Tales of Tails

A year and 3 months since the last post!

And the world has flipped it's magnetic axis.....


JUST KIDDING!

well, pretty close though. If Climate Crisis is not bad enough a Situation to remedy, The Universe has decided to release a Pandemic Virus onto the "virus" that's been wrecking the world's immune system.

So, as with the rest of humanity (who care enough to not become a Vector, infective one, not mathematical) we locked down.

And while my official work is Very Topical to the crisis at hand, my mind needs a very not topical things to make.

First concept was this heron on the rock:












Simple enough on paper, and thus after "wanting" to do this for so long, I did.

Heron Iteration 1 -- weathered Aspen twig on Aspen bark

And then I switched tactics, to something a bit more formulaic

Say Hi to Groot and Greta -- White Pine twigs (groot needed a right hand)

And then a Fox came along ... from White Pine

Getting more confident now....

Heron Iteration 2 - White Pine
The eye mark is a natural knot in the wood!!! :D
Universe Approves of this Heron

Heron Iteration 3 -- I broke it's neck :( had to be glued back on
But a finer carving

Herons 4 and 5, they come in Pairs, as Herons should be.

Change in Technique.
"Little brown Birb"

Brown Birb and Heron Iteration 6