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Originally Posted by little_tippler
Those are really nice, I'd say it's art. It takes a lot of imagination, effort and patience to carve wood. I've tried before, though not with a chainsaw, and I know the time it takes.
I think they look great as is, but if you wanted to get a little more fine detail in them with a couple of finer tools such as wood carving knives, a sander, I think then for sure you could totally make good business out of them.
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I used a sanding disk on my grinder to do the fur on the bears and spines on the fishes. But you're right they are rustic and could be more detailed. I did a standing fish for a guy that wanted to put it in his living room. I sanded it down really smooth and then took a propane torch to the surface. The process really brought out the detail in the wood gain. Right before I moved I bought a small "dremel" type tool at Costco and started working on putting more details into the eyes etc...
Here's a standing bear I burn and sanded, one of my first attempts. Lots of out of place looking lines, but you can see how the burning and sanding makes the grain stand out. BTW- the eyes are from a bag of 100 marbles I bought for about $2.
It takes time and patients. Time I got, patients not so much. Notice the many, many half finished pieces. If I ever start doing it again I think I'm going to have to make a commitment to myself to start a piece, finish a piece.
But yes, you can make money doing this. The trees I did took less then 5-10 mins. each and were selling for $20 no problem.