Another stroll in the woods, another 'creature'

[yamatetsu]

I found another piece of wood that looks like a weird creature, this time it's vaguely resembling a fish. I have heeded Le Chucks advice on the last piece I did, this one I mounted on a smaller base made out of two boards which I sanded, glued together, sanded some more, and stained. It is mounted on steel rods, which really gives the impression that 'fishy' is floating.

Some pics :

[yamatetsu]

Some more pics.

[yamatetsu]

More pics.







I like the details on this one, especially the 'tail', which looks like the head of some sinister creature.

[Le Chuck]

That mounting is much better  

The rest of the piece looks good too, keep it up - I love this stuff

[Slippyblade]

You putting this stuff for sale on any "artsy" sites?

[yamatetsu]

Nah, I hardly dare to post it here. I don't think of this as 'art' or of me as an artist. I just stumble across something I like and polish it up. By building my cab, I have learned many new things which I can now put to good use. And since this is the only forum I'm active in, you get to see the results 

That mounting is much better  

That it is, but it was a ---smurfette--- to do. I seem somehow to be unable to drill a hole at a right angle, and of course I don't own a drill press. Drilling those holes into an uneven surface was even more fun, and the best part was to figure out where to put the holes in the base so that the piece sits centered. The rods are not as straight as I would have liked, but it turned out ok.

[ark_ader]

Looks better than the first piece.   

[pbj]

Dude, that looks like ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. 

No, really, it looks like a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.

 

[wp34]

Those are awesome.  Nice job on the mounting.

This one looks like a Bear head to me.   

[Howard_Casto]

So I suppose it'd be safe to say you get wood ever time you go into the forest.  You sick freak.   

[pbj]

 

[yamatetsu]

So I suppose it'd be safe to say you get wood ever time you go into the forest.  You sick freak.   

Ha ! I wish ! Sadly it takes several forays into the woods to get wood once, if I'm lucky.

Dude, that looks like ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. 

No, really, it looks like a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.

 

This thing is about 40 cm long, so if it really was a piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, I wouldn't want to meet the creature that produced it  In fact, I probably would avoid the woods just to be safe.

[pbj]

I'm mostly teasing you, it looks good.  It would be funny to get a plaque printed up along the lines of "Certified at 7 Courics" and slap it on there.

[yamatetsu]

I'm mostly teasing you, it looks good.

Mostly ? So the rest really looks like ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- ? (Mostly just teasing you  )

Jokes aside, the pics make it look too dark because I had to make them in the shadow of a big tree. I tried taking pics in sunshine against a white background, but the thing shines so much in the light that the pics were no good.

[Ginsu Victim]

This is just one of those things I'm not meant to understand.

[yamatetsu]

There is nothing to be understood. It's just a weird shape that either appeals to you or it does not