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…
Sparkling Eyes
https://youtu.be/rcZjQTIVGEE?si=GCsxfCQozzwipfSo Here’s a short video on how add a little sparkle to my carvings eyes. An easy thing to do which will add a great affect to your pieces. The old painted white highlight might work but this method give yours eyes that special, life-like twinkle. Comments welcome.
Union Drummer Boy
Guilty as charged! Yes….I have been shirking my duties of posting updates to this Blog. Unfortunately, try as I might, I just can’t seem to find the time to set down and type something out. With the post before this one of Sacajawea, I finally made it through the pre-digital photos of carvings. I’m don’t…
Sacagawea
Sacagawea was carved back in 1998. She was part of a 3 figure group including Lewis and Clark which was my first commission. It was called “Pointing the Way!” Actually, it was a 4 figure group when including the young boy Pompey, wrapped in his papoose and strapped to her back. Knowing the history of…
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!…
The Okie Kid
Here’s one I just finished yesterday. This is the first full bodied Cowboy I’ve managed to complete since last year and a few months further back from that point. I won’t belabor the reasons other than to mention a heart operation and a new home. We gave up country living and moved into town. The…
Montana Pete
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….
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…
Finally!
Please Bear with me as I and the Tech behind the curtain try to iron out some problems to get this site up and running as it should.
Suffering From A Hitch In My Giddy-Up!
Yes…I know! It’s been almost 2 months since my last post. But Judy and I have been up against several events in our lives that have resulted in major changes in our lives. Back in November I had a heart operation to correct a condition caused by AFIB. Prior to that I felt a lot…