not so much.
What do you see??
Well I saw a pine tree and a stone chimney.
Then on the other side a deck and a house.
Right now I am at a stand still with it. The class is over, I missed one day of class because I had to work..but the instructor is available for questions anytime. I am not sure that I enjoy carving on such a large piece of bark. My hand gets tired. I will happily go back to my little houses. This bark came from South Dakota, I picked out the lightest piece he had..heavy wood is harder to carve. Far Guy took the class too..I will show you his creation when it is done. I have no doubt that he will be done way before me:)
I see an alien face… long slit for the eye -pointy head, nose and a small mouth… but I suppose they would have really frowned at you had your carved an alien.
I do hope you show Far guys and yours when done. Some of the rest of us that carve would like to see them. We all learn from seeing other carvings. I have done some bark carving and find it easy to carve but easy to screw up on. Keep up the good carving, blog , and garden. Give Chance a treat from Me.
Dale