I putt the finishing touches to this one today and am pretty satisfied with it. If things work out it will be destined for the new John Wayne Museum in Winterset, Iowa. Seems the Director of the museum and the Wayne family saw a photo of the small bust I did earlier and asked if…
Category: Sculpture
Red Hawk II – July 11, 2015
Here’s a new one I just finished today. Approximately 8 inches tall with the base. I have to admit that I had my doubts about him but after applying the facial paint everything seemed to come together. For the texture on the robe I again used some fine gravel held in place by clear acrylic…
The Auction Results are In!
The Auction for the carving “Jeremiah” ended today at 12:00 with the winning bid of $405.00 from Keith Rumohr. Keith craftily sled in at the last moment with his bid and walked away with a pretty nice carving. So, if Keith can send me his address I will get the piece boxed up and ready…
Making A Pair Of Reflective Sunglasses
These 5 videos were posted on Youtube 5 years ago. Now that you know how simple it is to make a pair of looking glass frames, here is a little more difficult project on how to make a pair reflective sunglasses. Again, while there are quite a few more steps in the process I think…
Making A Pair Of Glasses
We made this video on how I make glass frames back in 2015. Since then it’s received 4,617 views so I guess a lot of carvers found it interesting. Hopefully, they made their own set to add to one or some of their carvings cause this little detail can add a lot of character to…
Having Fun With The Chuckwagon! – 06/27/2015
Here are some photos of a family event we had using our old Chuckwagon. While it always caused a lot of work to set it up, operate out of it, and then take it back down, it was a heck of a lot of fun. We no longer have the old wagon and were sad…
Fence Work 2 – Finished
Yahoo! Finally got this one off the work table. Had so many other projects going in the shop it was hard to get the time needed to complete it. But it’s done and I think it looks great. – In painting the figure I muted most of the colors to give the figure a look…
Fence Work 2 – 06/18/2015
At last! Boy, it was a chore getting this one completely carved. With all the work around the place and the hellacious amounts of rain, it seems like we’ve been mowing almost everyday to keep up with it. But as the hot weather has finally moved in the showers seem to have stopped, it’s on…
And This Is His Happy Face!
Stay tuned! But don’t expect his attitude to change much! Comments welcome.
John Wayne Gets Some Color! – 06/03/2015
Finished this one up yesterday and it turned out really nice. I forgot to measure it but it’s around 10-12 inches tall with the base. I was fortunate enough to sell it before it was even painted so I hope the collector likes the color version. The Duke will take up residence soon in south…