Elf Band, with Mouse Drummer

You must have been up against some real tough competition, Dick. This is a very nice piece.

We did a trip down the St. Lawrence River on the Gaspe Peninsula, two years ago. One of the highlights for me was the many small shops where carvings were sold. We purchased two small rocking chair figures and have them proudly displayed in our house.

I would have loved to find one as nice as this.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hillsbiblechurch.org/

If this took third, the judges were in aha! it’s top shelf carving all the way! Very nice job.

-- Marty Ohio

I like the way you incorporated the knot into the end of the log.

this is wonderful – cute, wonderful craftmanship and working with the knot makes it brilliant as well.
1st place ribbon, here

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Ok, one last Cain carving piece to comment on and then I’ll stop. Great work Dick. Not knowing much about carving (which is why I’m looking around here at some of the work) I think a successful piece makes you feel some emotion from the subject matter. Not just a 3D picture if I’m explaining myself properly. This work is a great example of that I think. Anyway, beautiful piece and now I’ll stop. Again, thanks for posting this so we could see it.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt!

Thanks Chip, & all the above.
I didn’t mention where I got the pattern for this carving. It was a sales advertisement drawing in our local shopper. I don’t know who drew it , but I have to give thanks to the person who created the original. I’m always clipping pictures out of mags. & papers for carving patterns.

Don’t stop making compliments on my work. They don’t make hat sizes big enough, so it doesn’t matter how much bigger my head gets. LOL

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Is it for sale?

-- Leonard H.

Thank you for your interest, but I never sell anything.

I only do this for our own pleasure.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1