[Woodcarver] My First Cowboy Carving....

[Denny Bell]

Beautiful job on the Cowboy!  He could look meaner, but I think having him look acceptably mean is the better choice.  I have found that many times it makes the carving job easier by adding some of the parts... they aren't in the way when you are carving the rest.

Denny Bell
Check out my carvings at <www.cedarstump.us>





> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:13:28 -0500

> From: iowawoodcarver at gmail.com

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> Subject: [Woodcarver] My First Cowboy Carving....

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> *This one carving was a lot of firsts for me. First cowboy, first large

> figure (9 1/2 inches tall) first one with both hands out of the pockets and

> first carving with attaching a separate hand ( pistol hand),first time

> attaching something to a carved hand (whiskey bottle) and first carving that

> I have spent 2 weeks working on .

> 

> He is 9 1/2 inches tall buy approx 2 3/4 wide and carved from basswood. This

> piece of wood carved fantastic and weighs practically nothing. I cut the

> pattern out on the band saw from one of Harold Enlow's books and then

> modified it and fitted a separate hand with a pistol in it which I lost a

> lot of sleep over wondering if I would screw it up. I was happy with that

> result. Also added a whiskey bottle carved in 2 pieces from birch dowell

> stock.

> 

> I wanted to make him look mean and have a sneer on his face. I am calling it

> "Looking For Trouble" Not sure if I pulled that off or not we will see what

> it looks like painted but overall I am really happy with this carving and

> will paint him up soon. I think I will be adding whiskers to his face. I

> will mount this one on a base when done I think. I am also hooked on cowboys

> now!

> 

> You can view it here:  http://iowacarver.tripod.com/id5.html

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> ** *Thanks for looking as always!*

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> Corey

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