Here are a series of tips demonstrating the process of making these bears out of HDU – high density urethane …
3 Bears in a Canoe
A customer in Maine is building a home and wanted a unique decoration for one of the large walls. This …
Giant Squirrels
This carving was made from a damaged pine tree in front of an apartment building in Hamden, CT. The stump …
10 ft. Grizzly, Cromwell, CT
This started out as a 10 ft. tall and 4.5′ wide red oak stump. We agreed on this sketch for …
Bronx Lighthouse Charter School Sign
Originally posted on Sculptural signs: A couple years ago we had the opportunity to create two signs for the Ron Clark …
Cast Indians painted and installed
Last post I showed the process of creating these models, molds and fiberglass resin casts. They were then shipped to …
Box of HDU scraps = Box of creative exhilaration!
Are you someone who likes to experiment with small carvings? Or someone who likes to work out your ideas on a …
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Fiberglass resin casts for monument signs in Indian Shores, Florida
The town of Indian Shores Florida is creating 5 monument signs and we’ve been contracted to create the fiberglass resin …
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Rusted Iron Paint by Modern Masters
I have had my eye on this paint product from Modern Masters and gave it a try on a relief …
Justin cowboy boot carving
This is a life size cowboy boot carved in catalpa wood and finished with an oil wood preservative. Attached on …
Carved lion face for desk
A customer in Florida is creating a desk out of walnut an he sent me a laminated walnut block to …
5 ft. Carved bear
This is a 5 ft. black bear in a contrapposto stance which shifts the weight of the creature onto one leg. …
Chainsaw carved bear cub in a stump
This is a 4 ft. bear cub in a stump with his foot poking out of a hole. Finished with …
4 ft. Black bear
This bear is carved from catalpa wood and finished with an oil wood preservative with sun, water, mildew and bug …
Lion’s Den Sign
Originally posted on Sculptural signs: This sign is roughly 3/4″ x 5″ x 14″ with a lion profile carved on …
Black Walnut Carved Sign
Originally posted on Sculptural signs: This sign was made of 3/4″ thick walnut boards edge glued together to make a …
Stable Signs
Originally posted on Sculptural signs: These signs were made to hang on a stable for a horse ( and a goat …
Essential tools for sculpting in HDU
Watch this video of the process of sculpting a figure out of HDU foam and the variety of tools used …
Tools for burning carvings
Here are 4 reasons why carvers burn the carvings… 1. To soften the texture to make it look more realistic …
Arbortech Minigrinder – Powerful carving tool!
The Arbortech mini grinder is a power carving tool that is safe and controllable. It’s not like some power tools …
