Butternut Bear Wood Carvings

These bear carvings are made from Butternut wood. It's easy to see the different ways the grain pattern changes, depending on if the bear has the grain running face on or from the side. Notice the difference between the appearance of Bear carving # 6 and Bear carving #10.

These Butternut Bears can be carved so they are standing or sitting. By carving them in the 5 to 6 inch range, Coffman is able to get a lot of movement and expression into their poses and faces. Oddly enough, these are also the carvings that most people claim look like one of their relatives.

Their natural bottom-heavy tendency of the Bear carving allows them to be off center but still very stable. You can see that although they definitely all belong to the same slough, their heads and expressions are all very different. Coffman enjoyed working with these bears so much that they inspired her greeting card line. So many people at shows would pick one of these bear carvings up and make up a story that they were certain must apply to that bear. They'd be certain it was shy or laughing at something or perhaps hiding a secret. It happened so often that greeting cards that could frame the bear in a story just seemed to be the next natural step to take.

As with all of her carvings, these bears are carved in the round. Hopefully they are interesting from all sides.
These bears can easily be special ordered with a suggestion of a pose or emotion that could be expressed by the bear's face and its body language.

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