End of the Year carvings

     As we come to the end of the 2017 year, I look back and can truly say it has been a good year. Enjoying the new house, getting a new position at the high school, teaching carving classes, taking a few trips with my wife (Spokane, Washington; Coeur d' Alene, Idaho; Kennewick, Washington) and having some great family times; all of these have combined to give us a good year. We look forward to 2018 and another great year. Now if only we could win the lottery and retire in style. We are both ready to retire, but just can't yet. Soon, we hope.

     Anyway, here are a few carvings I have finished lately. Some were for classes at Woodcraft, some were for customers, and others were for giveaways. I hope you enjoy these pictures.

     These penguins were for a class, and for sale. They were a lot of fun. The one on the right is one I am doing for a carving video series on YouTube. Just look for my channel (Eric Owens Carving).

     This penguin was for my daughter. She really enjoys penguins, so I ordered a penguin roughout from Moore's Roughouts (www.roughouts.com). It was really nice wood to carve and enjoyable to finish.

This viking was from an old roughout I was given. I was told it is a Dave Stetson roughout, but I can find no example of that on Dave's site or on any Google or Pinterest search. If anyone has any more information on a roughout like this, feel free to let me know. I like to give credit where it is due, so I would love to have the chance to promote their product.

Thanks for looking.