Check out this carving by Marc Barger. This is amazing. Some people are so talented.

That would make a sweet lamp.:rockon:

Man is that awesome, the attention to detail is great. Does anyone know how long it took him. I guess some people just have skills!:rockon:

I read that it took him a year to complete.

Dang thats cool, what did it score? lol

that is an awesome carving. who is mark barger I have never heard of him.

Now that is cool !!! :rockon:

who is mark barger

I believe he is the guy that created the deception camo too. That deer is awesome.

rick

That would make a sweet lamp.:rockon:



Lamp!!:doh:

That piece stands alone.

That is awsome.

I remember seeing pics from him in the whole start to finish process...
AWESOME.
He has done some other work as well, very talented.

Very nice!

wow thats amazing!!! the detail is incredable. now thats talent!! :rockon:

I remember seeing pics from him in the whole start to finish process...
AWESOME.
He has done some other work as well, very talented.

It is pretty awesome work!!:biggrin1:

Glad to notice you over Mike!! Don't be a stranger:cool:

It is pretty awesome work!!:biggrin1:

Glad to notice you over Mike!! Don't be a stranger:cool:


Good 2 see you too Dan, I got into it with our favorite mods from your banning. :laugh:

I got into it with our favorite mods from your banning

Hard to believe someone disagreed with one of the mods on AT! :laugh:

Nice to see you mike!

rick

That is amazing. That looks more lifelike than allot of mounts I've seen. What a talent.

Yeah, wow. That's an amazing piece of work. Even if it took the person 5 years I would be impressed.

Ron

04-06-2006, 10:21 AM - [add post to favorites]
Marc Barger
Senior Member
Onalaska, WI
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 148




Re: New to the site here's some of my work

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Originally Posted by signman drew
Beautifull work The deer is my favorite. Are the antlers real or were you crazy enough to carve those too Drew


Thanks! Antlers are carved. The whole purpose of this piece, other than trying to make one look as real as possible and have a good time creating it, was for it to represent what a new World's Record Whitetail would/could look like. Pretty much destroys that record...if it were real.

The whole piece is made up of 36 pieces (antlers, body, ears, tree, roots on the base) all glued and screwed and doweled together. Of course no joints or attachments are visible and some took some time to get them that way. There's actually a glue joint that runs right down the middle of the deer's body right across his face in fact. Reason for that is you can't buy wood thick enough for a piece such as this so gluing it together is a must.

Here's a pic of the base. "'Roots' are 2 pieces of 3/4" birch ply glued together for strength then shaped. Then screwed, doweled and epoxied to the tree (which is also carved). In fact everything is 'made' on the piece. Leaves and grass are made from brown paper grocery sacks. Dirt is hydraulic cement and crushed kitty litter (had to keep my cat away from it! HA!). Deer is removeable from the tree for transporting.

And here's a pic of when I just started. This is for the body. If I only knew how many hours lay ahead of me at that time!!
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Awesome, I love to see people with their imagination and hands at work.

I bet that thing is heavy as sin.
I would like to have one of them!:rockon:

Thats great. Work of art for sure.

Marc and I have chatted several times over the years, especially when I was first getting hooked up with Predator and then later with Gray Wolf Woolens. He is the designer and creator of the original Predator patterns, and eventually left the company after not agreeing on the direction his partners wanted to take it.

I've always enjoyed any conversation I've had with him, and he is truly an incredibly talented individual!

This was a truck owned by Marc at one time which he later sold... Man, I'd have given my eye teeth to have bought this sucker, as huge a Predator Fall Gray fan I am!!!

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