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Carved red eyed tree frogs

Project by CARVINGLIFEdotCom posted 480 days ago 367 views 1 time favorited 25 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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

-- www.carvinglife.com is a new, developing resource for woodcarvers, especially those interested in chainsaw carving. Come check out videos, pictures, how to's and more!


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SCOTSMAN

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posted 480 days ago

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

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

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HokieMojo

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posted 480 days ago

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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Bigbuck

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posted 480 days ago

Very nice

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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MsDebbieP

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posted 480 days ago

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.

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

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MsDebbieP

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posted 480 days ago

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.

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

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CARVINGLIFEdotCom

45 posts in 480 days


posted 480 days ago

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

-- www.carvinglife.com is a new, developing resource for woodcarvers, especially those interested in chainsaw carving. Come check out videos, pictures, how to's and more!

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TedM

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posted 480 days ago

Cool! Great carving!

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

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Slacker

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posted 480 days ago

i wish i could do cool things like that…

-- There are three kinds of people... those who can count, and those who can't

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Dick, & Barb Cain

7044 posts in 1197 days


posted 480 days ago

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.

-- -** 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

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Zuki

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posted 480 days ago

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

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

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trifern

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posted 480 days ago

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

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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jeanmarc

1751 posts in 614 days


posted 480 days ago

Very nice.Great carving!

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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brunob

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posted 480 days ago

Beats the heck out of a cement statue.

-- Bruce from Central New York

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Diane

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posted 480 days ago

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.

Diane

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scottb

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posted 480 days ago

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 ;)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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ND2ELK

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posted 480 days ago

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

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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Jimthecarver

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posted 480 days ago

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

-- Can't never could do anything, to try is to advance.

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griff

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posted 480 days ago

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

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

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charlotte

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posted 480 days ago

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

Oh well, Sorry.

What kind of power chisel do you use?

Charlotte

-- Charlotte, Tennessee. A toothpick or a forest...I see a project in each.

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itsme_timd

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posted 480 days ago

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.

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

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DAN

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posted 480 days ago

I enjoyed this posting. You have some skills !

Welcome to lumberjocks.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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SteveKorz

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posted 479 days ago

This is really cool… you’re very talented with a chainsaw.

I’m looking forward to seeing more of your posts….

.... Oh, yeah,... I almost forgot…. Welcome to LumberJocks!

If you need anything, give me a ‘holler.

Steve.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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thetimberkid

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posted 479 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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John in SD

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posted 479 days ago

Great looking tree frog…................I love it. Thanks for posting. Looking forward to your web site when it’s up…..I want to learn this.

-- Life used to be soooo much simpler!!!!

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Jiri Parkman

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posted 306 days ago

Tim
One word only. Beautiful.
And nice painting.

-- Jiri

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