Double Busted

[@kjirstenboucher9682]

Beautiful bear carves 🤩 . Love the bench.

[@BigRagufromAT]

Thanks for watching!

[@dennisbracci9212]

Your carvings are awesome.

[@BigRagufromAT]

Thanks.

[@B30pt87]

I'm glad you are sticking to it. I've seen SO many chainsaw carved bears that look nothing like a real bear, and I always wonder if the guys who carve them have ever really looked at real bears. And if they have, what are they seeing? A cartoon? Whereas when I look at your bears, I know that you appreciate the animal, not the money you can make by carving an approximation of a bear.

[@BigRagufromAT]

Thanks! I appreciate your commenting on the video. I believe most carvers generally speak and learn from patterns with specific goals in mind, one is to accomplish the goal of carving something the other is to turn it in to a job where they are trying to be like a machine. We are not machines, machine's break and humans that try to be like them eventually suffering from fatigue and injuries for the rest of their lives. I go slow and work from a mental space playing recall as I go. I got off track, but thanks again for commenting

[@B30pt87]

@@BigRagufromAT I think you are right about the turning of arts and artists into machine-production units. The artistry IS the point.

[@zeuscash7830]

Good morning B30pt87. How long have you been carving?

[@BigRagufromAT]

@Zeus Cash 33 years full time thanks!

[@zeuscash7830]

Jeff I love you work I have only been carving for 3 personally. I was actually asking @B30pt87 that question.

[@mylesmclean7121]

Awsome Job thanks for sharing would have loved to seen the completed carving assembled

[@BigRagufromAT]

Thanks so much..I'm sorry I misplaced those pics..grrrr!

[@genedelcourt366]

You're the Man, Sir! Hey, Since the school year is over this week (I'm a HS teacher) Would it be possible to come up to Oxford in the next couple of weeks to visit your shop and maybe talk about a lesson or two? Though I've been carving for a long time, I would really like to take my work to the next level and watching your videos has made me believe I can get there with a nudge or two.

[@BigRagufromAT]

Thanks for watching. You can call me and we can discuss the class. Go to [e-mail] to email me or northwoodscarver.com for my contact info. Thanks

[@NorAlb_Chainsaw_Carver]

at 17:35 what kind of oil is in those jugs? lol ALSO, Great work man! thanks for taking the time to present these masterpieces

[@BigRagufromAT]

Thank you!

[@asculptedlife]

Great episode Jeff ! Much respect brother…

[@BigRagufromAT]

Thanks.

[@dennisbracci9212]

Great picture at end of video!!!

[@BigRagufromAT]

Thanks!

[@johncress9813]

Great job!!

[@robertwilson9746]

Hi Jeff, loving your work. I've always had in my head that the distance between the nose, eyes and ears are pretty equidistant. I'm not sure if it's the camera angle but the distance between the eyes and ears are greater on these two (particularly with the guy with his ears pulled back.) I ask, not as any kind of criticism, but for me to learn from a great carver. Thanks, Bob.

[@BigRagufromAT]

I will be honest I don't pay much attention to that stuff on fun carves per say. I love carving and capturing different aspects of emotion and try to tap into the potential customer inside me. When I look at something like those as an average person, I'm not paying attention to all the dimensional measurements, I'm more or less invested in movement and emotional content. Have always based my bruins faces on inspiration from my dogs' faces, actually..lol I have a Mastiff with amazing expression capabilities. I bend the rules as I please to get the end result I want in a carving. Hope this helps.

[@robertwilson9746]

@@BigRagufromAT Thanks. Ultimately it's all about what it looks like. And they are brilliant. Thanks again for the videos.

[@JGwoodcrafts]

Nice bear!

[@BigRagufromAT]

Thanks!

[@CarverKingsOfficial]

great bench.

[@BigRagufromAT]

Thanks for watching and for commenting, buddy!

[@epicweldepicweld5857]

What grit on that Osburn ?

[@BigRagufromAT]

No clue.

[@petrmalek5335]

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