Category: Sculpture

Originally published in February, 2009 “What a guy!! He might be on the losing side but he’s still a winner in my book! Standing at 23” including the base and flag, he’s quite an impressive figure…certainly one to be noticed on the judging table. I can’t wait to get the viewers reactions at the next…

Originally published in January, 2009 “Considering my stocks and other investments seem to have gone to hell I thought it might be a good time to grab my gold pan and hit the creek bottom once more to see if I can find my own bailout!–Some of you might recall that in back 1997 I…

Originally published in February, 2009 “Nothing like a nice cool dip on a hot day! I’ve been working on this one for quite a while and finally got around to finishing it this morning. It ‘s always a learning experience putting something like this together while the resin is still fluid. Here’s how I did…

Originally published in July, 2008 “I just knew it was going to happen. Santiago was picked up by the Border Patrol just west of El Paso while trying to smuggle over another dozen undocumented aliens. The Judge says if he can round up some dinero by next Friday he’ll release him under house arrest.  -Since…

Originally published in July, 2008 “I carved this one yesterday at our weekly carving session down at the Community Center. I had started him as a demonstration piece during my short seminar at the Tulsa show. – His name is Santiago. He’s the worthless brother of Pancho who, when not running illegals across the border,…

Originally published in July, 2008 “Finally got this warrior painted this morning. Turned out real well. I just love painting these guys. I have a habit of repeating beading patterns but thats okay. I tried to be a little more creative on his shirt by using a few other colors to make the buckskin a…

Originally published in July, 2008 “Here’s a new bottle stopper I just finish carving this morning. I’m doing a little extra on this one to hopefully cover for a mistake I made at a recent carving show. Seems when I came back to my table from the Whittling Contest I found that my wife had…

You’ve hopefully made it this far and now all that’s left is the painting.  A simple work-shirt Blue and Red for the bandana.  I used a toothpick to make the little Dot designs.  For the hat it’s a color called Parchment but you can choose another if you’d like.  The skin tones are made with…

In Part 2 we create the Bust of the figure and the Cowboy’s hat. Again, you can change the sizes if you want and use the photos to determine what the correct measurements should be for the various parts.  Finally, those High School math and drafting classes pay off.  Just be careful lopping poor Buckeye’s…

“Ready for the big dance, Buckeye’s got on his best bandana, some of that fancy toilet water that’s guaranteed to make the girls do a doubletake, and he even brushed his tooth! If this don’t work he’s thinking seriously about volunteering for line-camp duty as there’s no hope left!”-I originally posted this on the old…