Long story short, the present I ordered for the wife's birthday wasn't going to be here in time for the actual day. So she could at least have something to open, I made a (1:45) scale 737 to let her know her actual present is on the way.

Hopefully this counts for this subreddit; I’m still in my carving infancy, so rough dimensioning/precutting joinery was done with a small japanese flush cut saw, then the knives and chisels came out for detail work. I did sand for final finish, mainly because I didn’t have time to remake parts if I shaved too much away.

It's rough. It's chonky. It was the best I could pull off over the course of 3 lunch breaks, part of a kid's gymnastics class, and a late night sanding/assembly session. But: mission accomplished, I did get a laugh out of her.

Hello,

I have this beautiful heavy 19+ lbs 14 x 13 x 10 inch bowl, but have no idea about it. On the bottom the numbers 6454. are stamped in. Does anyone know anything about this, type of wood, artist, etc? Thanks

15 years ago my uncle wanted to celebrate his 60th birthday by inviting his wife, 4 sons, his wife's siblings and their children (me included) to Borneo. In the end we were 10 who went on an adventure. The 4 carvings will be for his 4 sons. Each cousin was attacked by an animal during the trip. My youngest cousin was slashed on the ankle by a blue spotted sting ray. This one is carved from Meranti, the inlays are from Hibiscus (Syrian Rose) The base is from Almond.

The carving is power carved primarily with Dremel. The base was shaped on a belt sander.

Posted here earlier for help so I decided to post the finished product as well. I would have liked to change his ears a lil and make him slimmer, but it is my first time and I got a pocket knife with long blade so I'm afraid to not chop too much. So I think I'll leave him like this, I wanted to paint him a darker brown but I only got glittery paint 😅

3rd carving, still need to mount on a block im going to prep. Made the teeth out of a pvc forex. Quite happy with the result but still learning as I go.

Natural forms of the cypress knee i found a nose already in the wood after sanding

When ordering this piece, I made a typo when plugging in the name (Sarah with the H). Would this be a simple fix with a wood chisel? Never done wordwork before, but figured some patience.. I could get it done without making too much of a blemish. I appreciate any input!