Here is another example of my work feathering a Civil War Bust. This is a Confederate general, no particular name or likeness to any famous soldier. I use many old time photographs of a Confederate general and created my own wood carving bust. That is the fun about creating; it doesn’t have to be about someone if you use photographs to get where you want to go.

Yea, well, here it is – State Fair time. Time for corn dogs and just about anything else on a stick. What is the latest food item? I’m not sure. And Able Frake isn’t sure to since he spends all his time in the hog pavilion with Blue Boy. But I guess it was worth it for ol’ Able standing here with Blue Boy and his Grand Champion Ribbon. This carving may be made of wood, but for Able, the pig is all pork.

I am continuing with my line of Civil War carvings to honor the 150^th year of the war. This is a union cavalryman ready to do battle. This carving would also make a good western cavalryman bust also. This was fun to carve. More to come.

This was another fun project. I thought it would be interesting to create a bust of Generals US Grant and Robert E. Lee. Each were carved from two pieces of wood and fasten together by drilling a large hold between the shoulder and a ¼” hole in the base of the neck and in the center of the base hole and glue a dowel in. Then I put some glue in the base hole to finalize the attachment. I turned the head slightly to one side for extra realism.

This is the wood carving I will be teaching at the Minnesota Metro Wood Carving Weekend on November 19/20 2011 in Fridley, Minnesota.

For more information, go to: www.russscott.com/MetroWCWE/

Lynne’s carvings

Here is a way for me to showcase Lynne's carving skills and ability to create great carvings. Most of these critters have found a home with Lynne's family while visiting them on Easter. Now she is on to Uncle Sam figures and so far they look darn good - more on that later.

Happy Easter

Annual Rochester woodcarvers show

Annual Rochester woodcarvers show My Santa on Bark was the last carving shown on this clip. It was a great show.