MotorSeven
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{The following is not intended to offend those that are actual "artists" with talent. Any resemblence to "art" is just a welcome lucky accident.} I'm ok with a "crude primitive neanderthal" evaluation........
So the wife & i decided to tone down a little & agreed to give each other something hand made for Christmas. She is in Manitoba with her family, so i have some time on my hands. Thinking "big" i started scouting for a sycamore to carve up for a totem( i like the way it carves & weathers). I spent half a day riding around on my property looking at trees. For some reason i could not bring myself to cut down a living tree. It just didn't seem right in the spirit of carving "spirits".
I finally spotted a big Syc soaking in the creek, hooked the tractor to it & drug it over to the shop. I bought a MS170 awhile back & put a dime tip GB carving bar on it, so it was time to actually use it. I decided to mix native american & tropical, so it will be a "Indian/Tiki Totem". I cut the tree down from a crooked 28' to a straight-er 16'.
Syc tree-
I started at the top with the Phoenix/Thunderbird-
Then a unknown mythical critter-
And a Tiki-
Thr weather was awesome today for a change & i have two more Spirits to carve. Then will be detail work, clean-up the cuts, seal & paint. I am still pondering how to stand the thing up where it will be stable & safe. I'll keep y'all posted.
RD
{The following is not intended to offend those that are actual "artists" with talent. Any resemblence to "art" is just a welcome lucky accident.} I'm ok with a "crude primitive neanderthal" evaluation........
So the wife & i decided to tone down a little & agreed to give each other something hand made for Christmas. She is in Manitoba with her family, so i have some time on my hands. Thinking "big" i started scouting for a sycamore to carve up for a totem( i like the way it carves & weathers). I spent half a day riding around on my property looking at trees. For some reason i could not bring myself to cut down a living tree. It just didn't seem right in the spirit of carving "spirits".
I finally spotted a big Syc soaking in the creek, hooked the tractor to it & drug it over to the shop. I bought a MS170 awhile back & put a dime tip GB carving bar on it, so it was time to actually use it. I decided to mix native american & tropical, so it will be a "Indian/Tiki Totem". I cut the tree down from a crooked 28' to a straight-er 16'.
Syc tree-
I started at the top with the Phoenix/Thunderbird-
Then a unknown mythical critter-
And a Tiki-
Thr weather was awesome today for a change & i have two more Spirits to carve. Then will be detail work, clean-up the cuts, seal & paint. I am still pondering how to stand the thing up where it will be stable & safe. I'll keep y'all posted.
RD