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Originally Posted by Minkness
Wow! Your work is amazing!
I'd say that ball pythons are the most popular and come in sooooo many patterns. I'm partial to lucistics but not sure what the most sought after is.
How much does one of your walking sticks usually cost? How long to make? Since you don't own snakes, how dis you get into carving them?
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Thanks for the compliment, but it is Gods gift He just loaned it to me. Yes, there so many patterns, that is why I cant, or couldn't decide. I am leaning heavy toward the brown and tan pattern with the darker brown outlined in white. I googled lucistics and picts of white snakes poped up so I assume you are talking about what I would have called albino? My favorites are the one that have blotches of white in them, like there printer just ran out of ink for a moment, lol. I realy do not know much about snakes, at least the exotic kinds. But am learning.
My sticks prices vary on size, how much time it takes, how much detail and how life like they look. I have sold them any were from 50 up to 550. The more real looking ones take about 4 to 8 weeks to make.
You asked how I got into carveing them, well I carve twisted wood. I walk miles and miles through the woods looking for trees that a vine has grew around the tree and caused the wood around the vine to buldge out. I then carve it down into a snake, because that is what it looks like to start with, lol. It was my wifes idea, she saw one once and said hey, bet you could carve a snake in that, so I did. It has been very therapudic, I used to have a phobia of snakes, couldn't look at them, had nightmares ect. Always thought they were awesome looking, just terrified of them, but carveing them and studying pictures of them has helped tremendously. Next week will be the real test, I am attending the repticon in Atlanta...
Friends are placing bets that I will, or will not stay, lol.
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