March - What's on your workbench ?
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Jeffrey Nelson
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Thanks Fellas, I appreciate it.
Jode, that's something I noticed about your bwt decoys that I really like. There's you and about a half dozen other guys on here that blow my mind with the decoys that are produced. Meanwhile, after almost three years, I still struggle to be my own carver and painter. I hope you don't mind.
My Uncle Glenn who turned 83 last Thursday sent me an email with a pair of teal he had just finished. I hope we're all that lucky!
Jode, that's something I noticed about your bwt decoys that I really like. There's you and about a half dozen other guys on here that blow my mind with the decoys that are produced. Meanwhile, after almost three years, I still struggle to be my own carver and painter. I hope you don't mind.
My Uncle Glenn who turned 83 last Thursday sent me an email with a pair of teal he had just finished. I hope we're all that lucky!
jode hillman
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Jeff, it takes time, but I do see every bird you make is better then the last. God bless! I can't believe Glenn is still making birds that nice! Good for him, I guess there hope for us all. Tell him I said hi and nice job!
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Jeff: Nice work on your teal. Is your Uncle Glenn the well respected New Jersey Carver - Mr. Glenn Cooke ? I've seen his decoys occasionally come up for sale at auction and have admired his work. If so, it's nice to see the family tradition being carried forward.
Ken Zaborski
Ken Zaborski
Matt DeFore
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Working on a can
MLBob Furia
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John Unruh
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Bob, you Sir have incredible artistic talent !!
Steve Sanford
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Good morning, All~
Great work EVERYBODY! - just too many to list!
Bob ~ Those Woodies must be inspired by all the gobblers of late....
Here is a repair - a pair of Dunlins I made for my sister sometime in the late 80s (yes, the previous century). The original wooden legs had suffered numerous compound fractures and poorly -set fixes, so - as with all my shorebirds nowadays - they are now sporting a lifetime guarantee on their new brass appendages. I will advise my sister to let those bright legs just oxidize so they will someday approximate the species' black leggings.
BTW: That cedar root mass cleaned up nicely with a ScotchBrite pad
All the best,
SJS
Great work EVERYBODY! - just too many to list!
Bob ~ Those Woodies must be inspired by all the gobblers of late....
Here is a repair - a pair of Dunlins I made for my sister sometime in the late 80s (yes, the previous century). The original wooden legs had suffered numerous compound fractures and poorly -set fixes, so - as with all my shorebirds nowadays - they are now sporting a lifetime guarantee on their new brass appendages. I will advise my sister to let those bright legs just oxidize so they will someday approximate the species' black leggings.
BTW: That cedar root mass cleaned up nicely with a ScotchBrite pad
All the best,
SJS
Chris Finch
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here is what Pete has been working on. I'm pretty sure these are going to Westlake
P. Revicki
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Yes, these are the birds I am bringing out to Strongsville this weekend. Thanks Chris for posting the pictures.
Pete
Pete
Steve Sanford
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Good morning, Chris - and Pete ~
Those 3 Blacks and Broadbill brightened up our show (Contemporary Decoy Exhibition) a couple of weekends ago. I have not yet received the CD from our photographer, but I will be posting portraits of Pete's birds when I do.
Chris~ We expect to see you in Hauppauge next year.
Pete ~ I have been working on another cork Black Duck - with your birds haunting me as I do.....best of luck in the Buckeye State!
All the best,
SJS
Those 3 Blacks and Broadbill brightened up our show (Contemporary Decoy Exhibition) a couple of weekends ago. I have not yet received the CD from our photographer, but I will be posting portraits of Pete's birds when I do.
Chris~ We expect to see you in Hauppauge next year.
Pete ~ I have been working on another cork Black Duck - with your birds haunting me as I do.....best of luck in the Buckeye State!
All the best,
SJS
Chris Finch
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Steve I wanted to go but the whole wedding thing gets in the way sometimes.
Hopefully next year works out. It looks like you had a great turn out.
Hopefully next year works out. It looks like you had a great turn out.
Steve Sanford
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Here's another "project"....lots of middle-of-the-night work.
A good LI friend presented me with this enormous preening Canada 2 weekends ago. Not sure who carved it - it was built up of solid White Pine boards. It had been artlessly re-painted - mostly with white paint. I regret - now - not taking a "before" photo. In any event, I got out my Artistic License and went to town. I had been asked just to re-paint it - but I could not envision a paint scheme without changing a lot of the "contours". Actually, there were lots of hard corners and straight lines - a distinct lack of contours. That sweetly curvaceous neck ended in a head that was bulbous and way oversize. Luckily, the eyes were broken and needed replacement - so I interpreted that as carte blanche - and got out my electric plane....
(NOTE: With both an Artistic License and carte blanche, there is lots of room to maneuver.)
Here it is ready for the migration back to Great South Bay. I gave it a "folk art" paint job - and think it might benefit from a couple of coats of furniture wax.
All the best,
SJS
A good LI friend presented me with this enormous preening Canada 2 weekends ago. Not sure who carved it - it was built up of solid White Pine boards. It had been artlessly re-painted - mostly with white paint. I regret - now - not taking a "before" photo. In any event, I got out my Artistic License and went to town. I had been asked just to re-paint it - but I could not envision a paint scheme without changing a lot of the "contours". Actually, there were lots of hard corners and straight lines - a distinct lack of contours. That sweetly curvaceous neck ended in a head that was bulbous and way oversize. Luckily, the eyes were broken and needed replacement - so I interpreted that as carte blanche - and got out my electric plane....
(NOTE: With both an Artistic License and carte blanche, there is lots of room to maneuver.)
Here it is ready for the migration back to Great South Bay. I gave it a "folk art" paint job - and think it might benefit from a couple of coats of furniture wax.
All the best,
SJS
Steve Sanford
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The bird I began this Workbench post with was the first of a pair of burnt cork Black Ducks. I just finished the Hen today. Below is a bunch of photos - different aspects and different settings. I am always experimenting with my camera - and sometimes have a hard time choosing the ones that show the birds to their best advantage. So, please bear with me - AND share your thoughts on the different approaches.
BTW: No frogs yet - but I put 3 Mallards off the Hemlock Swamp as I was photographing these birds late this afternoon.
Thanks!
SJS
BTW: No frogs yet - but I put 3 Mallards off the Hemlock Swamp as I was photographing these birds late this afternoon.
Thanks!
SJS
Bob M
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.The bird I began this Workbench post with was the first of a pair of burnt cork Black Ducks. I just finished the Hen today. Below is a bunch of photos - different aspects and different settings. I am always experimenting with my camera - and sometimes have a hard time choosing the ones that show the birds to their best advantage. So, please bear with me - AND share your thoughts on the different approaches.
BTW: No frogs yet - but I put 3 Mallards off the Hemlock Swamp as I was photographing these birds late this afternoon.
Thanks!
SJS
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Beautiful Black Duck stool Steve.....Thank You for doing them for me.
P. Revicki
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Steve,
Great looking blacks, all your decoys look good.
Pete
Great looking blacks, all your decoys look good.
Pete
Darin Clark
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I wish you guys would stop with the burnt cork Back Ducks. I have enough projects on my list, now I have to add that too. Love the look of the burnt cork. Great birds!
roy brewington
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absolutely beautiful.Nothing speaks gunnin decoys better to me than burnt cork blacks. Remember my fathers rig haveing several in the sixtys. Unfortunatley being stored in a bushel basket in the smokehouse those birds were chewed to pieces by the time i got into gunnin.