[Woodcarver] Anybody carve bird's nests?

[Sandy Holder]

Hi Jean,
We had this very question come up in Michigan in December and here are the 
results:

Caning material
Long vee-tool gouges,  wetted to form grass
Shaved bamboo
Spaghetti, mashed and/or formed, dried and painted

Perhaps some of these may get the imagination working.
Sandy - Evart MI

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See my carvings at http://www.picturetrail.com/sholder

>From: Jean Athey <atheyjm at yahoo.com>
>Subject: [Woodcarver] Anybody carve bird's nests?
>Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:10:26 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hi all,
>I'me carving some small walnut wrens for a
>spring/Easter display in our local library. A few of
>them will have pewter legs/feet inserted, but I'd like
>to put some of them in nests carved from a lighter, or
>contrasting, wood. If anybody has carved nests and can
>give me the path to your on-line photos (or know of
>other sources for pics of finished nest carvings), I'd
>appreciate seeing them to see how you depicted your
>twigs, moss, etc. Yep, I've scoured my yard and
>surrounding area and there is nary a nest to be
>found--wouldn't ya know it? This fast and fun project
>isn't something I'm driving to the natural history
>museum for!
>Thanks,
>Jean

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