Humans 2nd Attempts
The St. Francis on the left was the next attempt of humans, carved about 20 years ago in 1985.  Between, 1975 and 1985 I carved only animals.  I don't have any pictures of them. They were all given as gifts.

I didn't carve a human form again until 2000.  Between 1985 and 2000, I was lucky to carve 10 animal projects.  However, in 2000, I made a committment that I would begin to carve seriously.  I took lessons from a skilled carver who now lives in Colorado.  After making many study sticks of... eyes, noses, and mouths.  I carved the moutain man with his guidance on the right.  I thought I would keep it since it was my "first"  but, I have since sold it!
Home
Page
Page
Back
Next
Page
Shortly after carving the mountain man bark above, I carved on my own, the indian from cottonwood bark below.  I found that carving bark was very enjoyable and I wanted to carve another face quick before I forgot how I did the mountain man above.   I made a reduced size model using Sculpy clay before I carved the indian.  The bark indian was carved in early 2001.  Again, I thought that I would "save" him, however he too has since been sold!!
Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

1