PILEATED WOODPECKER - basswood bird, tupelo and mahogany mount

This is absolutely wonderful. I will have to get some beer and come over for lessons….lol My carving portfolio is up to a power carved trout, 3 spoons and some relief carved acorn leaves. I have a long way to go….

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Very nice, great job.

-- Have a great day.

A true work of art – fantastic!

-bob

-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org

WOW, fantastic!

That lightning tree is awesome! Love it all, beautiful project…....................

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

I this is the result of a “generous insertions of beer”, you should increase the intake. Outstanding work!

-- If you don't work, you don't eat!.....Garland, TX

I have a Pileated Woodpecker living in my neighborhood! I see him every now and then so I can relate to this piece. Beautiful work!

-- Erwin, Jacksonville, FL

Thats a really great carving of a pileated. We had one in our yard all summer 2 years ago, theyre really awesome to look at and your carving skills nailed it along with the paint. All your missing is the softball size holes they put in dead trees, ohh and the sound of someone hitting a tree with a hammer.

-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty

Thanks for the comments.
I still haven’t figured it out how they avoid getting a concussion with all their hammering!

-- Roman:... there are no mistakes, just opportunities for a design change!

Wow, it looks so real, Roman! Great job!

-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.

You just keep outdoing yourself my friend, we don’t have these guys down our way, but, thanks to you I swear I can see one sitting just out the door :)))
Another stunner, he aint no little sucker either.
BTW what sort of beer do you use to lubricate your chissels, hope we can get some down our way LOL

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

He really did a great job on that woodpecker; it’s very realistic.

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

Think this is one my favorites so far Roman… Wow… Just flat out awesome!

-- Dan ~ Texarkana, Tx.

Woody would have been proud.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3caNrHJ7q1g&feature=related

Very nice work Roman, I have been really working on the beer drinking part… but somehow, my carving isn’t getting any better. Really great job…. so real!

-- I just got done cutting three boards and all four of them were too short. (true story)

i must make it clear that I don’t partake in any spirits when I’m carving or doing other wood working. It happens when the shop is closed and it is time to reflect. My friend Cliff and I had many reflections!

-- Roman:... there are no mistakes, just opportunities for a design change!

Great job. It looks just like the two that I have come to my yard every so often.
Chuck

-- Chuck, wiswood2 www.wisconsinwoodchuck.com