And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Very pleasing carving. I wish I had the skill to do something like that.
There's an outfit in Washington State called 'Sea Bear Smokehouse' (excellent smoked and fresh fish, expensive too.) bet he could get a commission to carve 'em one to their specs.
If you don't start you'll never have.
ReplyDeleteI assure you that the person that made that failed many times before they started getting it right.
And I bet they can point out several errors on it that you just won't see.
Get a piece of a round limb about 4"x4"x4" and a pocket knife and carve it into a cube.
Then do it again, cept this time make it a sphere.
You gotta start somewhere, so start simple.
Excellent advice.
DeleteStart with a block of wood. Cut off everything that doesn't look like what you want.
ReplyDeleteYou can cut it to general shape with a bandsaw then refine it. Start with a simple shape like a fish.
ReplyDeletethere's a lot of chainsaw carvers out in Oregon: some of them very good
ReplyDeleteEveryone has their own gift. Mine don't run to artistic endeavours.
ReplyDeleteMichael in Nelson
There's an outfit in Washington State called 'Sea Bear Smokehouse' (excellent smoked and fresh fish, expensive too.) bet he could get a commission to carve 'em one to their specs.
ReplyDeleteThe skill can be acquired its the eye that eludes many of us.
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