Category: Sculpture

Originally published on Monday, March 15, 2010 Old Stonewall seems a little long in the face but I think he sure looks impressive. This figure stands about 15″ tall including the base. I really got interested in him and literally whipped him out in a day of hard carving. Unfortunately, I paid for it later that…

Originally published on Thursday, March 11, 2010 Here is a little bust I finished today. I wanted to see how the base treatment I applied to Whiskey Jim would look with another character and I think it looks pretty good. I had carved the head for this figure several years ago which explains the closed…

This figure is probably the best know pieces I’ve carved through the years.  While I’ve done quite a few of him I  always make them a little different to make each piece unique.  I also thought you might like to see this fella before he heads over to the paint table and how he finally…

Originally published on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 From the color of that nose it looks like old Whiskey has been sipping a little to much of his samples. Either that or he’s hit every saloon in town.-I’m going to have to do a full figure of this fella. Give him some plaid pants, some mule-eared boots…

Originally published on Friday, January 22, 2021-This shifty character ought to be pretty neat once he’s painted up. With his beaded hatband and that turkey feather you just know he’s been selling some of his rot-gut to the unsuspecting natives.  I remember a scene in the movie Little Big Man when Dustin Hoffman’s character, Jack…

Okay….before we get to the less important ramblings, just wanted to mention that these two urchins have both graduated from college.  Hannah, on the right, from Oklahoma State and Miriam, on the left, just last week from University of Arkansas.  Time moves waaaay too fast!  Now, on to the other subjects. As it’s been awhile…

If you’re ever travelling through Rapid City, South Dakota, make sure you take the time to visit this store.  You can bet we do.  I buy a lot of my Native American craft items here that I use on my carvings but the best part is to just wander around checking out the wonderful native…

Now here’s something from the Out West Way Back Machine!  “The Original Out West Carving Challenge“.  Talk about fun….it makes me think of having another.  Anyway, if you follow along with the next few posts you’ll see some great carvings by some great people and the eventual winner.  Oh…and if you think this would be…

Originally published on December 3, 2009 I finally got old Tex over to the paint table for a little makeup. I really like this figure and some of you might recognize him if you happened to stop by our table at the Dayton show. I had his head and hat finished but completed the body Saturday…

Originally posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 This is the project I’m taking along to the show in Dayton to hopefully complete but also to use in explaining the various techniques I used in making the videos should someone happen by ande ask a question. I haven’t glued anything together yet so it can be…