Now here’s something from the Out West Way Back Machine! “The Original Out West Carving Challenge“. Talk about fun….it makes me think of having another. Anyway, if you follow along with the next few posts you’ll see some great carvings by some great people and the eventual winner. Oh…and if you think this would be worth having another drop me a comment below. If there is enough interest we can certainly do it! Here’s the original post:
Originally published on Thursday, December 03, 2009
As I was jumping around the net this morning looking for new reference material I came across the photo above. Wow! Now that would make a great carving. Then I thought…Wow! That would make a great challenge. Here’s my idea ….. Let’s make it a bust, painted and under 12 inches including the base, put a 30 day limit on it, professional or recognized carvers would be excluded to give everyone an equal chance. I would be the judge and the prize would be my version of the same figure. Hopefully, this doesn’t sound to egotistical as it’s not meant to. The way you do it would be completely up to you … NO extra points if you follow my methods. On the 30th day you would have to submit to me via the web 5 photos, a view of each side plus an oblique frontal view. Prior to judging I’d post a photo of each carving on the blog so everyone could see who has done what. To make sure there won’t be any early starters I’ll toss something extra in just before the start. Also, as a lot of you have mentioned that you’re tied up with Christmas carving we’ll plan on starting after the first of the year. Once a starting date is set I’ll ask for your names so only those signed up will be eligible.
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I think this will be a lot of fun. Hopefully, it will give you an opportunity to try something new while exploring areas of our craft that you normally wouldn’t consider. From the response I’ve seen on the forum site it looks like quite a few are interested so it should be quite a competition.
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So stay tuned and we’ll see what happens.
Hey Lynn, I’m down for it. That Quigley movie was one of my favorites. Include me as one who is interested in the challenge. Sounds like fun.
Kevin mielcarek.
I have been trying to get our carving club to do some kind of challenge. I think it would be a blast..
Looking forward to the challenge
Sounds like a good challenge. I’ve done small western bust, so, Ill see what I can do.
Would definitely be interested in trying.
Sounds great. Count me in to give it a go.
Sounds like a lot of fun