Spent yesterday afternoon painting the hat. Instead of a single feather thought a group of them would look better and add a little pzazz to the piece. The Turkey feather turned out so nice I’m thinking of changing the name of the piece. The Blue feather is from a Blue Jay and the Red one…
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Seasons Past – May 15, 2016
Just a reminder. When you see the Blog post dated from a previous year, as shown above, it means that the shown carving was done back then. Thanks! – I put the final finish to this one early this morning. I think he turned out really nice….one of my best efforts. As I mentioned earlier,…
Bright Star – May 12, 2016
I finished this one yesterday. Thought I might get the nameplate in time for the photo but it didn’t show. Lots of beading on her and also added beaded leggings for this one to add a little more interest. It took a while to come up with the beading patterns but I think she turned…
Bad News For Billy
It’s Friday the 13th so I should have expected something would happen. Unfortunately, it happened to the Billy Little Fox video series. I had hoped to get the first segment posted on Thursday but a combination of badI memory chip, camera problems, and a new computer’s refusal to accept the recorded material resulted in the…
Rooster Cogburn – August, 2015
This has got to be one of the best I’ve done so it certainly deserves the “Classic” designation as an example of my best work. I had a little doubt about the collar but it turned out that that was one of the easiest parts to carve. I did reinforce the tips with some…
Rooster – August, 2015
I think I have the submission for the John Wayne museum to consider. While “The Searcher” was nice I think this one, once painted, will be the real standout. Can’t wait to see him in color. -Comments welcome.
Pancakes – July, 2015
“Pancakes”! Cookie just whipped up a stack of flapjacks for the boys as a special treat for their hard, dusty work keeping those cows in line. I had fun with this one, especially making that stack of hotcakes and painting them to look like the real article. I hit it pretty close I think. …
The Plains Warrior – 06/2015
June 4, 2014: This carving started out at our small carving group meeting at the Grove, OK community center. I can usually rough out a head in the two hours we meet while still swapping jokes and hearing all the gossip since the prior weeks meeting. – June 6, 2015: Here’s my progress so far. …
And This Is His Happy Face!
Stay tuned! But don’t expect his attitude to change much! Comments welcome.
Starbucks My Patootie! – 5/26/2015
I finally finished this one this morning and it’s been a struggle. Old age has given me a cataract in my right eye which is the one my vision is centered on. Doesn’t bother me that much for distance viewing but up close it’s a real bummer. Trying to do fine detail, especially painting is…