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A Hairy Situation

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This was my first practice piece of burning hair on a 4" x 8" scrap of poplar plywood. I had never burned an animal with hair on it and wanted to see how it was compared to burning feathers (as on birds).

I copied this one chipmunk from a 8 x 10 pattern that has a pair of chipmunks on it just to see if I could burn a recognizable replication of an animal with hair.

It was pretty tricky to do for my first one but I did learn quite a bit on it so will hopefully be better next time .



Guess there is some hope yet for this rookie burner and if I ever master hair to my satisfaction I will probably have a try at an animal with fur but that seems like it would be way more difficult than either feathers or hair.



 
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#3 ·
Like John, I am not a burner [except from slow feed speed....LOL], but it looks good from my view.
 
#12 ·
Bill, I am very impressed with your skills here! It looks real enough to eat from my bird feeders! You have me confused, though
if I ever master hair to my satisfaction I will probably have a try at an animal with fur
It looks to me like you have already done an animal with fur (the chipmunk). Isn't "fur" simply a thick arrangement of "hair"?

Beautiful work!
Otis Guillebeau from Auburn, Georgia
 
#13 ·
Thanks for all the comments and yes , I understand what some are saying about the hair/fur relationship..

I guess what I was referring to was drawing out the fine lines around the edges to look like hair on the outside without realizing the layering of them in the darker areas made them to be fur.
 
#14 ·
Bill, if you have dug through the posts in this section you most likely saw this before but it still amazes me. This was the third effort by my late wife Sue. Some people just have the knack for it.
 

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When I first started reading your post where you said you were burning animals on wood, I thought one of our members had snapped his twig. Since I make pet urns I thought we had someone cremating animals. After I scrolled on down I saw your work. It is beautiful. You do wonderful work. Malcolm / Kentucky USA
 
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