[Woodcarver] Cottonwood Bark Carving

[SantaCarvinLady at aol.com]

Boy, I just gotta say this:   I had no idea what wonders carving cottonwood 
bark would hold.   It took some time for me to really understand the bark - its 
differences, working with its layers, etc. - but I'm so glad I kept looking 
and working at it.     I've found a sort of creative "link" with nature itself 
in this stuff - it forgives, it guides, it inspires...and in the end it 
becomes an integral part of the work itself.    

Try it...and then try it a second time...and a third.   If you're feeling 
"stumped" about what to do, where to go with your work or ideas....cottonwood 
bark will give you an ease and freedom to get there.    I'll never stop carving 
my "regular" guys - the basswood and pine - but there's nothing more 
pleasurable for simple creative play than this bark.

I know there are probably a variety of places to get bark - I get mine from 
Art Olver (the "Bark" guy) - artolver at comcast.net.   Others might have other 
suggestions for where to find it.    All *I* wanted to say to you all is just 
GET SOME.  

Cottonwood bark - it's a beautiful thing :-)

Teri
"Santas for the Soul"
by Folk Artist Teri Embrey
http://www.teriembrey.com

"The remarkable thing about this gift of ours is that it has its rise, I am 
convinced, in the very woes which beset us . . . it is our emotional 
salvation." ~ J.R. Fauset
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