Well.. Here is a piece of "folken" art that I finished last week... this was a wedding present...If you have not figured it out...it is a Barn Owl..
Carved from three pieces of wood.. painted  and then stained with a wax over the whole bird...
I painted this bird simple to get a patina for that older look...
Fun project.. lots of work.. also had to do more research on owls...

Well... just finished another shop night... here is a photo of a Pintail that we did in the seminar last weekend.. that was a fun project... good group... I think small classes are the way to go...
All the guys seem to have a good time and we got done early...
The other photo is the cut out of a Crow with it's wing out... cork body ..wood head...
So, got lots of material to move...I'm hoping this is going to be the one that draws the Crows into the spread...

Well.. here are some photos of some crows that I have been working on.  .decided that maybe I would hunt crow this fall... the duck hunting in these parts has gone down, way down.. so hunting crows you use calls, a blind, and decoys... it is like waterfowl but your only hunting one species and on dry land...
These decoys were styled after some antique style that I have seen... also making one with a wing out and some uprights...
Now I'm off to teach a seminar on carving a Pintail... wish me luck...