Woodcarving wiz
Cy Franks on Thursday holds a woodcarving self-portrait while showing a few of his many carved creations at his Post Falls home.
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Decorated woodcarver Cy Franks, 93, is seen Thursday in his basement carving studio in Post Falls. A member of the North Idaho Woodcarvers group, Franks has been carving since he was 70 and easily has at least 1,000 hand-carved, hand-painted pieces in his current collection.
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Cy Franks repositions one of his many Native American woodcarvings Thursday at his Post Falls home. Each piece he carves takes at least 60 or 70 hours from start to finish.
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Adjacent to his impeccably organized tools, Cy Franks discusses Thursday the variations of chisels that allow him to carve intricate, lifelike wooden characters. He easily has more than 1,000 pieces in his colletion.
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Lifelike woodcarvings of Native Americans, mountain men and more hang on a wall in Cy Franks' Post Falls home. The 93-year-old woodcarver has through the years earned countless ribbons and awards for his carved creations.
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Ribbons and awards earned by Cy Franks can be seen on a wall above wood-carved bottle stoppers in Franks' woodcarving studio in the basement of his Post Falls home.
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POST FALLS — Some people have a gift for woodcarving....