"Just the Bear Necessities"

[Eddy-Smiles]

A while back I ran across an old issue of Carving Magazine in which there was an article on Carving A Bear by Lynn Diel. They did a real nice job on the tutorial so I decided to try my hand and started carving the little bear first (5" tall). I was having so much fun that even before I was finished I decided to try carving him on a little larger scale. The big bear is 9" tall. The little bear is carved out of basswood and the big bear is carved from empress wood. You might say he's a "green" bear, totally recycled from the remnants of a karate school board breaking seminar. It's absolutely amazing what you can do with some scrap wood, wood glue and clamps!

[gene-messer]

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Wonderful Eddy .. Cute little guy's .. I like your painting .. and they would make great mantle pieces ..
Gene

[jamesfa]

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Eddy-neat bears,you did a fine job on them.
you need to make one more,and then Goldilocks .

Jamesfa

[whitecree]

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Hey, I remember that project! Even tried one, but it turned into firewood.

I like yours, though!

[Banjo]

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Those are bear-y good! I love bears! ~ Joy

[Lynn O. Doughty]

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Nice job!! An earth friendly bear?

[jillsy]

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Really, really cute!

Jillsy

[JIM QUILICI]

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And Somebody Has Been Setting In My Chair...........
Good Job ... Looks Like They Are Looking For Somthing. Love The Bears....just Old Jim

[Kenny_S]

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nice bears Eddy

[whitecree]

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Maybe Eddy ought to change his name to Eddy 2 Bears.

[Bartster]

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eddy,

nice work on the bears i like the expressions.

bart

[Eddy-Smiles]

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Lynn... You betcha their earth friendly! Or to coin an old saying..... "Does a bear p**p in the woods?" (Didn't know if the censors would let that pass or not!)

Whitecree.... "Eddy 2 Bears" I'll have to remember that. It appeals to the Algonquin!

Thanks to everyone for all the great comments and support!

[windsong]

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Eddie
Very good Job.
Vic.

[Claude]

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Great job, Eddie! I did one of those also - great little pattern.

Claude