A friend,and myself took on this project. the stump was about 2 and 1/2 tall. sweet gum.with all the rain we had been having it tooks us 3 days.

I wlll ad some more close up ,of the chess pieces. the black walnut. i havent got the finish on them yet.

The King and Queen, are an old man and woman. Mountaineer’s, The Knight is a Hound treeing a Raccoon. The Pawn’s are Hound dogs , the Bishop and Rook are Racoon’s. Made from Chesnut and Blackwalnut. the base is about 1 3/4 square. It took about 2 mounths, includeing a bout, with the FLU. Also during this tme i found out i am diabetic.

App 11 inches tall. made of Basswood,my wife did the paint.about 25 hours, of carving time.

Carved from Catapla, app 5 Inches tall. by 6 Inches long. Took about 4 hours useing a Knife and a small gouge for makeing the texture marks.

this show the main steps to carve a hound dog ,first i cut the dog out with a scrollsaw[ i can do it from a solid block but this saves time] he is 1-1/4 thick by 4-1/2 top of tail.the pattern photo i took croocked some how [3 attemps] i use Catapla but you can use what ever is handy.you want to make sure the grain runs up+down with the tail. i suggest going slow thinning the legs and tail, i always leave the tail for last.All you need for this project is a piece of wood and a knife.To make it a little easier draw a center line fro nose to tail and on the bottom across the feet(dont have to be exact} this makes it easier to see where the nose ,and ears go. I have Shown people how to make these dogs but never tried to write it down BIG DIFFERENCE.The hard part is the legs,they can get confuseing till you do a couple .after you have drawn the center line across the feet,X out the ones you will be removeing, go from one side to the other this will put him in a walking stance. if i can be of astiance please e-mail me

I made this for my wife, it’s made from pine.mounted on a twisted stick, with a 1/2 dowel rod in to the stick and bottom of the bird house.i added wood for the nose so it would be more demonsaional. the hole in the mouth is 1 inch ,this one was made just for home decoration. We have a larger 1 hung in a tree with a 1-1/4 opening,one side of the roof hinges on the 1 outside wren’s and chicadees use it ever year.

This is made from basswood,there 14 pieces tallest piece is app 6 1/2 inches tall.

I had an order for 23 set’s of Bears Momma and cub.The Bears are Carved From Catapla Wood mounted on red oak. Momma Bear is app 4 1/2 inches long by 4 inches tall ,cub is app 1 3/4 long by 1 1/2 inches tall. Base is 5 inch round.

This is my latest project,these were a special order.all i had to go by was an old photo.they are made from Black Walnut, the one sitting is 5 1/2 inches tall the other is 7 inches.[I was in a hurry or the sitting one would have been photoed agianst a blue background]