Bob's hand carved elk for Bartop

[Per Swenson]

Merry christmas everybody,

This is not, I repeat not a carvewright job.

All Hand work. This elk will go in the center of the bartop, flush.

on a mnt backround scene or you know, however it works out.

The first shot is Bobalouie cutting the elk off the blank


the second and third self explanatory,

This is all Bob.

Per

[Mark Singer]

Bob, Great carving!,,,,,,I would like to raise a glass in that bar...or any other bar for that matter:rolleyes:
Beautiful work!

[Jim Becker]

Wow! You need to hire that dude named Bob, Per!! :D :D :D He does fantastic work!!

[Karl Laustrup]

Wow! You need to hire that dude named Bob, Per!! :D :D :D He does fantastic work!!

I concur with Jim.

Per, I'd get this Bob guy signed to a long contract. ;) :D

Karl

[Per Swenson]

Contract?

Heck No, We do things the old fashion way.

Indentured servitude. (Just like the elves)

Merry Christmas.

Per

[Mike Cutler]

Yep, If Bobalouie can turn out wapiti like that, ya' need to hire him full time.:eek:

Nice work on the Elk Bob.

[lou sansone]

that is fantastic. how did you go about doing it. did you just draw the picture on the wood and start carving away? did you use all hand tools and mallets or some type of dremel type tool. the wood looks like mahogany, is it?
great work
Lou

[Bob Swenson]

Lou; I used the Dremel, but only for routing, using it in this great little
Precision router base from Stewart MacDonald. This unit comes with it’s
Own little compressor to blow the dust away. Great for inlay, etc.
First I drew the elk on paper and then transferred the image to the mahogany board.
Routed the outline with the Dremel 3/8 deep,then carved with an X-ACTO knife,
Sand paper, a couple of palm carvers and files.
The hard part is creating the illusion of depth in less than 5/16 of an inch.
Study some of the coins in your pocket and you will see that it can be done in less
Look at the penny. There is old Abe sitting in his chair.


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In this plaster cast of a Sculpture that I did I tried to bring the hands of the back figure in front of the other hands, here I had one inch to work with.
Bob.

[lou sansone]

hi bob
that little jig for the dremel is on my list of things to get this year. I have seen in before, but it is a little pricey. your work is quite good. I am not a very good artist and that hurts when it comes to my carving. I do have to say, that the face on the elk looks a little like my dog's face ( lab / chow mix ) around the mouth and nose area.

what type of palm carvers do you use?
lou

[Dan Oliphant]

WOW!!!! Bob , you are one heck of an artist indeed. That is real purdy.

[Bob Swenson]

Lou--- It's a Labrador Elk

[John Fry]

Great work, Bob! In fact, it is just plain fantastic. The detail work is very impressive.