American Bison

[Bpardue]

Finished Kathy Wise’s American Bison that she designed for her pattern group. Woods are sapele, sycamore, aspen, walnut, cherry, Peruvian walnut and spalted cherry. 

[JimErn]

That is awesome!

[meflick]

Beautiful job, excellent wood selection. Thanks for showing.

[Nickel Falls]

Great job.....

[wombatie]

Oh my that is fantastic and I really love the woods you used.  Great work Brian.

Marg

[Foxfold]

Absolutely fabulously awesome.  May I ask what size it is ?  I don't have the skill to make something like that but I do so love to see them. 

[Bpardue]

1 hour ago, Foxfold said:

Absolutely fabulously awesome.  May I ask what size it is ?  I don't have the skill to make something like that but I do so love to see them. 

Roughly 14” tall and 20” long 

Brian 

[daveww1]

terrific job, it's beautiful

[scrollerpete]

That is a piece of art, your choice of wood was excellent.

[Wilson142]

Really nice piece!  Wood selection, fit and finish is nice as many have commented. What really strikes me is, the amount of time and thought given to making this piece 3 dimensional and giving it a look of texture. So often I see projects that fit nicely but, haven't been shaped enough (IMO), to give them any depth. They look more like segmentation than intarsia without proper sanding and using shims etc.

[Farmerdon]

Beautiful!!!!!

[Bpardue]

2 hours ago, Wilson142 said:

Really nice piece!  Wood selection, fit and finish is nice as many have commented. What really strikes me is, the amount of time and thought given to making this piece 3 dimensional and giving it a look of texture. So often I see projects that fit nicely but, haven't been shaped enough (IMO), to give them any depth. They look more like segmentation than intarsia without proper sanding and using shims etc.

Far as the look of texture that is strictly the natural gain of the woods. Far as depth I always start out with a solid 4x4 woods and raise or lower the pieces by a quarter of an inch. I have found to get a good 3D image that method works great. I will use 3/8 to 1/2 wood for a backdrop only. There was a Raccoon heads I did last year in the "in progress section" following my process because everyone had been commenting on the depth of my pieces. I agree on the nearing flat pieces out there, the may look nice but they tend to be more segmentation.

This piece took me between 20-25 hours - 1/2 the time selecting the wood & cutting and the other 1/2 raising, lowering, shaping, gluing & finishing the pieces.

Brian

[amazingkevin]

That is one wooly bully, a beaut!

[Clayton717]

excellent job.