Carving a Cottonmouth Snake from Wood

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Mike Stinnett carves a Cottonmouth, or Water Moccasin Snake from a single piece of Tupelo wood using power tools and hand tools and finishes the artwork with pyrography (wood burning) and hand painting. • SUPPORT THE CHANNEL • TOOLS I USE FROM AMAZON (paid link) https://www.amazon.com/shop/stinnetts... (as an Amazon Affiliate I earn fees ) CARVING TOOLS FROM TREELINE: https://bit.ly/37mzHvC (as an affiliate I earn fees) • Wood Burning Tools www.pyrographystore.com • PATREON. / stinnettsticks Your monthly support is much appreciated and helps me keep the videos coming. • PURCHASE MUSIC FROM AMAZON Brand New Song Cottonmouth Blues by Jered Gillispie. Jered Gillispie's fine Banjo Music (paid link) https://amzn.to/3daNdFJ (As an Amazon Affiliate I earn fees for qualifying purchases.)Also, please check out Jered and his band, Lonesome Crossroads Bluegrass here: / jenmree7music by Mike Stinnett and his daughter Theresa Stinnett (paid link) https://amzn.to/3d73mfz • A special thanks to Edward Mercer for providing the videos of the live Cottonmouth. • Transcription • Before I start carving I need to do a lot of studying. • The first thing I like to do is sculpt a little clay model to help me visualize the shape I want. • We don't have any Cottonmouths in my area. So my friend Edward Mercer was kind enough to send me some videos and pictures. • The Cottonmouth, or Water Moccasin, lives in the swamp lands of the Southeastern US. • It's a poisonous viper that spends most of its time in or around the water. • As I'm carving, • I realize it is going to be a real challenge to wood burn the scales in the tight curves of the snake's body. • As the nights get colder, I like to make sure the little birds get plenty of food; they need to fatten up for the winter. • While I'm enjoying the Chickadees, Pearl watches closely for Jay birds and Squirrels. • She doesn't get along with them very well. • I need to make a few special wood burning tips for this project. • I've gone as far as I can with the regular scale tips, and it's finally time to deal with those hard-to-reach areas. • Here's what I came up with to get the job done.

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