Woodcarving a hare

[Micktoon]

I have got a bit more done to the Hare carving and also started the wren, I have been loaned three seperate carvings of a wren at different stages from a friend who is an expert at bird carving to use as a guide to doing mine, good job too as they have been a great help so far, I am very greatful to have them to compare to.

This is the hare , I am not sure how different it will look in photos but quite a bit of work has been done since the last shots.





The wren along side the stage 1 pattern, up to the stage I have reached , in the first shot mine is the one nearer my wrist and in the second shot mine is the one at the bottom. I have carved it with gouges to this basic shape then used a dremel type tool with sanding drums to refine the shape , it still needs lots more work, I will post photos of the sample carvings I am aiming to copy next time .





It would seem the moon gazer hare design is a loose copy of a Paul Jenkins bronze scupture of the same name, Paul has a range of very nice hare bronzes in all manner of poses, I assume he gave permission for it to be in the wood carving magazine ? but either way looks like he deserves credit for the design

Cheers Mick