Starting the Beaver at Marwell

After a short break away and tackling a rather urgent commission I resumed work on the Pole today. I joined the Solent Guild which was exhibiting and demonstrating at Marwell Park, and the Bear certainly attracted a lot of interest.


The Beaver was measured out and aligned so that initial roughing cuts could be made in the right place. The tip of the nose is one of the high spots so I relieved that and then found the contours of the eyebrows.
The next high point is the bottom of the two front teeth so it was quite easy to shape them down into the mouth, and this enabled the contours of the mouth to be set.
The two rounds each side of the nose are not eyes! But they are rather stylized whiskers.



Approx 3.5 hours