nutty... carving. (1 Viewer)

mark richards

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• Mar 30, 2010

• #1

the only bird that I carved this year...been meaning to finish this nuthatch since
last september, well its been raining so here it is....mark

 

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nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Mar 30, 2010

• #2

very glad you got him finished - superb piece! Carving is truly a feat, you have to make sure all the angles are there, at least with 2D painting you can easily hide the back of the bird! Love this little character

 

solitaryVSong

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• Mar 30, 2010

• #3

Very nice Mark. Reminds me of the familiar pose of our White-breasted Nuthatches here. Oddly enough one of our cats always makes nuthatch-like honks whenever he wants something. So I always feel like we're living with nuthatches.

Did you do the base as well? It looks like a hardwood of some sort, or is that a stain on something like pine? Excuse my ignorance about British woods but I'm pretty sure pine is common there as well. I seem to recall that hundreds of years ago the tallest pines were reserved for the navy?

 

mark richards

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• Mar 30, 2010

• #4

yes i made the base...Its wood that i had given to me, I think that its a mahogany of some sort...there are many types of mahogany ..I'm a big user of reclaimed wood , its not stained
wood ...mark

thanks Nick...

 

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ARTHUR BISHOP

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• Mar 30, 2010

• #5

a great piece of carving Mark

 

colleenc

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• Mar 30, 2010

• #6

the base does not look carved, it looks natural, and the bird is very lively, so well done

 

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hunterpaul

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• Mar 31, 2010

• #7

very impressive.... love nuthatches.... would love to see a wip, of a carving... Paul

 

timwootton

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• Mar 31, 2010

• #8

Brilliant work Mark - superb.

 

Woody

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• Mar 31, 2010

• #9

Oh yeah, wonderful work. Is the bark carved or is it a found and cleaned piece?

Mike

 

mark richards

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• Mar 31, 2010

• #10

Hi mike..the bark is carved & painted ..mark
paul ,I did some in earlier threads mark...

 

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inghamb87

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• Apr 1, 2010

• #11

Your piece is absolutely stunning Mark. If you would be interested in featuring your work on our site as well (environmentalgraffiti.com) do let us know. Truly stunning...great job and kudos to you.