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I finally added divers to the list of designs. These 5 drakes are the first to hit the finish line and ready to face off against those moon faced green heads. You might notice that there is no green on the heads, that's just how we do it for our own goldeneye. The closest I'll get to putting...

Lots of stuff in the works in the shop these days. Weather is great and there are no ducks here yet, a good time to get some stuff finished up. I've got a pintail/mallard in a new pose, I'm well over 50 poses now from one pattern, I'm calling this one the "sleepy scratcher". It's kind of like...

I'm in the middle of a bunch of design work right now which at this stage is miles and miles of lines a 1/2 inch at a time. The wigeon butt decoy will not be feathered initially, at least until I make a mold of it for myself. Feather groups and a little definition is all that is necessary for...

I got to thinking there was enough interest in flocking that it might be helpful to have a dedicated conversation for questions and insights. While I was flocking this morning, which is nearly an everyday thing, I decided to do a little color combining of paint and flocking in an effort to...

Here are a few foamers, double flocked and airbrushed. All white parts are hand painted. I do all the carving and customization and Caleb does the basic painting while on these I did some enhancements as far as head flecking and some other detailing.

I got this bunch of pintails to Caleb at noon yesterday. This is what he had by 3 pm today. He's been working on a paint schedule for pintail hens, I think this will work.

my son and I are on a mission, working on decoys everyday. He does all the painting, I do all the customization, design, and flocking.

I've got my son helping me paint decoys now.

I just finished up this semi-storm wigeon and got it on the pond this morning. I saw a photo of this pose and just had to try it. We will call it a tail preener.

The beaded foam decoys my dad and I were making back in the late 60's look nothing like what I'm doing these days. The need of more durable materials, better processes and a decoy that was effective at bringing ducks in close. Where we are at now and where we will be by this time next year...

As I've mentioned before I'm working on a decoy spread for my son. I finished up this pair of barrows yesterday. I have 98 decoys left to make to achieve my goal. He will have 24 species if God grants me the time to get it all done. I'm pretty obsessive, so I think it's a possibility. These...

I started this project on August 8, some weirdness of course since I got to pick the poses.

When it comes to decoys, I'm a minimalist. While lots of folks approach decoys with the accuracy by volume idea, I just don't like hauling lots of decoys and the older I get the less decoys I apparently need. Usually I'll only have a pair of mallards and six to ten divers. I had a lot of fun...

I was contacted about making a decorative urn for a friend a few months ago. I finally got it finished up this morning. the ashes will be contained in the base.

finished a few this week.

I finally got these off my bench today.

Let me see if I can figure out how to make a thread here. These are the stages of building that goldeneye full body urn I posted. This is a burlapped foamer.