I am baically a wood sculptor, I do sculpt in Super Sculpey and clay for some processes. I prefer basswood and walnut to sculpt and use two part urethane resins in my canehead and beltbuckle making. I sculpt most any kind of wildlife, having done alligators, cheetah, zebras, ostrich, pulling horses, eagles, many of the song birds, thoroughbreds, foxes, buffalo, river otters, butterflies etc.
Many of us who are lucky, get our fifteen minutes, that happened to me in 1985. That year my friend and I traveled to Ocean City, Maryland to compete in the Ward Foundation World Championship of Wildfowl Carving. I was awarded 1st place in the feather carving competition that year and 2ed in 86 and 87. That championship carving was a center tail feather from a ruffed grouse. It is now in the Ward Foundation Museum in Salsbury, Maryland. What a rush that was, after it sunk in, although at the time my friend was more excited. If your ever in the Salsbury, Maryland area be sure not to miss the museum. It is on the right on Shumacker Dr. of US 50 going to Ocean City from Salsbury on the east side of town. Some very beautiful wildfowl carvings by some of the best that have ever put a knife and paint brush to a piece of basswood or tupelo. Some are so real looking, you think that if you clapped your hands they would take off.
At present I am doing my interpretation of the Native American fetishes, which are small animal likeness carved in stone that are carried around their neck or on their belt in a pouch, for luck. Mine are several times larger and made to sit on a desk, coffee or end table and are made of wood. At present I have several different styles of bears, both medicine and hunting, also wolf, buffalo and working on a mountain lion and badger. These comes in many different shapes and colors and woods as theirs do in different stones. As you can see each is covered with a clear acrylic ( dust cover ) five sided box ( 4"+ cube ) and has a walnut or maple base, according to what shows up the animal the best. Included on each is what is called a bundle an offering to the animal. The arrowhead and immature feather of a golden eagle are carved from basswood as are two beads, one turquoise representing the ground and one coral representing the water. These are all tied on with an artificial sinew.
My canes that are mentioned above, are being worked on at this time and will appear on the cane page in the future.
The only belt buckle completed at this time is at the top left, the bald eagle face.
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