Feather Stick

Very nice, & pretty good imagination Debbie. The back reminds me of a stone srearhead.

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Almost like a fossil or a fetish

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Don’t ket them kid you Debbie. It looks like a feather to me. Very good.

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thank you guys.

it is an interesting piece of wood, to me anyway.

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

Hi Debbie;
—-now I think that you are on a roll….!

I also looked at the #2 photo and immediately another image came out to me, but I’ll let it go unspoken and maybe this piece will again speak to you….

WoodArt is where you find it and then comes the moment when the art-of-wood finds you!
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

you are tantalizing my vision Mr. Frank!!!
what is it that you see?
Perhaps an owl?

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

Debbie, don’t let yourself come under the spell of that smooth-skinned white-bearded artist. His incantations likely have galdoric origins.

Oh, nice feather Board!

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lol … Don, thanks for the word of caution!! haha

thanks re: my little feather

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

I can see where Frank is influencing your work. Just don’t grow a long gray beard! Ha.

very nice, thanks for posting,
Mark

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

Good Work

-- Robert, mountainwoodcarving@netzero.net

frank

—looks a bit grumpy doesn’t he, Must be irritated with being locked up in the wood. I wish I had skills to let such beings out, alas I have no artistic tallent

fred

-- Fred, Springfield, Ma

Hi Deb,

This one surfaced on my review list. You posted it long before I came on board. I definately can see a commonality between yours and Frank’s philosophies. I admire and respect this ability to see the inner beauty of wood. I sorely lack this ability but, despite being artistically challenged, I do appreciate seeing this gift expressed by others.

Or maybe being able to “hear the wood speaking” as Frank does is a by-product of all those long days indoors due to the snowfall and not enough outside time. :)

Seriously thanks for the post and the inspiration.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

how nice of you Scott
wow what a compliment – to be compared to Frank!! :D

I think you are right about spending time outdoors or at least in the presence of some nature.
Here’s my challenge to you: put a natural chunk of wood on your desk or where you spend most of your day. Just sit in its presence for a week or so.. and watch/listen for it to speak to you.
You don’t have a chunk of wood? Pick up a piece of fallen branch that you find on a sidewalk or something…

:) Have fun!

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

If this is a feather, than maybe the rest of the tree is an Owl, or an Eagle? You’d better find it and sculpt the rest of it into it’s true form. You’ve got a lot of work ahead of you.

It’s important to recognize the simple beauty in wood and not to take the ordinary for granted. People often seek out the “exotic” almost to the point at which it isn’t that interesting or amazing anymore. You can get wood from anywhere in the world these days just by going to the store or clicking your mouse. But seeing the beauty in a piece of wood from your back yard is much more valuable.

I like your palm sized feather sculpture, Deb.

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thanks Blake

you are so right… I used to write a weekly article for our newspaper about birds and other nature stuff. At first, when I was out driving, I’d say “oh it’s justa ….” whatever.. then I realized that the “justas” were as beautiful and as precious as the rare sightings.

I guess this point really came home with our 2×4 challenge—- no longer can we say “it’s justa 2×4”... beautiful creations came out of those little boards!

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

Beautiful Creation, MsDebbie. It could have been nothing else!

Good Luck in the contest.

Lew

thanks Lew.

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