The Wood Bee Carver normally carves from a block of wood and seldom carves a rough out since there is a difference of creative approach in the carving process.  With a rough out the basic shape has been determined and the carver carves in the details within the confines of the predetermined design, kind of like coloring within the lines in a coloring book.  Some creative license can be applied in the detail portion of the carving process so that the finished rough out carving does not look like every other rough out carving of that subject.  In the case of Jade only the head was textured with fur while the rest of the bear received a shirt and overalls. The heart motif was expanded to include a heart label on the back of the overalls and the nose of the bear was carved in the shape of a heart. Read the rest of this entry »