Donation Carvings for Memorial Golf Outing Updated (part 2)

Well, it seems to be taking a long time to finish these guys, but they are sharing knife time with a few other projects that I'll be posting soon.


What you have here are the four finished busts sitting  on their cages.


I've drilled and glued 3/8" dowel into the bottom of the busts so I have something to hold onto while I  paint.


The dowel comes in handy later as I will use the dowel again to fasten the busts to the bases.


The final picture shows the bases and busts coated in a mixture of mineral spirit and  boiled linseed oil.  I love that 'golden' aura of the part once coated.


I have also magically placed the golf balls inside the cage.

Trade secret doctrine dictate that I not divulge how I got the golf balls in there.


As you read this, the guys are gettin' all painted stuff.


A good day to all and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Carved me my first golf ball...

I've seen folks carve golf balls into faces and such and I wanted to give it a shot.

Taking the outer shell was a lot pulling that sword thing out of some rock by that knight guy.  

After a little bit of swearing, mumbling to myself, mumbling to my 3 year old and finally offering prayers to the good Lord above, the outer shell popped off!

The rubber inside is a carvers jackpot!

It cuts like butter and is flesh colored already  - well this one was.  I've heard they can be any pastel color.


The serene look on this guys face is how my golf balls feel just before I sent them careening into the woods, to sleep with the fishes, or two fairways to the left to while away its existence until someone else finds the treasure.

A few more shots below and thanks, as always, for stopping by!

  

My tool caddy

 I take my carving tools with me anywhere I go in case a small window opens up whereas I can make some chips fly.  Lunchtime at work, the park while the kids play, family get together when its time to do dishes, you get the point...

I came across a Plano tackle box that fits all I need into one case.  The top compartment fits my carving glove, wood I'm carving on, and other stuff I'm forgetting.

The bottom portion has a door that flips down with (4) totes inside that holds all my tools.

This thing is neat.  Kinda big, but neat.  I've been searching a LONG time for a portable tool storage solution and this is a definitely doable option.

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Business cards ordered!

I caught wind of an online service that provides cheap and even free business cards (you pay the shipping).  

Vistaprint.com is the site.

I have 500 of these on the way.

I really only need 10 or so, but they were on sale!   =0)

He's kinda ugly...

I found me a bunch of cottonwood bark the other day after much searching.

I had about a 3" wide by 6-7" long chunk just harassing me to carve something out of him.

Well, here he is.  My first Cottonwood Bark Wood Spirit.

My intentions were not to punch holes right through the bark for the eyes and mouth, and will refrain from doing so in the future, but your first is your first.

He ain't much to look at, but he's all mine.   BAD HAIR DAY AND ALL =0)

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Donation Carvings for Memorial Golf Outing Updated

I had been asked if I was interested in donating a carving or two to an upcoming memorial golf scramble in honor of a good friends family member who had passed.  The event has been going on for some years and folks I work with donate what they can to make the day a success.

I decided on donating carvings for the popular contests in a golf scramble:
1.  Closest to the pin.  2.  Longest drive.  and of course, best score.

I have interesting humorous ideas to the first two listed above, and will blog those when I get started on them.

What I'm working on now is the "best score" trophy (actually 'trophies' as it is a 4 person scramble and each will get his own 'trophy'.

I will be carving "golf ball in a cage" trophies that will basically be a bust of an old time golfer on the top, and a cage on the bottom with a golf ball from that tourney inside the 'cage'.Well, I'll be doing 4 of these as identical to each other as I can get them.

The picture shown is an earlier 'golf ball in a cage' so you get the idea.

One is pretty well established, one is getting there and the last one shown (along with the one not shown) are in rough-in state.

Here they are and I'll update as I go.

Again, as always, thank you for looking in!

Well, I've made some head way, but still not completed.

I have (2) of the (4) to the point I'd feel comfortable painting up and submitting, with the last two getting there.  Here we are so far: