Believe it or not….I actually finished a new carving!! The story behind this one came about during a discussion about Cowboy hats at our Tuesday carving meeting. I’ve always liked the Montana Peak style which was popular in the Old West and has since been adopted by many Highway Patrols and the Boy Scouts….
Category: Sculpture
Looking Back!
I’m still trying to figure out this new Blog format they’ve stuck me with. So while I do that I thought maybe I would jump in the Wayback machine and pull up some photos of carvings you might not have seen. So let’s start with this one. I titled this piece “Global Warming”! Pretty easy…
Just Testing!
This is a carving I did a while back. I’m posting this to see just what changes my website have made over the previous options I used since starting this site years ago. Why they changed everything is beyond me considering it seemed to work so well…at least for me. Hopefully, I can figure out…
SCALAWAG!
Here’s my latest creation. While he turned out great with lots of character and paint, I spent quite some time trying to come up with a name for this scoundrel, but reflecting back on his actions at the last rendezvous, Scalawag seems to be a perfect fit. Some of the other words that I picked…
A Project for Beginners – Cowboy Boots
Lately, I’ve received quite a few questions on “Where can I find a project for beginners?” Well, here’s a great one that incorporates just about every challenge a beginning carving will face. There are 8 separate videos beginning with how to make a base to display your finished carving. You can skip making the base…
Storms A-Comin
We were down visiting our Son and family in Norman, Ok recently and I took that opportunity to reacquaint myself to one of my favorite carvings. The colors of the piece and the attitude of the character really make me smile. So…..as he refused to give that piece back to me I decided to carve…
Iron Nose
Carved in 1999, this is a nice example of my earlier Native Americans. About the only improvement I would make would be the feathers. Over time I learned that feathers have a natural curve determined by which side of the bird they were taken from. Once I took this into account it created a much…
Chief Many Feather
Personally, I think this is one of my best pieces. It really captures a regal look even though it might be a caricature. That robe looks like you could touch it and feel the soft surface of the buffalo hide. To top it off the bonnet with it’s racoon tail just completes the piece. Beautiful!…
My First Native Americans
Believe it or not, I came across that photo of two of Charles Russel’s Native American dolls in a book at the U.S. Consulate in Leningrad, USSR back in 1980. The Consulate maintained a small library in the building in case some brave city citizen might make it past the two Military guards stationed out…
Standing Red Bear + 1
Here are two versions of Standing Red Bear. You will have to forgive me for reusing the name twice. I have carved a lot of Native Americans so coming up with original names that add appeal to a piece becomes harder to do over time. The first piece was carved back in the 90’s and…