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I had a request to create a staff but it needed to be 60” tall and they wanted a Santa and two elves on it. So I thought about it for a while and came up with this design. I wanted something that looked like a scene instead of a bunch of items just kinda mashed together. The idea of Santa being balanced on a stack of presents kinda led to the whole theme. I decided to use stacked elements with a metal rod epoxied down the middle to allow me to get the positioning and look exactly like I wanted it. The Santa is 6” tall and the entire carved section is about 22” long. The Santa and elves are out of basswood and the rest of the carvings and staff are poplar. I used acrylics and metallic paints on the carved portion. The staff was first stained with red Rit clothing dye. After sealing it with laquer I applied red oil paint as a highlighting stain to give it more depth. Comments and advice are always welcomed! Thanks for looking!
-- Mike P., Arkansas, http://mpounders1.blogspot.com
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WoodyWoodWrecker
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#1 posted 945 days ago
Beautiful job. If I were any good at carving, I still couldn’t do this. Thanks for sharing.
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Eric_S
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#2 posted 945 days ago
Those are some great carvings and a fun looking staff. Nice work Mike.
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#3 posted 945 days ago
holy cow…that is so impressive..what a beautiful piece of work..that sure brings the spirit of that part of Christmas out…what a joy…i go to the va hospital sometimes, and i take the different walking sticks that i have made with me…i get great comments all the time…boy i would love to show up with this one…what a fantastic job….i love it..needless to say…its another inspiring thing to help me in getting better at carving..thanks so much…grizzman
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gurnie
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#4 posted 945 days ago
that’s is awesome. Would you ever mind posting your RIT clothing color dye method?
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#5 posted 945 days ago
The little elf is so cute! What will they do with this staff? Is it for a display of some sort?
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#6 posted 945 days ago
Sweet!! Wow, your skills are all over this one. Super cool…......................
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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#7 posted 945 days ago
A beautiful extravaganza!
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#8 posted 945 days ago
Wow… have you thought of entering it into the Carving Illustrated Santa contest?
I bet you have a winner there.
Well executed.
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Clung
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#9 posted 945 days ago
Very nice original design. Great work!
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yarydoc
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#10 posted 945 days ago
Nice work Mike.
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MsDebbieP
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#11 posted 945 days ago
this is awesome and I enjoyed the series of photos… with the first one I thought.. wow nice big santa for on top of presents.. and then I saw that it was a smaller santa on a stack of presents.. and then – surprise—it’s a walking stick/staff!
LOVE it.
and fantastic job as well..
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ND2ELK
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#12 posted 945 days ago
Beautifully done. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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Triumph1
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#13 posted 945 days ago
That is incredible. You have such a talent!
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#14 posted 945 days ago
Wow! Mike as I looked at this I realized the keyboard was wet….My Jaw had dropped open and there was drool coming out! What an impressive piece.
Great work !
Thanks for sharing.
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MsDebbieP
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#15 posted 945 days ago
how many hours into this?
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