Friday, March 2, 2007

Hand Carved Wildlife





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LEX AND KIM said...
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LEX AND KIM said...

POSTED BY LEX
MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN FANS OF CRAIG THOMPSON FOR WELL OVER 10 YEARS
WE FIRST DROVE BY HIS 4991 TRAFALGAR RD LOCATION ON OUR WAY FROM ORANGEVILLE
WE JAW DROPPED WHEN WE SAW THIS HUGE BEAR CARVING AND THEN ANOTHER IN HIS YARD
WE TURNED AROUND WONDERING IF WE COULD TAKE A BETTER LOOK
CRAIG WELCOMED US IN AND THAT STARTED OUR FRIENDSHIP AND TRUE APPRECIATION OF THIS FANTASTIC WILDLIFE CARVER.
IT TOOK US ABOUT 10 MIN.TO FALL IN LOVE WITH A 13 FOOT BEAR WITH TWO CUBS AT ITS FEET -ALL FROM ONE TREE-WE BOUGHT .IT THEN AND THERE . CRAIG SAID HE COULD DELIVER IT IN A FEW WEEKS , NOT ONLY DID HE DELIVER AND HELP STAND UP THIS 3000 LB BEAR HE HAD ALSO REFRESHED THE FINISH . IT WAS TRUELLY AMAZING !
SINCE THEN WE HAVE PURCHASED A SMALL BEAR CUB TO HANG IN ONE OF OUR TREES LOOKING AT THE GIANT MOMMA BEAR , AS IF SHE WAS CALLING HIM . CRAIG CARVED HIM FROM INSPIRATION (NO MEASUREMENTS ) JUST BY LOOKING AT THE TREE HE WAS TO HANG IN .IT ENDED UP PERFECT .
TWO FULL SIZE BALD EAGLES PERCHED ON TOP OF A HUGE STUMP CARVED AND PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE A ROCKY OUTCROPPING WAS OUR NEXT CARVING BY THIS MASTER CARVER WHO CONTINUES TO WIN AWARDS AT VARIOUS CARVING COMPETITIONS IN ONTARIO EACH YEAR
ANOTHER LARGE BEAR SITTING ON TOP OF A HOLLOW STUMP WITH A CUB TUCKED IN THE HOLLOW OF THIS 3-4 FT DIAMETER STUMP FOLLOWED IN OUR COLLECTION .
ONE OF CRAIGS FAVORITES A LIVE EDGE BENCH WITH AN OWL CARVED AND PAINTED AT ONE END CAME FROME HIS BACK YARD TO OUR FRONT PORCH
A FULL SIZE GRINCH (CRAIGS CHRISTMAS FAVORITE ) , A LIFE SIZE PELLICAN SITTING ON THREE SEA SIDE WARF PILLARS WRAPPED IN ROPE AND AN OVER SIZED SQUIRREL ADDED TO OUR COLLECTION JUST OF LATE .
WE CANT WAITE TO SEE HOW HE MAKES OUT WITH A DOG "MAX" TO JOIN OUR GRINCH