Forgot

I forgot to take a picture of this earlier, but this is a sign I'm doing as a favor for a family member. It was originally intended as a Christmas present, but that didn't work out. 

It shouldn't take much to finish this one up, so give me a week or so and it should be done.

2013 Great Salt Lake Woodcarvers Competition and Show

This show was really great! I had two pieces in the competition and they were both able to bring home a first place ribbon in their categories! 

The rest of the show was wonderful. The other entries were incredible to look at. Here are my favorites from the show:

This Owl got 'Best of Show' for good reason. The detail in the owl and pulley is incredible.

                                        

                        

                                              

                                       

These leaves looked so fragile. I spoke with the artist and he said it took over a month to get all the wood cleared out under all the leaves and branches. This is the level I hope to one day achieve. This took best of division and people's choice. Very well deserved.

This bird had several of the categorical awards (Birdwatchers award etc.), very nice detail here.

And the rest!

A Year in the Making

I can't express how happy I am to finally have this project done. It's been almost a year (to the day) since I started this project. It only took 2 semesters of school, moving out of state, moving back into state, being broken in half, glued back together, and a mad rush over the last month to get it done. 

I know many woodcarvers who have shelves of projects that were started but never finished, most of which were pretty much finished. I didn't want this sign to turn into weight on my shelf, especially since it was for me. It isn't perfect by any means, but I learned a lot getting it done. Now lets see what the judges think this weekend!

This took entirely too long

Well stage one of sanding is finished. It won't change in terms of looks too much after this point, other than the walnut stain I'll be applying next week. I'm going to wait to post anymore until after everything is all finished, that way you'll have something pretty to look at.

It turned out alright, better than I thought to be honest. Lets just hope I can get one last ribbon at that competition.