Carving the Bad Ass Cannibal Raven (1)
2011 November – Finding the Western Red Cedar
Finding
Slicing
More slicing
Big Blade!
Loading
Posing
2012 February – Roughing with the saw
Squared blank, with saw work started
Hollowing out the head of the Raven
2012 June – Shaping with the Adze
Working the shape
June 2012 – More Tweaking of the shape
Tweaking the inside and outside shape of the Raven with an adze
Lipped Adze
June 2012 – Slicing the beak line
Had to obtain a riser block for the bandsaw
2012 July – Hollowing between the head and beak
One inch drill holes, then monster gouge and mallet
Getting there slowly
And then I went on to other things. But it will be completed shortly. I am presently working on the punky haido.
Champagne Design — Carver 
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