Figure Carving Help

[steve mason]

howdy;

I have flower carved for over 20 years but I have never done any figure carving, I have a couple saddle orders coming up that call for a humming bird and a dragon fly. I did a test humming bird and I am somewhat satisfied with the results with the exception being the beek, not sure yet how to get the best effect on that. I am not asking for a pattern but I would like to see some photos of figure carved birds and dragonflys for some inspiration.

thanks much]

Steve

[skyout]

Here's a couple of links to dragonflies.

http://leatherworker...t=0entry55331

http://leatherworker...t=0entry25644

I remember seeing a bird recently but I think it had a knife going thru it (back side of a motorcycle seat???) but couldn't find it.

Here are 2 I found using the search function.

http://leatherworker...=0entry142793

http://leatherworker...=0entry126037

I'm sure there are more in the gallery, but I found these from ClayB which I though were great! JMO

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?app=gallery&module=images&section=viewimage&img=6530

Hope these help.

Rick

skyout

Edited March 19, 2010 by skyout

[ClayB]

Silva has pictures of both dragonflies and humming birds on her website. You can see them here.

[yaklady]

Here's a humming bird I did. This one is embossed applique, but you can get the right idea from it.

[TwinOaks]

It might be kinda tiny to look at, but I've got one for my avatar. If you need it blown up, lemme know.