Reindeer made from an old fence post, cut out on the bandsaw, but no reason the same thing cant be made with a coping saw if you felt that way inclined.
reindeer by Mark D Emery, on Flickr
reindeer by Mark D Emery, on FlickrReindeer
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Very nice Kepis, but wood Rudolph knot feel it goes against the grain to be posted by yew before his nose is painted red?
What are reindeer for except to improve the economy of Lapland?
(Saami herding words are not their language, which tells you a lot about who domesticated this very important animal,)
Its not a reindeer, the neck is too long...a llama in a hat?
(Saami herding words are not their language, which tells you a lot about who domesticated this very important animal,)
Its not a reindeer, the neck is too long...a llama in a hat?
It does look like a llama with a cockatoos head. But I'm not critical. I hate to think of the comments if I'd tried to make one.! Who's to say you havnt invented a whole new animal? It's quite cute.
Exactly. If you need perfection, take a picture. Otherwise it's a a caricature.
Or all in all, it's a very good likeness of a South American Alpaca from the Andes of Peru
which you don't see, roaming loose in Europe. Not quite as unpleasant as a Llama.
Or all in all, it's a very good likeness of a South American Alpaca from the Andes of Peru
which you don't see, roaming loose in Europe. Not quite as unpleasant as a Llama.
Not sure I am understanding you.....
The Reindeer was a hugely, hugely important animal for the ’inland’ or ’forest’ Same. ( not so important for the ’coastal’ Sames) as it provided basically everything they needed.
Food ( meat, fat, milk, cheese), leather, fur, tendons, bone, glue, power to pull sleds, power to carry heavy loads, and so on.
Today - not so important, but culturally some importance.
Out of around 100 000 Same around 3000 rely on Reindeer as their main income.
Agree! The Llama goes "Bang! " and makes a hole in your skin.
Nice one Mark, just another eleven to go
Eleven? Surely he's only got seven to go; after all, there's Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. Rudolph didn't feature as he was suffering from a viral disease that does indeed make reindeer's noses go a more red colour before they die...
All this malarkey about Rudolf and Santas reindeers must be one of the first American customs that invaded Europe.
Edit: not Europe. United Kingdom.
Edit: not Europe. United Kingdom.
I'm not so sure about that Janne. I'm sure you know of the Pagan custom of children leaving their shoes/boots filled with Carrots or straw by the fire hearth at Yule, for when Odin All-father passed by in his sleigh drawn by Sleipnir. The treats were for Sleipnir and Odin would leave a gift in return, for the kids.
The Christians hijacked the tale and attributed it to the 4th Century Christian Bishop who later got promoted to Sainthood. St Nicholas, the Patron Saint of the poor, children and prostitutes. His claim to fame was giving gifts to children and the poor and his Bishop's red robes trimmed with fur became Santa's uniform.
But Pagan kids in England and other parts of the Uk were leaving gifts out and getting Yule presents long before Old Christopher Columbus bumped into the New World.
The Christians hijacked the tale and attributed it to the 4th Century Christian Bishop who later got promoted to Sainthood. St Nicholas, the Patron Saint of the poor, children and prostitutes. His claim to fame was giving gifts to children and the poor and his Bishop's red robes trimmed with fur became Santa's uniform.
But Pagan kids in England and other parts of the Uk were leaving gifts out and getting Yule presents long before Old Christopher Columbus bumped into the New World.
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