Monarch on a flower sculpture

in #ocd6 hours ago

Hello and good morning all,
Today I'd like to share a piece I built and carved for my good customer from Maine that we visit every year in August.
The monarch on a flower..

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When I tell customers to challenge me, some actually do lol.

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Here it is in the raw and all chainsaw. This was at a local event I was invited to. Happens every year in July. I didn't have a log big enough for the flower so it was convenient I was invited. Didn't sell anything at the event but I did get to bring the flower home for my order.

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Had the butterfly built and attached to the flower here. Now for the details...
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Started detailing and adding antenna...
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Getting closer..
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It was still all chainsaw at this point...
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Next up was the torch, which I shot some footage of and converted to gif for your viewing pleasure..
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And then sanding...

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A little bit of paint to make it pop...the result was a very happy customer..

I hope you enjoyed seeing what I saw, if so feel free to upvote and reblog. I love what I do and I'm happy to share here on Peakd. Please do stay tuned as I have much more to share on this awesome platform. Thanks for looking,
Jon

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