Driftwood Redwood root

[Sharon of the Dell]

Argh! Just now, One of those bleep stuff happens moments! If you carve cottonwood bark, you know sometimes stuff happens and a crucial piece, such as half a nose chips off. That’s just what happened a few minutes ago. I could try and glue the piece of his nose back on, but it is lost somewhere s between...

[Sharon of the Dell]

Did a little more on him. Got my little gouges and chisels out of our RV.The wood is coastal redwood for sure- Sequoia sempervirens.

One of my favorite smells. ...

[Sharon of the Dell]

I carve pretty much what ever piece of wood catches my eye. Mainly dry but sometimes green.
I haven’t carved much basswood.
I have plethoras of hand tools and power tools to carve my stash of wood.

[Sharon of the Dell]

Nice plans Ed!

[Sharon of the Dell]

Wow! Wonderful!...

[Sharon of the Dell]

He looks like he is from an antique Christmas card....

[Sharon of the Dell]

That is super pretty!...

[Sharon of the Dell]

I haven’t hit any grit in it so far.

[Sharon of the Dell]

I found this driftwood root years ago. I started carving it with my Barlow pocket knives tonight at the kitchen table so I don’t watch TV and saw logs at the same time on the couch.
It’s not done yet.
I think it’s a piece of redwood root? It very fine grained wood. So far it ‘s...

[Sharon of the Dell]

They made me smile!...

[Sharon of the Dell]

They are gorgeous! I have carved apricot before. It is a nice wood to carve.