Smiley Vested Santa

Jim Willis, Kansas, MO

Basswood, 3’ x 4’ x 9”
Acrylic paint and satin lacquer

From original Vested Santa design with smiley face added to fit the Joyous Christmas season

Santa for Bonnie

Alex Bisso, Billings, MT

Cottonwood bark, ~ 19” tall, 4” wide, 2.5” thick
Acrylic paint, several coats of spray lacquer, 50/50 mix of dark/clear Watco satin finishing wax

Original design, with addition of bells and holly inspired by Santa carvings in Rick Jensen’s Carving Tree Bark

Old World Santa

Loren Woodard, Sunrise Beach, MO

Basswood, 8” tall
Acrylic paint over boiled linseed oil

Original design

Santa

David Van Gorder

Basswood, 6” tall
Acrylic paint

From a pattern, author unknown

Star, The Christmas Pony

Dean Paulsen, La Vista, NE

Basswood, 12” tall
Acrylic washes and Krylon matte finish

Santa is original design; pony from a Floyd Rhadigan pattern

Kris Kringle

Steve Fowler, Marion, IN

Basswood, 14” tall, 2” thick
Acrylic paint, Watco wax

From a Harley Schmitgen roughout

Santa

Jim O’Hara, Grove City, OH

Basswood
Acrylic paint, Minwax finish

From a roughout by Dave Stetson

Santa Twist

Jeff Pretz

Basswood, ~ 5” tall
Zinsser Bullseye Seal Coat, diluted acrylic paint, Minwax wood stain

Design - as Jeff says: “I have done a number of these over the last year or so. I don’t know where I got the idea.”

Santa Relief

Loren Woodard, Sunrise Beach, MO

Beavertail Basswood, 10” x 24”

Original pattern

Two Santas (With a Friend)

Alex Bisso, Billings, MT

Cottonwood bark
Short Santa ~ 9” tall, 3.75” wide, 2.5” thick
Tall Santa ~12” tall, 3.25” wide, 2.5” thick

Acrylic paint, several coats of spray lacquer, 50/50 mix of dark/clear Watco satin finishing wax

Original designs