Thread: Cedar Caterpillar

Hello Robson Valley,
Love it - particularly the use of local product for the bits and pieces. Well done again. Drillit.

He looks great RV! I like all the inlays and the way he stands up, it's a very natural pose!
Well done!

Thanks drillit. It's nice to find ways to incorporate British Columbia materials.
Sometimes paint on a carving doesn't fit into my head.

Thanks featherwood. Is it any more appealing because you know _exactly_ how the shell and stone were prepared? (Everybody: there's a thread about this, back somewhere in this forum.)

I toyed with the idea of airbrushing the whole thing green. Nope. Gotta see that cedar. So just the feet/toes got done in black. How Goth!

Ah ha, western red cedar and abalone shell, your favorite combinations RV, he's pretty cute but I get the urge to squash him for destroying
the grapes that make the wine I enjoy so much. yeah run caterpillar run.

Thanks Rob. That abalone shell sneaks in there quite often. The RV brand is underneath. I think that's a good way to mark my carvings.

Cute !
The tool marks give a nice texture.

Thanks copeau:
I wanted a really simple thing to carve = make a bunch of equally spaced fret cuts in a fence post and get busy. That was the time to rough out the legs.
Then came the idea to lift and turn parts of the body.
I do believe that I cut down between the segments far more than is generally realistic. With the legs roughed out, it occurred to me that the body diameter would be far less than I originally imagined. Think I need a 6" x 6" for the next one.
Surface. What to do? Rejected all paint. Smooth? I prefer tool marks as a distinction of hand work/carving.
Personally, the Dragonfly dishes were much more satisfying, I nearly got what I wanted. Possibly another pair in Alaskan Yellow Cedar (Chamycyparis nootkatensis). Must look. Think I have some 4" x 4".