Archive for the ‘Carving Projects’ Category

9
Mar

CARVING HOBOS ~ Goose and Moose

   Posted by: woodbeecarver

The Wood Bee Carver is primarily a “knife carver” who carves from a “Block” with corners and chooses to shape the wood with a “Slice into position and Design by carving.” Process.

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8
Mar

HOBOS ~ Goose and Moose

   Posted by: woodbeecarver

Introducing Goose who is the older and more mature Hobo when compared with his partner of the road Moose.

Moose and Goose represents the long and storied history of  the travelers in the nostalgic memory of the time long gone by never forgotten.

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4
Feb

PIRATE First Mate

   Posted by: woodbeecarver

                       

The Pirate First Mate is carved in the Half Pint size of three inches tall with a one inch square base. The First Mate is wearing a bandana head wrap rather than the officer’s hat even though he is wearing an officer’s coat captured as a spoil of a sea battle.

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30
Jan

HALF PINT PIRATE

   Posted by: woodbeecarver

HALF PINT carving figures refers to the use of a half inch equals a foot scale to keep a carving in perspective with the average heights of a male figure as being six feet.

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19
Jan

PIRATE REDUX

   Posted by: woodbeecarver

Red Beard Pirate is the latest version of a carving project that I have carved several times. A pirate is a carver’s dream of a carving project because of the variety of anomalies of design compared with a regular figure.

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5
Jan

AVIATOR ~ Fly Boy

   Posted by: woodbeecarver

The iconic image of an aviator is a Fly Boy wearing a leather helmet with goggles, a leather jacket with sheep skin lining and the proverbial scarf blowing in the wind.  This aviator was Whittle-Carved out of a six inch by inch and half square block of basswood using only knives to shape the wood.

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2
Jan

KNEELING MAGI

   Posted by: woodbeecarver

                       

The Kneeling Magi completes the trilogy of the three wise men carvings.  The previous two were standing nine inches tall while the kneeling wise man is six inches tall.

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3
Nov

TRUST THE JOURNEY

   Posted by: woodbeecarver

          

 

The “Destination” of the journey of carving a mountain man is the finished carving that is displayed in this beginning photographic gallery.  After this first photo display the “Journey” portion of the mountain man project will be explained in written explanations and photos of the progressive carving steps towards to finished mountain man.

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