Grimnir
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WoodspiritsThis is based on the woodspirit from the Wood Spirits and Green Men book I got for my birthday Done with my Pocket Pal, a Frosts carver and my one decent gouge. Not detail yet really but getting there, it's a WIP
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Frewen Feltmaker
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I especially like the profile picture
Nice stuff - is it fun to do?
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Mrs Fiddlesticks
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| Frewen wrote: | I especially like the profile picture
Nice stuff - is it fun to do? |
I was just looking and thinking I wonder if Frewen can translate that into felt
Grimir they are lovely!
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Grimnir
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They are great fun, though hard I've also done Santa, did this one first
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gil
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I like those. Nice cheekbones.
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Fee
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Stunning!
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Jamanda
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I like them. How big are they?
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marigold
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Excellent - yet another thing I wish I could have a go at....
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Gawber
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Lovely work. I would love to have a go. Does the wood need to be seasoned or can you use green?
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Grimnir
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The woodspirit is on a piece of wood 4 1/2" by 1 1/2" diameter roughly, they are usually put on walking sticks but this is my practice piece
I used a piece of found wood for these, no idea how long it had been down but it's hard as nails! It has checked a litle on the base though, there's a crack that runs up the bottom of his mustache so seasoned would probably be better. I go with what I can find though there's plenty of good pieces of wood out there.
A good place for more info, tutorials and the like is here, http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/forum/
The magazine is almost impossible to get here but the forum is a host of useful information!
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