Originally published on September 12, 2011 I spent most of Sunday and all this morning finishing this fella up. All I can say is WOW! He really turned out well and I’m sure will be one of the best examples of my efforts so far.–I’m not really sure just how many feathers are in his…
Category: Sculpture
Cheyenne Dog Soldier – Part 4 – The Feathers
Originally published on September 9, 2011 I finished the shield and lance and have started with the feathers. I could only do one test strip row before the guy started to frighten me so I’m taking a break! I will say that this fella is really starting to look impressive. Can’t wait till all the…
Cheyenne Dog Soldier – Part 3
Originally published on September 7, 2011 Just a few more details…..I only have to flesh out the lance and shield and it will be time to start work on all those feathers. Took me two days to paint this fella only to have most of the beading details covered up by that necklace! Oh well,…
Cheyenne Dog Soldier – Part 2
Originally published on September 4, 2011 Spent the day finishing up the body, adding the braids and the claw necklace. Also added the shield and lance and turned the walnut base. This is going to be one impressive carving even if I do say so myself. I used an emery wheel to texture the…
Cheyenne Dog Soldier – Project – Part 1
Originally published on September 4, 2011 I’ve always been fascinated by the headdress worn by Cheyenne Dog Soldiers. So, with the confidence gained with previous projects I thought I just might be brave enough to give it a try as it would be a real challenge. Setting in the shop, I roughed out the…
The Road Agent
Just in case a lot of you aren’t aware about what is going on with this Blog, I am in the process of republishing many of my old Google Blogspot posts I’ve done over the years onto that site. Google has a tendency to change things it hosts with no warning and I want to…
The Sheepherders Wagon – An Update!
Good Grief Man! Just how long does it take for you to finish this project? It’s been over 10 years since you finished that wagon! Hey! Give me some credit! I at least got the base done. Sorry, some things just take time. Maybe this year? Comments welcome.
Sheepherders Wagon Gets A New Top
Originally published on December 21, 2010 Judy got the canvas top sewn this morning so we attached it to the framework and rolled up the one side so the inside can be seen. Still have to figure some type of coating to apply to give it some protection from dirty fingers. I’m really pleased with…
Sheepherders Wagon – All Done…At Least The Wagon Part!
Originally published on December 16, 2010 Added the Sheepherders hook to side this morning which was the final thing for the wagon part of this project. Of course I still have to flesh out the interior and also add a few more objects hanging on the outside.–If you compare the wagon before it was weathered…
Sheepherders Wagon – Almost Road Ready
Originally published on December 14, 2010 It’s starting to actually look like something! The thing that seems to be taking the most time with this project is me trying to remember just what I did when building earlier wagons. At least the hard part is over with now.–This morning I added the steel rims to…