| SCULPTURES of BIRDS |
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| close-up of foot on branch |
| Chicadee on Pussywillow Branch, commissioned by the Selders' Family. 9", Tupelo wood with Ebony base and Birds-Eye Maple insert. 2001 Won Second Place in Group Carving Mixed Subjects at the International Woodcarvers Congress, Davenport, Iowa, 2001. |
| Torpid Hummingbird, or, "Late Freeze", commissioned 2000. Tupelo with Partridgewood base. 7". This carving won a blue ribbon in it's class, and second place in the category of 'Birds' at the International Woodcarvers Congress in Davenport Iowa, 2001 The snow, branch, and bud were all carved out of one piece of tupelo wood. The bird was also carved out of one piece of tupelo. |
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| Preliminary drawings for Chicadee on Pussywillow Branch with Ladybug. |
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| This Kestrel was started in a class at the Ralley on the Rio, get together of the Rio Grande Valley Woodcarvers, in Mercedes, Texas in January 2004. It was completed at home after many hours of fine tuning the carving, wood burning the details, and painting the bird. Fortunately I had many great reference books to use to make the detail as accurate as possible. The bird is mounted on a cut of Bristlecone Pine that is said to be 1,200 years old. It was carved completely out of one piece of basswood. The eyes are glass, and the legs are painted pewter. |
| KESTREL, 2004 |
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| HUMMINGBIRD, 2000 |
| CHICKADEE, 2001 |
| BLUEBIRD, 2005 |
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| This commission, 11/05, was made for a woman who was one of my nicest Woodcraft customers. She had seen the Chicadee and Ladybug work in the store back in 2001 and decided then to have me make one for her. It had to wait until the book ws done, but then it was top priority. She decided to give it to a very good friend whom she has known since forever. I was able to present it to the friend, with the patron, and I'm pleased to say that everyone seemed to be very satisfied. The small photo shows the bird with the original photo that we both agreed was a good male Eastern Bluebird likeness. The bird is tupelo, the post is carved butternut, and the base is mesquite. |
| PLOVER IN SURF, 2007 |
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| This carving was made as a go-along project for a private carving student. It was made on and off between Nov 2006 and January 2007. I would keep one step ahead of the student so he could see how best to procede and what to aim for. The bird is one piece of tupelo, the base was carved from butternut. |