When I had seen this project carved by some other folks I knew I had to try it.
The first one is carved on Eastern Mountain Cedar that is native to this area. I really like the way this wood turns out.
The lighter colored cross was carved on Western Red Cedar and it felt like balsa wood when I got done with it and I was afraid it would break so I mounted it to a slab of the native cedar which cleaned up very nicely
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I included a picture that shows what the slab looked like before I cleaned it up, the one on the left was cut from the same slab. This was from a bundle of "it is what it is" cedar I picked up at a lumber mill. I think after they drive on the stuff in the mud they label it as, "Mineral Stained".
Shout out to Floyd. Thanks for your help!