February workbench

William Reinicke said:
I like this, but my heart breaks for you sir. The absolute hardest thing to do in the world. God messed up letting the good ones go before us. The last time I really cried was when I had to put my ol girl down. Urn is looking awesome! I have my girls ashes still, one day I may attempt an urn. Her first retrieve ever was a coot though... just cant bring myself to do that lol.
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Thanks man, it's been a struggle
 
Michael Gardner said:
Working on a hen mallard gunning urn for my lab we had to put down on Saturday
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I know words can't really make the pain go away but I'm sorry to hear about having to let your dog go. It always hurts, never gets easier (nor should it), but time should ease the sharpness of the pain to where you can look back and remember without feeling as though your heart will shatter all over. Getting to that point though seems interminable sometimes. I look forward to seeing the finished urn.
 
I was recently approached about doing an urn decoy. Seriously considering doing it. I have the ashes of my last two labs in wooden boxes. While I'm at it I should do a decoy urn for each of them. I can think of no tougher bird to carve. I want no imperfections. I don't consider my birds good enough for their remains (yet neither is a wood box). This thread really pulls at the heart strings.
 
excellent work Brad, that's a big project. Makes me think of wrestling a moose, which is how I describe making geese.
 
Thanks to all. I see myself as an accomplished decoy maker with 200-300 ? done in the last 30-35 years. That said my artistic ability is somewhat lacking in the ability to make "premium" decoys .. in my eyes. I've always made solid decoys in BSC, tan cork or wood. My original decoys are still serviceable after all the years. I'm still cranking out a few from time to time but as with this one taking 14 months ... if I'm not "in the mood" it becomes a chore, work and not fun. I have enjoyed a couple of years of assisting a friend and sharing some shop time in his path into decoy making. That's been fun for sure so.... enjoy it when you can and pass on your ability and knowledge to others.
 
Brad, I can certainly understand the not being in the mood part. At this point it involves more of how much pain it's going to cause compared to how much I really want to do something. I'm very allergic to wood dust and very rarely do much of anything in wood anymore. I carve nearly every day, just not in wood or cork, not pink foam and burlap anymore either. However I'm just starting on a hollow wood pintail urn this week and it will likely be my last wood carving. I'm thinking about buying a hazmat suit for the project.
 
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