Odd as this may seem, I had a dream about this guy. So I woke up the next morning and got to work. I had this old mesquite log I picked up a while back rolling around in the bed of the truck so I thought why not? I drilled deep holes in the bottom and used a chisel and mallet to hollow it out. Then I carved the face using the knot as his eye and the branch as his nose. I burned the design into it to accent the carving. Then I proceeded to do surgical hair plugs. He looked a little shocked with the results so I added a cedar tongue (Thought the birds might find it appealing) and here he is in all his glory. What a fun weekend project…
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Greg The Cajun Box Sculptor
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#1 posted 676 days ago
That will work! Really nice and creative…
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tinman_362
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#2 posted 676 days ago
Awesome birdhouse baby!
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Ken90712
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#3 posted 676 days ago
Pretty cool
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Tag84
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#4 posted 676 days ago
haha! wow was it a nice dream? great expression really nice and extravagant :)
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beleaby2
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#5 posted 676 days ago
so there I have to bag the golf ball.:))
Bluepine38
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#6 posted 676 days ago
Really like your dream man, bit the rough for wear, but what can you expect when you sleep in the bed of
a pickup for so long. Is this your candidate for the birdhouse contest? Thank you for sharing.
-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter
TopamaxSurvivor
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#7 posted 668 days ago
KOOL! I am wondering if it will be iin the bird housecontest too? Should be ;-)
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Ginaarose
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#8 posted 667 days ago
Thank you TopamaxSurviver. I have entered it in the contest.
TopamaxSurvivor
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#9 posted 667 days ago
Good ;-)) Where do you get enough Tweeters to feed it?
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learnin2do
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#10 posted 666 days ago
this is SUPERIORLY AWESOME!
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