Koala: March 2006

My son has been asking me to carve him a stick with his favorite animal - the koala. I worked up this one as a 2 piece carving so that the koala could be removed when he wanted to play swords with his buddies. It was built up from 3/4 poplar and the koala is basswood. It was fun to carve and the bamboo look turned out pretty cool.