Wood
This was one of my first attempts at carving wood.
It was more of a wood 'shaping' really as I did this with a sanding tool.
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I found this at westonbirt forest and it was to become my very first project actually involving carving.
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Removing the bark with a spoke shave tool.
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The magical viking glyphs protect us from getting lost...
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But not from being frozen and wet!