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There's not a whole ton of story to go along with these guys, I got a little tired of the same old carvings day in day out, and decided I'd mess around with a red eyed tree frog. Here he is, I carved him out of a half of a white pine log, about 3.5 feet tall. I used a couple chainsaws, and then sanded him down with an angle grinder. After a day or two for drying I revisited him and got out the die grinder and a powerchisel. Once all the little details were added I painted him up, and used 4 coats of a marine varnish. Any questions or comments welcomed!
Thanks for checking him out!
Tim

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VERY NICE carving well done I and my wife to whom I have just shown this are most impressed well done.I like Frogs very much regardsAlistair
 

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This is really great. Soemthing a little different from many of the recent posts. Thats why I loev this place. So many different talents. Didd you just make this for fun?
 

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haha how wonderful. What a lovely visitor you have in your yard, keeping an eye on things-and you can stop by and have a hopping good chat with him.

Now you need a little lily pad chair for you to sit on during your visits!

Fantastic work.
 

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haha how wonderful. What a lovely visitor you have in your yard, keeping an eye on things-and you can stop by and have a hopping good chat with him.

Now you need a little lily pad chair for you to sit on during your visits!

Fantastic work.
 

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Thanks Debbie,

Sadly he's gone to a customers house, but I'll get a chance to keep one for myself eventually. hopefully I'll get to deliver another carving to the customers house and have a quick visit.
Thanks for checking him out!
Tim
 

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Cool! Great carving!
 

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i wish i could do cool things like that…
 

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A great looking Frog!

You are very artistic,

A Frog has been on my list to carve for along time now, although I don't use a chainsaw.

Maybe this will give me some incentive, after I finish a few unfinished things.

Welcome to LJs, I'm glad to see another carver in our midst.
 

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Thats really neat Tim.

I would really like to see your site. CS carving seems really interesting, however I'm not that fond of CS. They scare me a litte.

Pls keep posting projects.

Cheers
 

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Very whimsical friend you have created. I really like it a lot. Thanks for sharing Tim.
 

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Beats the heck out of a cement statue.
 

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Wow, my mouth dropped, your frogs are great. Also, I love frogs and the treefrog is my favorite. I have always loved them since I can remember. I collect them, boy I wish I had one of these if I had my own yard to put it in. I'm glad you posted this so I can enjoy seeing it.

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There was a traveling zoo at our town library this weekend, and they brought around one of these, but in the flesh. Great likeness! Though I daresay a bit less jumpy than the real thing ;)
 

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Very nicely done. You did a beautiful job on your frog. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
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Great job Tim.
I cannot seem to get enough carving done in a day! The things we see in that chunk of wood are endless.
Again ….very nicely done.
Jim
 

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Great looking frog, I`m amazed, I cant even cut a good looking stick of firewood with a chainsaw.
Very good carve
 

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Got to say that frog looks to me like he could croak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh well, Sorry.

What kind of power chisel do you use?

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What a great frog, I didn't expect that. We have some folks around here that do chainsaw carving but I've never seen that level of detail. Everything I've seen before is much more "rustic". Thanks for sharing.
 
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