Bust of Native American

Dick, this is a wonderful piece; a tribute to your skills as a carver, and to First Nation Peoples.

At first I thought that this was a relief carving in the face of the background wood. Of course, the different profiles of the carving quickly straightened out my incorrect perspective.

I really like this one.

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

Thank you Don.
That’s what I like about Lumberjocks, you can show three views of a project.

-- -** 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

good job Dick it just so happens I know this guy….. naw just kiddin really good, do you use a chainsaw on any of these carvings or do it all by hand? I just finishished a project with some spalted maple I already had turned a lid with a block and finial on top. It’s pretty neat will post when it dries. mike

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

Dick, you’re a man of many talents and you seem to have all your talents down pat. You should get an award for tree recycling in the best of ways. Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy admiring your work.

-- Jesus is Lord!

this is another superb masterpiece. I think you are holding back on us!! (2 painted ones in a row—what else do you have up your sleeve??)

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

Hey Dick: I broke down and drove to town to buy some more firewood Friday last week. At his place, I was skipping the pile of what looked liked “cedar” and so I was loading up the other hardwoods. I was told it was $40.00 for a pickup load, no matter which wood I picked. So, I went for the high BTU factor.

I was about half loaded when the man told me that the sticks over there were “Cypress”, (the ones I thought were cedar). He said that he picked the Cypress up a couple of years back at the college in town after the “Big Ice Storm” that swept through Kansas (none of us forget – 4.5 days without electricity at my house).

When he told me that, my first thought was “Dick would pick those up and carve something in that cypress!” Really, I thought that.

SO, I grabbed every bit of that cypress, but it will never see the inside of my woodstove.

Thanks for your inspiration,
Mark

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

Mike
I use a disc on my right angle grinder, it works pretty good, & it’s lighter, & quiter than a chain saw. I make my first cuts with the chain saw. On this carving I did it all by hand.
Mark
Hang on to that cypress, 20 years from now, you might want it, & it won’t rot. Stack it in the corner of your barn. It’s nice carving wood.

-- -** 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