musket
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What the hell, not much going on here (as expected), so another oldie.
This was a fun piece to do, because I violated every rule of trad bird carving with it, but it sold faster than any other piece I did. I just made the bird up. It's anatomically impossible. It also gives the appearance of being a male, with the fancy crown and gorget, but males are never found at the nest. They're little lotharios who have nothing to do with raising the young. Hummingbirds typically have a clutch of two, and the eggs are much smaller than this. I gilded the gorget, which didn't quite work, but the buyer didn't care.
The opal is much greener than shows here. They're a pain to photograph, especially white base.
Tupelo
Boxwood
Acrylics
Acrylic Modeling Paste
Black Jade
Opal
Grapevine
Manzanita Root
Epoxy Putty
Mulberry Paper
Silk Thread
Lint from my laundry drier
Owyhee Jasper
This was a fun piece to do, because I violated every rule of trad bird carving with it, but it sold faster than any other piece I did. I just made the bird up. It's anatomically impossible. It also gives the appearance of being a male, with the fancy crown and gorget, but males are never found at the nest. They're little lotharios who have nothing to do with raising the young. Hummingbirds typically have a clutch of two, and the eggs are much smaller than this. I gilded the gorget, which didn't quite work, but the buyer didn't care.
The opal is much greener than shows here. They're a pain to photograph, especially white base.
Tupelo
Boxwood
Acrylics
Acrylic Modeling Paste
Black Jade
Opal
Grapevine
Manzanita Root
Epoxy Putty
Mulberry Paper
Silk Thread
Lint from my laundry drier
Owyhee Jasper