A Carved Cat

Finally, a real original design. I carved this cat, which is not painted yet, from my own sketches to give me a tall skinny cat. It is meant to be a folk art type piece and the eyes will be painted in. It is a simple design, but one that I like. I'll post it when I finish painting it so ypou can see the differences.

In addition, last Saturday I created this small box from cedar. I had issues that I expected using a router with cedar, mainly the tearing of wood chunks at the edges of the wood. Other than that, it looks good and I want to try this same box in a hardwood, which I know will hold up much better with the router. I used the video set from youtube for basic instructions and tried to follow his tips and suggestions. With a different wood, I'd like to try adding the border inlay that was shown, but was afraid the ceder would keep tearing due to its soft nature.

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By the way, the box is 3"x3"x3". The rabbits and lid separation was done on the router, the mitered corners were done on the table saw. Enjoy, and be careful of the splinters.