Wood carving

Hey steemers.
Check this one out, it is approximately 15inchs tall. 8inchs wide. All made from 2 blocks of bass wood, before i go on i want to say that i have been asked if i am selling my carvings, of course i will, everything is for sale at the right price.
But when i tell them the price they back off, but they dont realize the amount of work / hours and cost . that go into each carving
Anyway enough of that.

The trunk was just a block of wood first i had to cut a large hole in it to house my pet, then i shaped it to make it look as realistic as possible, then i had to cut out all the grooves in the wood to make it look like the bark of the tree. On the top you will notice it looks like it had snapped off of the tree for this i had to gouge it all out.

The squirrel took awhile due to the the work involved in making it look like fur and if you look closely at the paws you can see claws, i made these from wire, the whiskers i cheated a little they came from a paint brush shhhh dont tell anybody,
When i painted this one you will notice that there is some browning on the feet and around the face the is to show the staining they get from eating walnuts ect.
Take care..