Carving a Wooden Rattlesnake and Deer Mouse Walking Stick

Mike Stinnett shows how he carved a Diamondback Rattlesnake walking stick with a little Deer Mouse on the top, out of a single piece of wood, using power carving tools.Tools & Music Links Below

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Transcription below:
"A piece of wood is like a blank canvas to me"
" I do a lot of studying and planning before I even start to carve"
"Bit by Bit, I've got to remove the excess wood to reveal the subjects, inside"
"I always worry that I will take too much wood off too quickly"
"So, I like to just slow down, and have fun with it!"
"Carving Rattlesnakes is getting easier for me to do. But carving the mouse on the top of this stick is going to be the real challenge."
"The little clay sculpture will help very much to get me started, but it will not be good enough to show me how to carve the details."
"My dog, Pearl, and I, decided to see if we could catch a little mouse so I could study him closely."
"It really helped me to have a live model to look at. This made it possible for me to see details that do not show up well in reference photos."
"Pearl thought that because she was the one who found the little mouse, that she should be able to keep him. Haha! She sure hated to see him go!"