Originally published in 2011
I thought this one this one might have to wait till the Dayton show but I wrapped him up this morning so will take him along to the OKC show. He turned out pretty good. I had my doubts for a while as I had originally planned on him holding a buffalo skull instead of a drum but that idea didn’t work out. Maybe next time. I did try something new with the drum as I actually made a minature drum with a leather drum head and beater! I remembered back to when while in Boy Scouts we made some neckerchief slides out of a piece of thin leather stretched over a section of aluminum pipe. I took that idea a little farther and used wood instead of the metal. Just cut the outside diameter and then cut through that to cut the center out and then glued it together. I wet the leather and then stretched it over the frame and tied it. Worked out pretty good. Once it dried it because pretty taunt.
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Looking forward to the OKC show in hopes that there will be a wildlife carver there who can give me some tips on duplicating fur a little better than I did here. While it looks okay I’m sure it could look better.
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Anyway, hope you like him. Comments always welcome.
