First time with cottonwood bark

[Newsome Road]

I didn’t really like the way it felt on my knife when I was roughing away the outer bark, but the inner bark was very easy to carve. It’s kind of brittle so details might be a challenge. There are also cracks and splits and layers that you find as you go that you have to adjust to work with, but...

[Newsome Road]

Hey y’all! We hit the busy season at work so I’ve been MIA for a while. But I’ve finally found a little time for some carving therapy. This was my first time using cottonwood bark. I spent about 20 minutes on it, a far cry from the amount of time that goes into most of my carving! But my 7 year...