[MJC4]

Started this topper today. It started out as a joke. My wife says all the wood spirits I carve look like me, so I decided to prove that they don't by actually doing a self portrait so to speak. This is the rough out of me done in black cherry. Rather dashing don't U think? When its done I'll be able to take myself for a walk!

 

[CV3]

It is good to take your self for a walk. They say its a issue when we talk to our selves! Fun carving!

 

[Rodney]

It's a good likeness. You get extra style points for the muttonchops. :thumbsu:

Rodney

 

[MJC4]

A little farther along with mini-me.

 

[Rodney]

What's your wife think? Or has she seen it yet?

Rodney

 

[Rodnogdog]

I like it

 

[MJC4]

What's your wife think? Or has she seen it yet?

Rodney

The wife seems to like it. She says something is missing though.

I think I have it figured out. Needed my camping & hiking hat.

 

[Gloops]

A Topper on a Topper

 

[MJC4]

A Topper on a Topper

Gloops speaking of toppers on a topper, I have always wondered is your Avatar your self portrait?

 

[CV3]

A wooden selfie !! Well bone Mark! Fun topper. Look forward to seeing it on the stick!

 

[Rodney]

I think you nailed it with the hat.

Rodney

 

[MJC4]

Well I have finished mini-me. Mini-me is carved from black cherry & his hat is carved from red maple. Both these pieces of wood were done with BLO to bring out the natural color of the wood. The stick is lodge pole pine a very straight member of the hard pine family. The pine got its name from the Native Americans. They used the tree for the frame work of tipis and lodges. Pine is for the most part a rather light colored wood that doesn't take oil stain too well, so I tinted the staff with nutmeg acrylic antique solution to give it some character, textured the hand grip and added a 4 strand braided parcord lanyard. All in all I am pleased with Me! Is it wrong?

 

[Rodnogdog]

Very cool - I like it!

 

[Rodney]

He looks good!

Rodney

 

[CV3]

Well done Mark. He is a keeper.

 

[Batakali]

It is wrong, but in all the right ways!

 

[Gloops]

A Topper on a Topper

Gloops speaking of toppers on a topper, I have always wondered is your Avatar your self portrait?

Thankfully no or the wife would never have married me - she hate's that one.

 

[Gloops]

Great looking pole Mark, a job well done.

 

[Ron T]

Very nice work.