St Nichols

[lorax]

Well, I finally finished my project that I have wanted to do for so long, but haven't had time. I always wanted to carve a St. Nicholas since we see "St Nick" so much. The three golden balls are representative of a few traditional stories attributed to him, ie. putting bags of gold in three girls shoes, so their father would have a dowery and they wouldn't be sold. Now I will have to get back to the commisioned work, but it's fun to do something I want to do for a change.Smile St Nicholas - Wood Carving Illustrated Photo Gallery

[DADDIO]

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how bout a WOW!! this is beautiful super job all around carving painting and all. love it Thumbs Up

[tucker1931]

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Lorax, that is one of the best St, Nick carvings I have seen, you've done remarkably well and the painting is absolutely superb, thanks for posting.
Cliff

[markken5889]

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great job! very majestic looking!

Mark

[cannuckcarver]

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Wow, This is a great Santa, good all around, carving, paint.
Thanks for sharring.

[lorax]

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Thank YouThanks so much for the kind words. You can also tell I need to spend time on the photography Red Face. It's almost 30 inches, so I had to tape a bunch of butcher paper together to get a background big enough. I am going to have to go by a sheet or something for next time.

[fpace]

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Very, Very, nice!

[chuckt]

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Wonderful St. Nicholas Patrick. Well done.

Cheers
ChuckT

[Kenny_S]

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Yes, the WOW factor comes in to play. Nicely carved and painted. You may have taken a long time but it paid off. That is a piece anyone would be proud of.

[catbird]

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That one is amazing. I hope he gets to stay in the family.
TFS

[lorax]

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Kenny_S - 95% of it was painted in 1 afternoon (thanks to playing hooky)

Catbird- I did it to sell. I usually do comissions, but I have wanted to do a St Nicholas for a long time. So if it doesn't sell he may be around awhile. Ironically, I dont have very many of my carvings - even before I started working for tool money, oops I mean pay, I used to give most of my carvings as gifts.

Thanks