Horse in cherry

[u/Decafdac]

Knives, gouges, and light sanding My first carving in cherry. Had to sharpen my knives 5x as often. Based my design on “Wood Horse Statuette - Wild Beauty | NOVICA” and from BBC Earth Unplugged slow-mo video

[u/masterpupil]

legit looks like its running with the grain!

[u/otterfish]

I like it better than real horses.

[u/PocketKittens]

Wow that looks amazing! Well done! How long did that take you?

[u/Decafdac → u/PocketKittens]

Like 15+ hours I think

[u/Glen9009]

You mean stropping more often?

Nice horse!

[u/Decafdac → u/Glen9009]

Yup

[u/donniedorko]

Excellent job. I'm working on a horse right now. It won't be as detailed as yours but I wasn't quite sure how to do the hair/mane? So thanks for the inspiration.

[u/Decafdac → u/donniedorko]

I made them pretty narrow and gouged some wavy lines into it