Chickadee

The thing about carving a bird is that it will try your patience and hurry you along. This is a life size chickadee on a piece of driftwood found on the Washington coast. I pegged the driftwood to a smaller piece of wood. I first had a thicker piece of wood attached, but it competed with the driftwood. 

Santa

My first post was underlined and alittle annoying. It is a learning process just as carving. I carved this stick santa from a pattern in Carving magazine by Richard Keller. It's a fun and easy carving  that doesn't take a lot of time. I carved the eyes open and painted a green and red combination on the coat and hat. It goes good with this rest of the Christmas decorations around the house.

Christmas ornaments

When we were young we got a red plastic boot to hang on the tree. I still put it on the tree. Carving boots are fun so I carved this cowboy boot and painted a tree on both sides. My granddaughter received a young puppy, so I burned in his name, Kosbi. The dog didn't care but my granddaughter liked it. It's another way to display boots.

Every year I carve an ornament for wife, daughter, grandchildren and great grandchildren. This year it was a santa's face. 15 and a few to friends.