Wolf

[NorfolknGood]

This afternoons whittling my 1st wolf in progress. Perhaps a bad move showing it before it's begun as it may fail yet

[Dan Earp]

Thatll be some nice colouring on its back bud👍

[NorfolknGood]

Not the driest wood! Lit the fire outside this morning at 6:50 for a cuppa using wolf offcuts and had the devil of a job to get it to light ending up using bear offcuts initially. The wolf wood hisses like a goodun so is well wet, I have had it sitting in a bucket with 1/2" of linseed oil in for 12 hours and it's taken most of it up already.

[rooster]

Great start! I look forward to your posts of the progress steps.

Thanks for posting.

[NorfolknGood]

Not been on the saw at all until today, got a lil wolf work done.

[NorfolknGood]

And at the end of the afternoon still unfinished.

[simonorourke]

Great start :-) it's a difficult animal to do, I can send you pics of the one I just posted, same pose.

[NorfolknGood]

That would be good

 

I have left the project for now due to it looking crepe forelegs looking to straight and long being just 1 of many faults with it. I will take a picture of it tomorrow and post if I can bear the embarrassment of it being seen

 

I'm thinking firewood!

[dervishcarving]

so far i have made firewood out of 2 of my carvings...thats 2 in about 18 months. dont stress it, finish the piece and then decide. I have to admit though, when i cut the head off a sitting pixie i had attempted and messed up (properly messed up, mis-cut her legs and had to re design it when she was almost finished, ruined teh proportions and looked awful) it was kinda fun. imagined those i disliked teh most and 'cut off her head' like the queen of hearts.

[NorfolknGood]

So far I have thrown nothing away but I have only been doing it since Feb this year so still plenty of time to make firewood

The pictures of the wolf as it is now are flattering. Lots more work needed but proportions are just all wrong so regardless of what I do it wont look like the picture in my mind