Friday, July 27, 2012

A Snake In The Grass Was Inspiration

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It is all about carving - tips and techniques, works in progress, completed projects, how to instructions, and future plans.

Note that Phaal Nap (Fail Nap) is a pseudonym, nom de plume, and anagram for Hal Papan. I usually write when I can't sleep. Ergo, Fail Nap. Of course, Hal Papan is my nom de couteau (knife name instead of pen name) and anagram for my real name, Alan Happ. I carve under the name Hal Papan. 

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  • The snake was attacking my lawn mower.  It was protecting its nest.  I'll never forget how fearless it was.  It was majorly ticked off, too!  Lucky for me it was trying to bite the wheels of the lawn mower and not my ankle. 

    That was the inspiration for this walking stick.  The stick itself had a serpentine curve to it.  I used some internet images to get ideas about features and proportions to carve.
    Ready to strike

    The bottom side

      How did I know it would remain still? 

       


    Climbing a tree?











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