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Lis, I really like this carving, It looks museum quality. Great post.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford. Wood-a-holics unanimous president

Absolutely wonderful!

-- Rob — I've cut it off twice and it's still too short!, http://www.witzkewood.com

Very beautiful, and detailed facial expression of, what I will call “tender”. Very, super nice carving. You are an artist.

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

That is beautiful work. I have never seen poplar look so nice. I love the way you captured the expression and the way it is cropped onto the wood. If cropped is the right word.
I totally agree with you on the smell of poplar. I hate having to use it, but then again I have never created anything as nice as you have with it.
Thanks for sharing it. And thank those local LJ’s who talked you into it.

-- Mel

Fantastic work! Next time, try scraping the fuzzy bits with either a razor blade or one of those curved x-acto blades; works for me.

-- No matter where you go, there you are!

Liz, this is another beautiful piece. Congratulations.

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-- 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

Beautiful work! Did you program this on CNC?

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Fantastic piece! Hope to see more soon. Do you carve eagles?

-- Max the "night janitor" at www.hardwoodclocks.com

Very nice!

-- It must be jelly baby, cause jam don't shake like that...

Absolutely gorgeous!

-- Love thy neighbour as thyself

Wish I could carve a face that soft and realistic looking. Very nice work!

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

Thanks, all! :)

I have never tried carving an eagle, but perhaps I should… could be fun.

And yes, I did this on the CNC.

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

Really impressive. Beautiful from every angle.

-- I came, I was conquered, I was born again. ἵνα ὦσιν ἓν

Did the programming take longer than carving by hand? ;-))

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

I’ve had the 3d model for quite some time now, the actual programming took about 10 minutes. :) About two hours to carve.

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt