Richard Carpenter - Pine Needle Bear
By JustCool on May 13, 2008 in Cool Art
What do you do when you decide to be a poor country folk artist? With little money? You must be creative. Use your resources. This artist did just that. What do you find in the mountains of Idaho?……..PINE TREES. You’re thinking something made out of wood….Right? Not even close. Check out this picture. This bear is made from Pine Needles! A couple of hundred thousand of them in one large bear. The pine needles were gathered off the ground, sorted, washed, trimmed and hand woven. Over 8 months in making the life size bear. His name is Richard Carpenter, check out his website for many more bear pictures and other crafts.
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Betty Lou Hebert | May 16, 2008 | Reply
Dear Richard:
Just saw some of your incredible work today and wanted to tell you what an amazing talent you have,Wishing you great success with it.
Betty Lou
linda | May 22, 2008 | Reply
Wonderful bear. And the carvings aren’t chopped liver either. Hope you get some publicity from this and get filthy rich.
Lavina Burgess | May 27, 2008 | Reply
Hello Richard Carpenter…
I received this wonderful e-mail from a friend, and want to say… “when God passed out talent, you were one of the lucky ones to receive it. Your work is something to be proud of, and, it shows from every detail of your art. If someone can do something as wonderful as this, then you deserve the star of exellence!
God bless you and please keep up the wonderful work,
Phil | May 31, 2008 | Reply
You can check out more of Richard’s art at:
http://www.whereartmeetstheheart.com/richardcarpenter.shtml
Linda Masters | Jun 6, 2008 | Reply
Again I say AWESOME to the wonderful artistic tallent the the LKord has intrusted to you! Keep up the good work. I feel that He will show you abuntant success!
Linda
PS I plan on sending your site to EVERY one
in my e-mail address book!
Lori | Jun 7, 2008 | Reply
Hi Richard,
You are so truly what I would call a really talented artist. Meaning you create beauty!
I would like to echo all the previous comments on your site by saying” DITTO”.
Thanks for sharing.