[Woodcarver] Bark House

[Sandy Holder]

Wow, Alex,
What an awesome bark house. I have only cavred one with the help of Tony 
Erickson in a class, but it was really fun. A person has to have a great 
sence of imagination to do those and yours shows you really have that 
quailty. I am sure your daughter-in-law will just lover it. Your other 
carvings are wonderful, you do have a special talent.
Sandy - Evart MI

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>From: "Alex Bisso" <albisso at bresnan.net>
>Subject: [Woodcarver] Bark House
>Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:29:59 -0700
>
>Some months ago I set a piece of bark aside because it had a good-size 
>crack
>running up from the bottom of it - thought no one else would want it so I
>would carve it myself.  With the whimsical house bark carving craze in full
>swing, I figured it was time for me to try one and that "reject" piece of
>bark would be a good one to start on.  Here are my thoughts about the
>project.
>I never thought I would do one but I did it.
>It was fun and it made me think and be creative.
>It was a LOT of work (did mine all with hand tools - no power except to
>drill some holes)
>I understand why lots of people like to do them.
>My daughter-in-law will be surprised (and happy) when she opens her
>Christmas present.
>The piece of bark was about 19" long and 2.5" thick
>I posted some photos of it in my PictureTrail album if you care to take a
>look.  The link is below:
>http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=583547&uid=467059
>
>Alex Bisso
>Billings, MT