These guys were carved from an idea triggered by a character called Bufford in a carving magazine from the US and reminds me of a good friend who rides a bike in Australia.
Wood: Himalayan Tree (Cotoneaster fridgidus)
Height: 9.5 cms
Finish: Beeswax dissolved in linseed oil.
The wood was carved wet, then dried using the auto-defrost function of a microwave oven. A stress-relief hole is bored up from the base of the figure as high as possible. Then sealed in a plastic bag the figure was subjected to 4 x 4 minutes defrosting in the microwave oven, opening the bag after each 4 minutes to let the water vapour escape.
