[Woodcarver] Bark House

[Mike Bloomquist]

Alex,
Nice job... wouldn't let on it was a reject.  No one could tell.  I'm
laughing a little... all the raw materials you must have sold for these by
now and this is your first gnome home? ;-)  Super job!

Keep on Carvin'
-Mike B.->


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Bisso" <albisso at bresnan.net>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 4:29 PM
Subject: [Woodcarver] Bark House


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> 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
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