Raven and moon

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Nice little snow family!

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Duh! Why didn't I think of that! I know I should of started with a thicker board, I wanted to do a shallow relief. Probably should of started with a leaf instead of the world.

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Nice carving, and nice reminder to locate the winter gear!

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Does look like a fun time!

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Hey Merle, I can maybe go a little thicker with the earth, I only have 1/2" to play with and am half through it now. Thank you for commenting. It does look better in person than in the photo. I do have camera issues and I played with the colors in GNU to try to make it so it shows better, it isn't...

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Just an update. Sorry for the really bad picture. I am having camera problems (yeah, blame the camera!) Any way, like Merle suggested, I am probably going to be using color on the moon to create some thing kind of like what I have here. I have done a little work on the raven, everything is still really...

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I don't know what you are searching with, but I get a ton of hits. Looks to me like my work mate fold-able table does the same thing. So are you just wanting product reviews? Just curious.

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Check out folklife.wisc.edu. Look under projects, then under featured stories. Scroll down to Nordic art in Minnesota. If nothing else, you should find a contact number to send your question to....

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Very nice!

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And his smokes are at home! Dang! Great carving, easy to feel his misery.

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I like that idea, Claude. I'll have to experiment. I figure if I flub I can always cut a new piece!
Thank you Ed, Merle and Yolli for your nice comments!

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Pallin, the plank of basswood I am using is 1/2" thick. Right now, the moon is in the negative 1/8", and the earth is 1/4" positive from the background. Thank you for posting the carving you had done earlier, I was looking for that very type of reference. The back ground on your carving...

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Will be exciting to see. Question, do you think you will carve the whole log she is on, or taper it back into the photo?

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Hi Di, thank you for the encouragement. Maybe I do need to work on other parts of it for awhile, might give me a different perspective. I haven't heard about rain coming, but we can sure use all we can get (maybe I should watch what I say !) I'm thinking the moon needs to be a little deeper in...

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Very, very nice! A one of a kind keepsake!

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Really cute, looks like his beard is full of smoke ash.

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I have been working on this rendition of the Raven and moon story for some time now. My plan was to do the moon as a reverse image, (carved lower rather than higher), and have it be an optical illusion. I am sure this has been done, but I have not been able to find examples. I know this is all very...

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Really nice, like how you've done the eyes!

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Nice expressions on all of these little carvings, I tried to pick a favorite, but I like them all!

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You do beautiful work!