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This is my latest carving, a koala carved from 70mm pine block (I forgot to measure the height)

I had a bit of a hard time trying to figure out the face but after several attempts I managed to get some resemblance. I was glad that I didn't have to re-carve the whole Koala which I thought at one time during the re-carving of the face for the third time!
As I found out the koala has a really weird face ! With little skull behind the ears the nose and face protrudes greatly out the front. While it looks flat or round from the front the side view is quite different, with a triangular accent and totally different nose.

Anyway, the main body of the Koala was pretty straightforward and even the claws weren't too bad, having done bird talons they were pretty similar in character.

He has been painted with acrylics and sealed with a non yellowing water based protective coating.

As always more work in progress photos on my Facebook page.

Koala
https://youtube.com/shorts/72LXnpjgey0?feature=share

The process of carving the koala

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Beautiful. Great job.
 

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G'Day Theresa
It looks small in your hand but the detail is amazing….
 

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Nice work once again. I don't think I 'll ever make one of those cute guys, maybe because I can't find a live model in my country héhé!!! . It looks small so there is added difficulty in making it, once more Bravo,
 

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Very nicely done, thank you for sharing.
 

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theresa that is just beautiful,very nice work once again.
 

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So cute, alwazs so realistic!!
 

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Awesome work.
 

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Very good carving, Teresa!!

Cheers, Jim
 

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G-R-E-A-T -!
 

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How cute is that…Glad you had that on your hand to get that size…Love the color, looks great…
 

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Nice work!
 

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This is so nicely done. Seems to me that the smaller size would increase the difficulty?
 

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Nice. i am glad you included the hand in the first picture for scale. It is smaller than I would have guessed otherwise.
 

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Very nicely done, looks realistic. Great job.
 

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That is amazing!
 

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That little guy is truly delightful. He sure looks like the real McCoy.
 
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