Bacon Rind

Finally got this guy off my table this morning.  Took long enough.....have been working on him all summer.  Of course with my Mom's death, visiting relatives, a Yellowstone vacation and ranch upkeep it's a wonder I ever got it done!  This piece is aimed for the upcoming Woolaroc Outlaws & Cow Thieves Reunion fundraiser this October.  I hope to get a few other Woolaroc associated carvings completed before then.

Bacon Rind was an Osage Chief who was friends with Frank Phillips, the founder of Phillips Petroleum and on whose ranch Woolaroc is located.  Quite an interesting character.

Anyway, hope you like him and there are more photos in the gallery.

The Coal Miner - Part 25 - The Pick

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The Coal Miner - Part 24 - The Shovel- Part 2

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The Coal Miner - Part 23 - The Shovel

It will take two segments to do the shovel so here's the first one:
 
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The Coal Miner - Part 22 - Finally! The Figure Is Finished!

It took a while but it's finally done. Now to move on to the fun stuff!
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The Coal Miner - Part 21 - The Left Arm Is Finished

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The Coal Miner - Part 20 - The Left Arm Continued

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The Coal Miner - Part 19 - The Left Hand Continued

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How To Photograph Your Carvings

I was looking over my Blog and Video stats this morning and thought I'd repost the first video I made on taking photos of your work.  I uploaded it back in September 2009 and I think it still has a lot of information you can use to take some almost studio quality shots of your pieces.

  It's hard to believe that since posting that video it was followed by 292 more.   Total Blog entries are bumping 800 with 791.  Hope it's all worth it!

Here's that video:

The Coal Miner - Part 18 - The Left Arm

Things are starting to settle down around here so it's time to get back to the Coal Miner.  A funny thing on our trip to Yellowstone....we rented a historic log cabin just outside of Gardiner, Montana that was built back in 1907.  Setting inside the living area was a antique coal cart which was just the type I had planned on making as an accessory to this figure.  There was an old mine up the hill from the cabin so evidently they just moved it down the slope and into the house.  Neat!