Hello and good morning all,
Today I'd like to share a recent piece I carved. A small eagle...

In the winter, I only carve smalls and ship them out. The larger pieces are carved in the warmer months as it's easier.
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It started with a quarter sawn log and a couple crayon markings.
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Not long after, I had it roughed out with the chainsaw..

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Some details in and it was starting to look the part..

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Just about ready for the torch..

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The torch..

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Next I scraped the char off and sanded a bit before paint..

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Then some shadowing with the airbrush...
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Finished it off with a splash of white and yellow..

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I had a request for a larger eagle once the weather warms up so this was practice and will be sold on the Facebook page.
I hope you enjoyed seeing what I saw, if so feel free to upvote and reblog. I love what I do and I'm happy to share here on Peakd. Please do stay tuned as I have much more to share on this awesome platform. Thanks for looking,
Jon

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