Main Carving Finished

The Parrot is now virtually finished, all carving on the body and wings being completed.

The wood of the wings was not quite as dense as that of the main pole, so tended to flake a bit. As the wings are feathered this doesn't really detract from the effect.

Parrots have strong claws on Totem Poles so I followed suit. The rather oddly shaped legs seems also to be traditional as I mentioned earlier.

The wings were attached to the body by leaving about a centimeter of squared off wood at the end and then cutting a mortise into the body so that this fitted tightly. Once this was completed the carving on the wing was worked on so that the join was as natural as possible.

The beak was undercut significantly as in the Stanley Park example.














The Owl needs a beak, but that's the main carving finished ... It remains to clean up a few of the surfaces with abrasives where he grain has caused difficulties with the gouges, and then sealing the surface.

Appox 12.5 hours
The main carving has therefore taken a bit over 90 hours, with about 6 hours in the setup, working with the school and researching.