February "What's on your Workbench?"

[Hank Yorke]

Nice Gaddies Tom!!

Love that pose on the widgeon.

 

[Tom Modin]

some large breasted nudity

 

[Brad Bortner]

some large breasted nudity

On a bed of nails too. Very kinky.

 

[TimJ]

some large breasted nudity

Well at least paint it as a hen. Nice shape.

Tim

 

[Doug Muldowney]

Here's a few birds I finished recently.

Gunner Mallard

IWCA Style Pintail

IWCA Style Wigeon

 

[Roy Weatherby]

Hollow cedar,glass eyes,jansens acrylics.Still workin on it!

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[Nick Buda]

All very nice Doug, but I really like your widgeon.

 

[MLBob Furia]

Guess this is "off the workbench," but the Cali Open is about the only show I send a bird to anymore (that because they do a frond category). Bob Sutton of the Long Beach (and past founder of the IWCA) is the driving force in keeping frond carving alive as a decoy form, and he's the guy responsible for getting me carving them.

I sent this gadwall drake this year and was fortunate enough to have it get a 3rd Best of Show.

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This year, the decorative fronds and the decoy fronds were judged in two separate categories. The winning decorative frond sculpture (a wild turkey) was simply breathtaking. I'd post pics of it, but don't want to step on anyone's toes by using pictures taken from another website.

 

[John Lawrence]

Love the Gadwall Bob. I really like the palm frond decoys.

 

[Huntindave McCann]

Bob,

Congrats on the ribbon. Sweet looking decoy. I've been meaning to talk to you about your frond decoys, expect a message in the new future.

 

[Geoff Vine]

Bob

Great Gadwall. I'm proud to have been in the tank with you...You are the reason I carved my two fronds.

 

[Andy Grant]

Hollow cedar,glass eyes,jansens acrylics.Still workin on it!

Good looking set.

 

[Derek and Xena]

Outstanding work from everyone! You guys amaze me and inspire me! I am just getting started and hope to have a lifetime of carving ahead of me!

I started with carving foam using a hot-wire bandsaw and a rotary rasp. I have been using patterns from my Mark Costilow book and also for painting. My first one was a Can, and now I have a Redhead burlapped with the first coat, and a Scaup and GE roughed out. Here's a few pics from the start of my new obsession!!! A little picture heavy. Sorry, I'm excited about this!

 

[jode hillman]

It's getting nice today so I moved my "workbench" outside. Painting on a few different ducks, most interesting to me is my first King Eider.

Also stacked and stickered about half of the Paulownia lumber I had milled. Everything from 2X6 up to 5X 10's.

 

[jim brace]

Nice looking birds Jode.

 

[Justin Harrison]

jode!!!!

awesome stuff!!!

justin

 

[John Fraser]

Nice decoys Jode. Nice pile of lumber too. Lots of potential birds in that pile!

Does that hollow turkey have hinges? It reminds me of a picture in "The Outlaw Gunner" where there was a hollow goose decoy with a black duck hidden inside.

 

[sean sutton]

Got alot a stuff on the bench. Some for Westlake and some for Parkertown. Here are a pair of Stellers .

 

[sean sutton]

Scoter hen

 

[sean sutton]

Black duck slick