February "What's on your Workbench?"

[P. Revicki]

Chris,
It has been a pleasure having you and your girlfriend over to learn about carving and you guys are always welcome. The decoys look alot better than my frist decoy.
Thanks Pete

 

[jode hillman]

Larry that hen is one of your best so far, keep working at it.

Chris, nice Black ducks. I'm sure you worked hard on them and it looks like you have a great teacher, Jode

 

[Bob Mitchell]

Here is the Drake RB Merganser finished this month as well.
BobM

 

[Paul Scott]

Very very nice bob. Really like the pair.

Pat have you finished that preening pintail yet?

 

[Pat Gregory]

Still painting it Paul...

 

[Brandon Yuchasz]

I have a very full work bench at the moment in the spirit of Chucks posts. Here are some pictures to share of my current work.

 

[jode hillman]

Pair of Juvenille Labrador duck drakes.

 

[MLBob Furia]

Very nice, Jode!

Sent these out yesterday to someone who told me to pick something nice for him. When they were done, I thought about keeping them for my own lanyard

Kingwood:

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[jode hillman]

Sweet, Bob, Where is Kingwood from? That's a new one for me.

 

[MLBob Furia]

I believe it's from Brazil. Part of the rosewood family. Pretty dense stuff that will blunt lathe tools pretty quickly, but that density made the calls sound great. Got it from the same guy (the stockmaker) who gave me the English walnut. One of the guys using his shop to make furniture had left some cutoffs behind.

 

[John Lawrence]

Gee, I wonder where those Labradors are headed.

I'm getting ready to finish a miniature pair too.

 

[Capt. Larry M]

Jode, those Labradors are fantastic!

 

[Brandon Yuchasz]

Jode,
I just checked my references on the Labs and you really nailed them.

Very cool project. I bet you enjoyed them. Having been through the class with you last summer its a lot of fun to look at your work.

Nine decoys on my bench right now.

 

[Paul Scott]

Jode , they are brilliant.. Can't keep my eyes off them any chance we could see some more photos of them?? Please.

 

[jode hillman]

John, yep not to many guesses there, LOL!

Larry, Paul, Brandon, Thanks. ( A busy bench makes for a happy carver)

Yes, they're not my first Labs, I've done lots of different pairs, but doing the Juvenile's was a little different.

Not a ton of info out there, but enough to get in the artistic ballpark so to speak.

Paul, Here's a couple other shots.

 

[Paul Scott]

Thanks Jode, again their very good.

I take it their on their way to that university guy who collects all the Labrador carvings. I read somewhere he is or has done a book about his collection. Is that right or did I dream it.

Any more, top views, front on, on this computer there is a blue sheen to the heads is that right or am I dreaming again.

 

[jode hillman]

Paul, headed to a Md. collector, he's over 100 pairs now and counting.

Sheen maybe from the lighting, mostly shades of brown. I'll get a few more pics in a day or so and email them, Jode

 

[Mike Frechette]

Here's the last of the wigeon i had to do. Hollow cedar and acrylics.

 

[Derek and Xena]

Some excellent work on here as usual!!! I really appreciate you guys for posting up your work, it's inspirational for an aspiring young man like myself!

I started working on a new project last week. I posted the pattern I drew up for this one earlier. I got all my pieces cut out and glued up and am ready to make the foam start flyin'!

 

[Charles H.]

A little more progress, time to start on the feathers of the other two.