Post #384629 by GMAN on Wed, Jun 4, 2008 2:23 PM

Aloha Johnny and Benz. You make me smile. I wish I could carve more, but the old body and mind just can't sometimes.

Last year, while I was out gathering protein on my land, I harvested a nice whitetail buck. I really wanted to be able to display the antlers in the Manroom, but I'm too cheap to pay for a taxidermist to mount the rack - and most mounts are boring. Anyway, I was browsing my oceana pics today and I came across some cool carved animal heads. I decided I would carve a stylized skull that could ALSO display my antlers. Easy project right? NOT! Getting the carving all hollowed out and getting the skull cap to fit was a real bear. Aack! I got it done, all but the sanding and the finish. I'll do that another day. Here are some pics, starting with the sacrificial ficus log....

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and one of my new teko....

-G$

http://www.oceanandislandarts.blogspot.com/

[ Edited by: GMAN 2008-06-12 19:40 ]