Ah So! I thought you might be interested in carving a Chinese bottle stopper considering that China seems to be on everyone’s mind these days. There are lots of photos involved and the unfortunate thing is that when I post them they somehow end up in reverse order! I’ve tried to find a way to…
Month: June 2023
Something New Has Been Added!
Can you buy an old guy a cup of coffee? If you look down at the bottom of this post you’ll see a newly added “Donation” button. I decided to do this to hopefully defray some of the costs in time and money to operate this site which I hope is beneficial to those of…
Carving A Horses Head – Part 2
First off…….Believe it or not, putting together these photographic posts takes about 10 times longer than doing a video. So, I have a favor to ask. Could you pass my Out West Blog on to your friends or any other Face Book groups or sites you might think would be interested? There’s a lot of…
Carving A Horses Head – Part 1
This is a NEW post! While going though some old posts before Judy and I started making videos, I came across this short Photo collection showing how I carve a caricature horse’s head. I thought it would make a good experiment to see if it’s possible to capture some of these older, photographic posts onto…
Cotton-Eyed Joe
Originally published on October 17, 2011 I’ve wanted to do this character for quite some time and I think this figure pretty well exhibits all the characteristics that I think make him interesting. I think everyone familiar with him knows that he’s just some country boy but they might not know that being cotton-eyed also…
The Top Hand
Originally published on October 10, 2011 Just put the final touches on this one this morning. He turned out really well. I especially like the muted colors of the shirt and neckerchief. The chaps look pretty worn too so he’s evidently seen some time in the saddle.–Hope you like him. There are more photos in…
Up & At Em!
Originally published on September 21, 2011 Here’s a new Chuckwagon Cook I just finished. You might recognize the head from the unfinished one in the post before this one. I had hoped he would be my entry for the over 15″ category but he missed it by 1/4″!! Going to have to speak to the…
Carving Meeting Results!
Originally published on September 7, 2011 Here are a couple heads I carved at our Tuesday carve-a-long. As a rule, I don’t normally work on a current project at these meetings as it’s hard to concentrate and keep up with the conversations and joke telling. I can, however, almost whip out a quick head study…
Cheyenne Dog Soldier – Part 5
Originally published on September 12, 2011 I spent most of Sunday and all this morning finishing this fella up. All I can say is WOW! He really turned out well and I’m sure will be one of the best examples of my efforts so far.–I’m not really sure just how many feathers are in his…
Cheyenne Dog Soldier – Part 4 – The Feathers
Originally published on September 9, 2011 I finished the shield and lance and have started with the feathers. I could only do one test strip row before the guy started to frighten me so I’m taking a break! I will say that this fella is really starting to look impressive. Can’t wait till all the…