1. Logs for CarvingThe ideal log is a slab of wood sliced or split from a tree round, with the bark or other durable rough surface still in place....

2. I borrowed a lot of animal head models from Thingaverse. The owl shown in this Instructable is The Studious Owl by scampbell . I brought it into...

3. SoftwareI imported the STL model into a CAM program called Aspire. As an alternative to using Cura, Aspire can be used to re-orient and scale. T...

4. Mounting Log to TableAlthough the log is been flattened on the back, the top and bottom cross-cuts are usually irregular. I found the best way t...

5. StainingDepending on the log species, I applied stain to make the carving stand out. For the Alder carvings I dabbed stain on the rough uncarved...