Sculpting the Eye Picker

70 degrees with a little rain.

Paper bird.

Well, I worked most of the day but wanted to get a little done on the cemetery too so when I got home I took the paper drawing and glued it to a two inch thick piece of stock and cut the form out on the bandsaw.  With a lot of blade exposed I turned the bird up at a forty five degree angle to trim the edges of the bird to create a 3D sculpture.  I'm fairly new at this and I'm happy to say that I still have all of my fingers.

A little bird carving.

Working on the talons.

There was a lot of sanding going on followed up by coarse carving of the birds feet.  I then cut a dado under the base of the bird and glued and clamped the bird to the bent wood arch.  Finally, I created a design that I thought looks interesting and cut it out on the bandsaw.  I plan to sculpt the bottom detail tomorrow and mount it to the bottom arch just like the bird on the top.

Clamped bird.

As the rain started to fall I quickly pulled anything that I had out on the driveway back into the garage and headed inside.  The girls brought home the largest piazza that I have ever seen - everyone must be super hungry after winning the volleyball game.

More later...