I have attached a few photos of the process. The center of the wood has a darker brown than the outer layers and gave the effect of a shadow under the lizard. The can was ultimately made out of mulberry wood and carved nicely. The carving started with a custom order of a larger cane to give me plenty of wood to work with in order to keep the structural integrity of the cane while giving a full life size carving of the Gila Monster. Following the research I proceeded to make a quick clay mock-up of the carving to give me an idea of the any difficulties I would come across. This was a new carving for me and I had a fun time researching the lizard to learn the features for the carving and painting. I recently had the assignment of a Gila Monster and Werewolf Carving on a cane.
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