Project Information
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
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