Another Introduction: Spencer Tinkham

Here's a picture of the shaving horse i built a long time ago out of scraps from the boat shop. My biggest regret is using hardwood as the head of the hammer. I put a leather glove between the hammer and the decoy so that i won't dent the body. The black grip that you see if the inside of bicycle tires. It was all i had, and hasn't been too bad. I get a ton of use out of this thing as i have no perminant, stationary table that i could put a clamp on in my shop. If you looked at the widgeon tutorial i did, you'd see i use a clamp and carve a good portion of my heads with a draw knife too.

I am certainly no master carver, but i teach quite a few kids how to make decoys. My greatest fear is teaching them something wrong, due to my lack of knowledge using trial and error.

I am getting better on working the pictures i think.

By the way, the mallard was inspired by another carver named Jason Russell who makes just about as good a mallard as you'll ever see.


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Here's something different. When i get inspired by something i just draw up a pattern, and don't put the bird down.

The fish took me longer to paint, than both birds took me to make! They are a LOT harder to paint than people think.

Clay also refused to paint it, as he couldn't stand to look at a fish going down the wrong way!

They're working decoys and are about two and a half feet long. They're solid. They were fun to make. I'm making another one now actually. It's all about doing what you like, and not caring what other people think.

One adult (eating the fish) and one juvie cormorant.

summer 08

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Spencer - Great work! You have quite a gift. I appreciate you using what God has given you. I look forward to you sharing more of your goodness. Thanks for caring enough to share. God bless!
 
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