Finished Indian Bust (Branch)

[GaryMc]

Hi All, I finally finished the Indian I was carving out of a Sycamore branch, he is about 4" tall and 1-1/2" in Dia. I really think he turned out good, What do yall think??
GaryMc

[Irishman]

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If you didn't give the dimensions I would have thought he was a lot bigger. Great detail for such a small carving. Well done.
Patrick

[Blake Lunsford]

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Great job retry! Love the details and the painting!

Blake

[squbrigg]

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Great carving, lots of great detail. Great job on the painting too.

Bob

[Lynn O. Doughty]

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That's a nice piece! Can I make a suggestion to maybe set it off better? As it's a bust, with little of the body showing I would mount it on a nice base. I would also use a dowel to raise it from the base an inch or so. Like pictures need a frame to be displayed to their fullest potential, carvings need a base to really set them off.

[Kenny_S]

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Great one Gary! Good suggestion from Lynn.

I am trying to figure out if I want to mount the Fireman on another base as there is a base that is part of the carving or cut that one off and mount it on some walnut. If I do the latter, I don't think it will be round or square.

I like your Indian.

[Tom-H]

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I think it turned out GOOD too Gary. I really like the smaller carvings. Great work, and keep it up. Tom H

[GaryMc]

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Thanks for all the comments!
Lynn I was thinking of putting him on a base, but never thought of the dowel idea, thank you for the suggestion. By the way I love your carvings, how come you don't have a book out yet?? I would love to have one!
GaryMc

[Lightningbolt]

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Your carving is getting a lot better... could it be because of the new carving club that you recently started?

That Indian is as good as it gets! I couldn't suggest any improvements if I looked at it for an hour!

Thanks for sharing this and for the three views!

[Bartster]

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gary,

great peice i like the detail in the face.thanks for sharing.

bart

[papasar]

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Gary,
Beautiful job!
Gotta ask you. Did you carve the wood green? I carved green and thought that sycamore was great. It carved like butter. Tried the same with a seasoned branch and it was really tough.
Bill K.

[GaryMc]

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Thanks for the comments!
Dave I think I'm getting better because I carve more and am trying out different things. The club I started is mostly newer carvers and I am showing them how I do faces right now.
Still lots of room for improvement tho. That is only the 3rd Indian I have tried.

TalkingPapasar. I love to carve green Sycamore, but this piece is about 6 months old and was getting pretty hard, but I don't mind,, jsut take littler cuts.
Thanks again,
GaryMc

[Mark N. Akers]

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Gary:
That's a fantastic piece,great job on carving and painting.

[Irish]

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Gary, those are fantastic eyes!!!!! The brows are just so expressive. Great job.

Susan

[Dylan]

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Gary, excellent job all around. Keep up the good work.

Dylan