| Project by Don K. | posted 121 days ago | 361 views | 2 times favorited | 14 comments |  |
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This is the last of my African wood. This one and my elephant both came out of a stack of fire wood I found in Malawi Africa. I fell in love with this piece of wood because of the wild color blotches it has. I wanted to make something with it…and the wife asked for a “Fruit” bowl to put on the table. Like the others…since the wood came from Africa…I stayed with a African theme. There is a Elephant looking at you from the bottom of the bowl…and when you flip it over…I carved the elephants back side or butt on the bottom…..around the bowl there is a lion, water buffalo, rhino and a leopard.
I thought it would be neat to carve all the way through…so things would stand out more…and while I like the way it turned out…it is a pain to dust according to my wife, lol.
-- Don S.E. OK
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MsDebbieP
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posted 121 days ago
that is brilliant and oh so beautiful.
bravo; bravo
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savannah505
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posted 121 days ago
Excellent work, what a beauty. She’s complaining about the dusting of it?????? Tell her to take it to the shop and use the air compressor on it. I bet she loves it though, I would.
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john
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posted 121 days ago
Beautiful work !!!
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kolwdwrkr
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posted 121 days ago
cool. Nice work
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huff
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posted 121 days ago
Your carving is Awsome! Truly a piece of art.
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dustyal
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posted 121 days ago
Dust? Just keep it full of fruit… won’t see the dust.
Spectacular. I’ve seen plenty of commercially made African wood carvings… none appealed to me. This is the great exception. Love it. But then the fruit would keep falling out because you’d always be wanting to show the back side… very clever… and your animals all seem to have attitude—a subtle pride about them…
-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...
Karson
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posted 121 days ago
Fron a guy that has dust as his name. He’s telling you not to worry about it.
Don that is a great carving. The story that goes with it makes it even more beautiful.
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Kerux
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posted 121 days ago
What is wrong with people? How does that not get favored piece of the week? Probably in there for year.
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ND2ELK
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posted 121 days ago
Very impressive piece! You did a beautiful job on it. Thanks for sharing.
God Bless
tom
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a1Jim
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posted 121 days ago
Another super carving Don lots of fun animals all the way around. well done.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
tomd
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posted 120 days ago
What a beautiful bowl and carving. Very unique, the wood is beautiful too. It is a fine piece of craftsmanship.
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cobbler
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posted 120 days ago
Man! That bowl is really something.
You did a great job.
Thanks for sharing.
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cabinetmaster
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posted 119 days ago
WOW….............................................. what more can be said. Absolutely fantastic.
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Kent Shepherd
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posted 104 days ago
Somehow I missed this. FANTASTIC WORK
Thanks
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