One man and his dog

[abercarver]

I know, can't believe how well you've picked it up! You have a fan right here!

 

 

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[Goodpig]

Top job mate. I'd love to have a few days solid to just carve and concentrate on one piece.

Do you go with an idea in mind or just go with the flow?

Like I said to wisewood, was hoping to put faces to names and meet you in person but kids got upperty. Next time maybe.

[dervishcarving]

Ye, shame that piggie but there is always next time

for woodfest i wanted to go big. not large, but big i figured i have had my 2 years of being a newbie and i needed to try to push myself and see what i could do. For this piece i needed to practice carving a human shape, not tried before, so i carved a standing male a week or so beforehand. took me about 16 hours to get it close to right and even then it was wrong at least i had practiced a bit though and it makes a decent 'advert' at my carving area. Having learnt some lessons on that piece i pushed it a bit further and came up with the idea of a shepherd and dog...well, gotta go big right? then it was a case of trying to select a lump of wood that would let me do it. i wanted one just a big longer but it was close enough. then i just had to spend some time with a pencil working out bone lengths and angles of joints etc to be honest though, once i had roughed out the top of the man i was ok, it all seemed to flow from there.

just wish my 'practice' for 4 of the 6 weeks beforehand hadnt been with my arm in a sling and wires in my finger. i might have enjoyed it more if i wasnt so knackered!

[Goodpig]

Cheers for that Derv, yeh human form is a great challenge, I kinda went for that type of thing and a bit different from the off, gotta push yourself. Have the luxury of just hobby carving so pleasing myself and doing what I feel like. I'm thinking I should do a few "classics", never done a bear or an eagle, one owl. I'd be screwed with a speed carve,lol.

Was the hand thing from that f'in Lancelot?