{"id":17971,"date":"2018-09-27T11:21:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T15:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/?p=17971"},"modified":"2018-09-27T11:22:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T15:22:23","slug":"whittling-chris-carving-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/whittling-chris-carving-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"Whittling with Chris: Carving an Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Transform a stick into a classic owl. Master whittler Chris Lubkemann shares his take on this classic carving project.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many carvers start out by carving a 5-Minute Owl. Chris Lubkemann shows how the bark on a\u00a0branch is perfect to imply an owl&#8217;s feathers. While it might take you a few more minutes to carve this own, it comes pre-finished. 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