This piece, that I finished yesterday, is nothing particularly special and I wasn't even going to post a picture of it. However, this is such a visual group that I figured "What the heck" and if it turns out nobody is interested then it just won't be viewed. Nothing lost. This, BTW, is as close as I get to production work.
This is one of my best selling carvings. Therefore, I keep two on hand at all times. This means, when I sell one I make another one as soon as possible. I sold one about three weeks ago so it was time to make another. I should point out that none of these pieces are "exactly" alike but they are certainly very similar to each other, both in size and style. At this stage, I can almost make one in my sleep.
I normally carve these from aspen but I happened to have a couple of pieces of basswood that I was able to glue up to come up with the appropriate size so I used that. The eyes are glass and the piece is finished by wood burning, several coats of acrylic washes until the desired color is achieved and completed with four coats of a matte acrylic sealer. I used to finish these without the use of paint, only pyrography, but that is so time consuming that I don't do that any more. It makes the piece so expensive that you can hardly get anyone to pay the price and, I found out, nobody really cares if it is finished with paint or no paint.
Anyhow, here it is.
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