Sunday, March 20, 2011

3/20







Well.. What a busy weekend .. spent the weekend teaching a seminar..
I had 14 people making a Old squaw Drake... we did the whole project with hand tools...
Started on Saturday and finished on Sunday around 3:30pm...
This is a pretty intense way to make a bird.. but if you want to have a finished bird, you have to put the time into it..
I try and make the weekend fun but the main goal is to complete the bird...
Here are some photos of the weekend... some students painting..my work station... we like to call that carving central..
last photo is Lynn cheating with a paint pen.. she was trying to get out of using here paint brush...
now we get to get ready to paint our little project of a mini Tern for carving club tomorrow night..

3/20

Monday, March 14, 2011

3/14




Well.. Starting to get nicer weather around here... after that last snow, we could use a little melting... I know it does not compare to Maine..
Here are some shot of some minis that we had in the DU banquet... My brother's mini Golden Plover and my mini flying Canvasback... Minis are fun projects and a great way to use up the scrap pieces of wood, that all carvers generate...
The only problem is that everything that is in a full size bird is in a mini....

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

3/9







Well.. we had the Ducks Unlimited Banquet over the last weekend.. real good night.. we had 81 pieces in the contest... it was an exciting night with all the birds that people made.. carvers seem to do a little extra for the banquet...
Here are some shots from the banquet.. first is the Maryland boys.. my brother and Harry..
next is an antiqueEgret that I made.. next is a gunning Redhead hen.. the Redhead hen got 2nd in show for the gunners...
Got to see a lot of folks that I onlt get to see once a year... made some money for the ducks.. the only thing that if DU would use some of the money generated around this area... that way the folks that attend the banquet could see what some of their money goes to...
Already working on ideas for next year..