May 9, 2008: Pine Needle Bear

xoxoxoBruce • May 9, 2008 1:27 am

OK, I got this in an email, so who knows the real story, but here goes.....
This is a starving artist from Idaho, named Richard Carpenter, that makes a living carving horns and antlers like these moose webs.

Pretty cool, but his most fascinating piece it this bear made from hundreds of thousands of pine needles. The pine needles were gathered off the ground, sorted, washed, trimmed and hand woven, over 8 months, in making the life size bear.

The email ends with;

His work should be seen.
If you agree, send this to all your friends.
I know the artist would love to hear from you.
Just to know where his art is being seen around the world.
He said he would reply to every email and print every letter for his scrapbook.
You can write him here at: [email]mntmagic@---------.net[/email]

I've emailed him, but won't post his email address until I hear from him.

EDIT: new site link http://www.whereartmeetstheheart.com/richardcarpenter.shtml

Antimatter • May 9, 2008 4:51 am

Nice bear. And nice carvings too. But the email smells like a hoax...

SPUCK • May 9, 2008 4:58 am

That bear is surely a stickler.

Sundae • May 9, 2008 6:37 am

Beautiful work, I hope it's a genuine email.

Griff • May 9, 2008 6:51 am

Wow.

DucksNuts • May 9, 2008 6:58 am

Did he kill to get those antlers??

The Bear is awesome. I have a thing for Bears.

footfootfoot • May 9, 2008 9:13 am

xoxoxoBruce • May 9, 2008 10:57 am

DucksNuts;452194 wrote:
Did he kill to get those antlers??

Possibly, but antlers, unlike horns, are shed every year. The woods are full of them, if you can get to them before they get recycled.

Cloud • May 9, 2008 11:33 am

"this artist needs to be seen" --

make sure it gets on all the trailer park lists. ick.

Shawnee123 • May 9, 2008 11:37 am

Elitist much?

Love the bear.

xoxoxoBruce • May 9, 2008 11:41 am

From the picture, I'd say it was pretty damn nice trailer park.

Shawnee123 • May 9, 2008 11:44 am

But it can't be. ALL people who live in trailers are disgusting beer-swilling low-lifes. Not?

I SAID, love your g*damn neighbor.

:lol:

Sundae • May 9, 2008 12:33 pm

I wouldn't have the antlers in my house - it's not my style at all.
Although I'd be tempted by the bear if I ever had enough money and a big enough entrance hall.

But in my opinion the antlers are ART.
And there's no ick in art, surely?

Cloud • May 9, 2008 12:48 pm

I know, I know. You're all right, of course. Just seems in bad taste to me.

Shawnee123 • May 9, 2008 1:01 pm

I agree. Not a huge fan of the antlers. I do like the bear. He would be cute out in front of my...er...place. :blush:

I would like something like that when I build my big log home. He would be really neat in the Great Room!

footfootfoot • May 9, 2008 2:01 pm

A long long time ago, back when the internets was still in diapers there was a website called "chicks with antlers" which had lots of photographs of sexy women with magnificent ahem racks of antlers photoshopped onto their heads.

It was fascinatingly weird. Kind of like when bugs bunny dressed up as a woman...

Cloud • May 9, 2008 2:16 pm

like Jessica Rabbit?

Gravdigr • May 9, 2008 3:21 pm

Jessica Rabbit is HAWT!!!!:eaty:

xoxoxoBruce • May 9, 2008 11:11 pm

As I said before, I emailed Rich Carpenter at [email]mntmagic@custertel.net[/email] telling him I had posted his work. His reply...

VERY NICE BRUCE...... I AM for REAL. Thank you.
I can't change my other email. But I'm getting over 400 emails a day and I just can't answer all of them. Most are just comments, Whew! I hope to get a web page going if I can get a head of these emails.
I see there are many skeptics. I live near Salmon, Idaho along the Salmon River. My first Cub took me 3 months to make and my large bears over 8 months.
Here's a few more pictures for the doubters.
Rich