Mike that squirrel is fantastic. Did you do the texturing with just carving tools or a combo of burning and tools? Nice work and thanks for the kind words on the cowboy!<br><br>Corey<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Donna Menke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donpbk@yahoo.com">donpbk@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</div>Mike, superb squirrel carving- just great.<br>
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</div></div>> This doesn't have the step-by-step of Corey's work, but he's inspired me to<br>
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> This isn't your typical view of a gray squirrel, so just so you don't chalk<br>
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> It's a mother squirrel my wife once saw carrying one of her young across the<br>
> back yard. Thank you's to Desiree Hajne for being patient with me during<br>
> one of her classes and letting me butcher the original pattern/rough-out<br>
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