Cold Carving

At I Saw It In Minnesota the thermometer might say it's warmer but the wind doesn't make if feel any better. The sunshine has brought the carvers spirits around and both Joe and Ben were carving today. Personally I think they're crazy, I went to help Ben with something out by the highway and thought I was going to turn into a popsicle. Really though the wind has been crazy here the past week or so. Joe started this carving

a few weeks ago. It's going to be amazing when it's done. This tree is a western red cedar we had shipped in from Washington State. It was a whole when it was brought here but as you can see it fell apart. This tree is about 20 feet tall. If you look closely the wings have all of the detail in them and soon the eagle will too. When it's done the eagle will look something like this  . The rest of the tree is going to be full of carvings as well. I believe Joe said something about adding a nest and and another eagle and some bears. I'm going to take pictures as he goes, like a photo journal of the carving. One of the last large carving Joe did a gal out in California purchased. Shipping on it wasn't even that terrible. The people that have come by the shop seem to think this eagle is pretty cool so far. It's just been to windy out here lately to get up on the lift to do more carving. The 10 day forecast shows there might be some good weather on Monday or Tuesday. Today they were carving under the awning. I snapped a few pictures of them really quick, they aren't the best pictures but it gives you an idea anyway

 Ben is working on an eagle and Joe is doing custom order for an owl. I can tell you the only good thing about this weather its easier to take phone calls when the windows are closed with all the chainsaw noise. Sometimes I go to bed and all I hear in my head is rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRrrrrRRrr.