After staring at this thing on the wall for a few days I thought it needed more to help protect the thin maple wood flower petals. I finished this some time ago but kept thinking it needed more. More of what I tell myself????

  The flower petals are very thin maple wood and this might help? but still don't know how anyone could dust it

 

So I added a box frame and some birds?

I like it!

A nice touch.  I like it too.   Danl

Count me in as a liker too. Perfect touch adding hummingbirds.

Truly an artists eye Jess, it just gets better & better

Wow! Your artistry continues to amaze.

Hey guys, I do appreciate what you all are saying but the truth is if I stay in the house I have to help you know who do some house cleaning..and thank goodness I didn't even know if she could cook. All I know I had to look for a long time before I found her. 

  Now that I am walking on the tread mill EVERY day things are starting to change and I feel much better. I can even trot out to the shop.

 And I didn't carve the humming birds. I have been saving four of them for a few years just waiting for the right place for them to live. A little side ways but are looking at the flowers. A couple of them broke and since they are made of glass I figured by the time I used them they might just turn back to dust!

  I found the picture I was using to get to this thing and I hope the original carver maybe would smile if he was to see it. I figure all he had was a few knives of some sort and nothing like the real carvers use today so this guy was the actual artist.

 This picture was from another wood working site as he was fixing to try and copy it probably using knives instead of Dremels and I think he said he got it from Hobby Lobby or some place like that.

52 minutes ago, Smallpatch said:

I figure all he had was a few knives of some sort and nothing like the real carvers use today so this guy was the actual artist.

 What a wonderful image Jess! I loved your comment above, "real carvers use today"

 

I just went back and read some of my post of a few months ago and I finished his carving, even put a box around it and then added some humming birds. I guess I was so proud of it I didn't show it to nobody????

 

29 minutes ago, Smallpatch said:

I just went back and read some of my post of a few months ago and I finished his carving, even put a box around it and then added some humming birds. I guess I was so proud of it I didn't show it to nobody????

 

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8 hours ago, lew said:

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Me neither.

I'm sorry guys for I went back I find i have already posted the pictures so you see blank as I could not find where to delete the whole second post!