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felixthevolks
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Location: Williamsburg, VA
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 Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:29 pm Post subject: Folk art Carved Wooden Beetle |
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Hi all- just added this massive carved bug to my collection and curious if anyone has a guess on its origins.
The carving is very symmetrical, with wire 'half axle' nails welded tip to tip and attached in a groove via fence staples. It is carved out of a block made by gluing 7 dense pine(?) boards together and was originally painted white. There were bumper holes but no bumpers so I went ahead and made some aluminum ones since I have no idea what was originally there. It smells old, the paint (even the over-paint) looks old. No windows or other identifiers- only detail is a small, square raised license plate. Guessing '50s and it has a split/oval-era feel to it. Carved by a returning G.I.? Old-time VWCA? Shop class? I'm calling it Megabug- the Tonka bug is there to show the beast's size.. 18" long
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Hacksaw-BoB
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Hmmm... 
Interesting 
First time I have ever seen something like this before 
I "Wood Knot" know the origin ? ? ?
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LowType2
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I will Ash some friends and then Cherry pick the best ones Willow that be ok???
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Blue Baron
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Location: Southeast USA
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I've never seen one before either, and I doubt it holds any extreme collector value. I'd suggest you continue turning it into something unique.
It's like a blank art canvas. You could repaint the body, paint or airbrush in windows and body details, make hubcaps, headlights and door handles, etc, using found objects. A pinstriper could paint the body lines. You could take this wood block to the next level.
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79SuperVert
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Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:29 pm Post subject: Re: Folk art Carved Wooden Beetle |
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Along the lines of folk art, here's a little souvenir made on Peru that I found in a souvenir shop in Old San Juan:
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