Multiple animal carving

[TonyIOM]

Good evening everyone

 

Here's a couple of before and after pictures of my most complicated carving to date and my first dogs! I think I prefer bears and owls

 

This was a commission order and took a full 4 days so I either need to charge more or work a bit faster!

 

Cheers from a wet and windy Isle of Man.

 

Tony

[Ian Leach]

Very nice I like that. 👍

[timbernut]

Cool , i like the dogs!😀

[splinters]

nice work dude. i think dogs are one of those things you love or hate carving, i cant stand doing them. on a different note and no pun intended i like your bark effect.

[Goodpig]

Lovely piece. Very nice. Depends what you charge. Carve at your own pace, something out of your comfort zone ie different from the norm, takes me longer. Mostly walking round it thinking. But with the extra time spent the results speak for themselves. Great job!

[TonyIOM]

i like your bark effect.

 

Very good! I just do that to break up the expanse of wood and sometimes its helps the piece not look too top-heavy. I carve the branches/knots when I get stuck on the main carving - no knots = easy job. There are a lot of side branches on this one!

 

Cheers

Tony

[TonyIOM]

Lovely piece. Very nice. Depends what you charge. Carve at your own pace, something out of your comfort zone ie different from the norm, takes me longer. Mostly walking round it thinking. But with the extra time spent the results speak for themselves. Great job!

 

Hi

 

Thanks for the feedback and compliments - I can relate to your comment about thinking time and I spent a lot of that on this job. It was an important commission to demonstrate that I could carve not just bears and I found it very satisfying but frustrating.

 

Since posting it on my facebook page. Manx Chainsaw Carvings, I've been asked to quote for a boxer, bloodhound and a labrador! Oh dear what have I started

 

Cheers, Tony

[Goodpig]

Sweet! Don't knock it, crack on. You'll be a dab hand at dogs soon enough. Another critter to add to your arsenal. If you've got three to quote for, there must be a market for em. Only ever done 1 pug.

[GeeSaw]

Nice work Tony it looks great