Ax-man
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With an upcoming craft sale this weekend I wanted to have at least one bear preferable two to sell or at least a presentable one to go along with my benches and mushrooms. After numerious attempts (5) I finally was able to do a bear I was happy with. I know to some of you guys are way up on the chainsaw carving scale and this is really beginner stuff but for someone like me it is an accomplishment because doing artist type work like this just doesn't come easy to me. At least I feel I overcame a hurdle and was able to do something like this.
This chainsaw stuff is kind of frustrating and I felt like pitching the saw and just forget about it because it looks simple but really is not . It is just plain hard to transfer pictures and vids to the saw and then into the wood. My bear doesn't have the usual details and the lines are off here and there but I felt I better quit while I was ahead because I was getting down to my last good piece of wood and just didn't want ot screw it up in the end putting in details I wasn't sure how to do with the saw or felt comfortable doing. Lots of trial and error in this chainsaw carving. Even putting those marbles in the wood was a learning experience.
Here is a picture, not exactly what I envisioned when I started but I am happy and so is my wife. She is hoping it won't sell at the craft sale so she can keep it.
This chainsaw stuff is kind of frustrating and I felt like pitching the saw and just forget about it because it looks simple but really is not . It is just plain hard to transfer pictures and vids to the saw and then into the wood. My bear doesn't have the usual details and the lines are off here and there but I felt I better quit while I was ahead because I was getting down to my last good piece of wood and just didn't want ot screw it up in the end putting in details I wasn't sure how to do with the saw or felt comfortable doing. Lots of trial and error in this chainsaw carving. Even putting those marbles in the wood was a learning experience.
Here is a picture, not exactly what I envisioned when I started but I am happy and so is my wife. She is hoping it won't sell at the craft sale so she can keep it.
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