Great White Shark Sculpture
This White Pointer has been on and off of the carving table for nearly twenty years and I figured it was about time it nears the completion stage. With the White Shark now finished, a base with a 'reef' and a California Sea Lion will finish it off. This is not an attack scene, but simply titled 'A Closer Look'. The shark is a male Carcharadon carcharious carved from basswood and measures about 21" in length. The teeth were carved and inserted after cutting off the lower jaw and carving the mouth interior then re-attaching it. The carving itself was relatively easy going, but the finish was another story. The Great white may look to be just gray and white, but subtle hues of umber and green are also present in it's silvery skin tone. I think I got it here with this carving. Under the nose to under the eye, a tedious time was taken to represent the electrical sensors known as the ampulla of Lorenzini (small black dots), which enables the shark to pick up the electrical impulses that all living creatures put out when muscles move...simply a miracle of evolution is the family of sharks. It may have taken many years to get to this stage, but the dream never died, just put on hold for a while. If you have a dream that doesn't seem to be within reach, just wait for the time to be ripe for it to come to fruition.
Great White Shark sculpture
Great White Shark Sculpture
This White Pointer has been on and off of the carving table for nearly twenty years and I figured it was about time it nears the completion stage. With the White Shark now finished, a base with a 'reef' and a California Sea Lion will finish it off. This is not an attack scene, but simply titled 'A Closer Look'. The shark is a male Carcharadon carcharious carved from basswood and measures about 21" in length. The teeth were carved and inserted after cutting off the lower jaw and carving the mouth interior then re-attaching it. The carving itself was relatively easy going, but the finish was another story. The Great white may look to be just gray and white, but subtle hues of umber and green are also present in it's silvery skin tone. I think I got it here with this carving. Under the nose to under the eye, a tedious time was taken to represent the electrical sensors known as the ampulla of Lorenzini (small black dots), which enables the shark to pick up the electrical impulses that all living creatures put out when muscles move...simply a miracle of evolution is the family of sharks. It may have taken many years to get to this stage, but the dream never died, just put on hold for a while. If you have a dream that doesn't seem to be within reach, just wait for the time to be ripe for it to come to fruition.
Great White Shark sculpture