Well, it’s been quite some time since I made a post here so I guess I’d better try and catch up.
The reason I’ve been absent, besides the spring and summer chores that seem to never end around here, is because Judy and I have been invited to show my carvings at the Cody Old West Show and Auction in Santa Fe on the 22 and 23rd of June. It ought to really be an experience to see how my work fits into this show and whether we can pick up a few new collectors. I’ll let you know in a week or so just how things went.
Standing Buffalo is very similar to one I did earlier but, as I always try to make each carving I do unique, I changed some of the details. This time I added a pipe bag to the piece and changed the design on the drum. That drum is actually a real drum. I made it using a ring of thin wood and then stretched a piece of chamois leather over the wooden frame while wet and then, once stretched tight, knotted it in back. Placing it out in the sun to dry made the leather really tight against the frame. I really enjoy doing this type of detail.
