When Chihuahuas attack: This piece is part of a sycamore root that I found while canoeing. It is about three feet tall and has several rocks protruding from it. This project is at a very rough stage in its progress. I always say that there is an "ugly" stage to any carving.....that time when everything just looks like it's been hacked at. Nothing is finished and all you can make out are the basic shapes. This carving is in its ugly stage.If you look carefully you can see two stones that are caught in the elbow of the man and one more sticking out of the wood further below. In the end there will be at least two dogs attacking the man, and the main one will have a chunk of his beard in its mouth. The man is grappling with the first dog, gripping it by the back leg.
When it comes to carving faces, capturing the proper emotion is difficult and requires practice. So this carving is an experiment of sorts. The emotion I'm trying to capture here is "extreme alarm". I plan also to carve the man's feet, but I would like to keep the majority of his legs and body as they are, in the natural state of the wood (though I do plan to smooth it and stain it). I found this piece on the Tioughnioga river between Whitney Point, NY and Chenango Forks, NY.
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