Monday, December 10, 2007 As everything outside is frozen solid with an ongoing ice storm I thought I’d go ahead and post the work I finished today. As you can see I’ve added the two braids and burnt in a lot of the detail. The reason for burning now instead of waiting until everything is…
Author: Lynn Doughty
I might be a little man in a big world but on our 30 acres I'm the one in charge when the wife's not around!
War Bonnet – Part 4 – The Shield & Lance
Sunday, December 09, 2007 While before we had just a figure, now, with the addition of the shield and lance we have a figure doing something. To me that’s what makes a really interesting carving. Also, with the design we’ll paint on the shield and the feathers hanging from both the shield and lance it…
Warbonnet – Part 3
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 That’s not the best photo but it should give you an idea of my progress so far. With this post I start to get into the detail of the figure. I’ve decided to due a bust vs. a complete figure. I’ve also decided to make this my last large figure as…
War Bonnet!! – Part 2 – Carving the Face
Saturday, November 24, 2007 With the head and headress pretty well roughed out I’ll devote this post to carving the face. I want this warrior to really have a stern or threatening look to him so I set up my little mirror on the workbench so I can see that type of expression as I…
War Bonnet!! – Part 1 – The Headdress & Head
Friday, November 23, 2007 All that Thanksgiving Turkey got me to thinking I should carve something with feathers so how about a War Bonnet? Of course I’ll put a head in there to make it more interesting. One thing for sure though, as this piece will be a little larger than I normally carve it…
Unnamed Cowboy and His Pal Squint!
Once again, I’m going to try and bring forward posts from my original Out West Woodcarving blog posted on Blogspot. There might be a few blank spaces with the loss of videos by Vimeo and the loss of all my Picasa photos when Google decided to shut that program down. Hopefully, putting them here will…
Native American Project – Finished!
Hooray! With the posting of Part 18 to Youtube this series is complete. I haven’t posted the last several parts but you can find them here: http://www.youtube.com/user/lodoughty We hope you’ve enjoyed following along with this project and would appreciate any comments you might have. We’re already in the process of coming up with the next…
Native American Project – Part 14
With the carving tools put away, we start to use some techniques you might not be familiar with but once you try them they just might add a new way to make your pieces stand out from the others. To me, learning new methods to enhance my work is half the fun of woodcarving. Comments…
Native American Project Part 13
Well, it’s been a couple of rough weeks around the ranch which I hope explains the absence of a few Blog posts. To sum it up….I had a Kidney Stone, a trip the the emergency ward, surgery, and a few days recovering in my recliner. NOT a fun experience. Thankfully, everything went well, the stones…
Native American Project – Part 7
The Base. To me, just as important as the carving. Now I know that not all of you out there will not be able to duplicate what I show here but I’m also sure that you’re skilled enough to come up with your own solution to the problem of mounting your carving. I also know…