Post #23340 by Lake Surfer on Mon, Feb 17, 2003 10:35 PM

Here are few of my most recent carvings...

This first one is a table top torch holder that is a carved volcano with three tikis dancing around the base with surfboards... sorry, kinda blurry...

This is a pole I carved out of a chunk of basswood and stained with a polystain mix...

I found a 5 foot piece of driftwood on the beach in November, I think it was a chunk of pine tree, very dry... so I thought... Basement Kahuna, you should love this one... CRACKS! It made me upset though how bad it started cracking... I carved it in the basement which is not heated. The temp. is around 40 degrees down there. Could bringing it into the warmer air in the house cause the cracks? Like I said, it seemed to be very dry wood, all I did was remove the bark off the front to carve... the cracks started small, but began to grow... I haven't decided to finish this one... stain or maybe a little torch work...