Miami Hurricane Mascots

These are 2 mascots carved for a old timer at my Vero Beach carving club .I carved one for him in the winter and his daughter liked it so much she wanted two more they will be getting down there in July with Val  .Painted and finished these ones to surprise him hope he likes

High Pants

High Pants is carved from butternut instead of my usual basswood

Some Xmas decorations

This years xmas decorations I don't usually post these til after Christmas but have decided to put them up now

Practice Face

Second Clown

                                                         This is going to be my entry in next years carving club show .It is made from one piece of wood no addons  hope you enjoy.

My finished Class Project

                                                     My finished Project from Marv's Class

The Viking

 The viking was of course a Marv  pattern again it was finished with a acrylic wash and feed and wax finish

Carvings done in florida

Finished carvings that I never posted the one is a butler and the other is called sport both are marv  patterns finished with a acrylic wash

Marv's May Class

 Well I had the pleasure of going to a design class in May done by one of the masters of Caricature Marv Kaisersatt .In this class you come with your own idea .Anyways my carving is a sidewalk installer that has his one foot already stuck in the concrete and the other is headed into the concrete splashing the concrete out .he also has that oh crap look on his face . So the first day you make a clay model of your carving then from that you get a pattern to cut out your basswood block to start your carving .These pics here are my carving in progress  .I will have pics of finished carving up in the
                                                      next couple days