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Skin-on-Frame Cardinal Finished!

Posted in skin-on-frame birds, tagged , , , , , on January 29, 2012 | 11 Comments »

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Skin-on-Frame Cardinal Update

Posted in skin-on-frame birds, tagged , , , , , , on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

A quick check-in from phone. Most color applied. More details and distressing to come.

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Baby Steps – Skin-on-Frame Birds

Posted in skin-on-frame birds, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2012 | 5 Comments »

I wrote, a few days ago, about feeling my way through adapting skin-on-frame boatbuilding techniques to bird sculpture.  When I wrote this piece I was sure that I had rounded the corner and had mastered stretching a fabric skin on a bird shaped frame. I was wrong. I finished my last work session applying a [...]

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Skinning the Bird

Posted in skin-on-frame birds, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 18, 2012 | 5 Comments »

Every step of this project is an experiment.  Last night I purchased a yard of muslin, dug out a box of copper tacks and went to work covering this bird. Covering kayaks and canoes is always an adventure.  It always amazes me that with enough twisting and pulling, tacking and tack pulling a skin can [...]

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Wordless Wednesday…

Posted in 50 Birds for Blue Stone Folk School, carving, skin-on-frame birds on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A new tradition….just a  few photos of this week’s happenings.

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