Sycamores are always dropping limbs and the limbs are almost always gnarly, misshapen, and often spalted before they ever hit the ground. In other words, they are ideal for turning little rustic birdhouse ornaments. 

 

 

 

 

 

So Cool!

 

Posting this next Wednesday!

Love that natural look.

Very cool Steve. Love your artistic creativity.

The little birdy 😃

That little birdy makes me happy for some reason, smiling right now, those are all out cool Steve.

Thanks everyone!! John, I am very flattered by the "great content" remarks. 

Always love your little birds and the demo video was very informative , just cannot find time to do one.

I noticed you have the "Luc Warth" bird style perfected!!

I got some quarter-sawn sycamore once.  It's a very nice and figured wood.  When one of my daughters was about to graduate from Sycamore High School, I thought I'd make her and her friends some sycamore Shaker oval boxes as graduation presents.  Well, of 10 attempts to bend the box into shape for a #2, one did not crack apart.  So it's not a very good bending wood.

2 hours ago, lew said:

I noticed you have the "Luc Warth" bird style perfected!!

 

Thanks Lew but Luc is in a class by himself with that form. Still, I will admit I am happy with how my imitations turn out. It's such a simple form but so clever I think.