musket
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Named after Walker, my favorite Harris's hawk at the US branch of The British School of Falconry in Manchester, VT.
Around 2/3 life size for a male Harris at 10" long, hence the Jr, and also because Harrises, which are dead silent outdoors, make an infernal racket when you get a dozen indoors, which is sorta reminiscent of the braying saxophone of the great Junior Walker (and the Allstars).
All the falconry furniture, as it's called, is faux. No leather. The only metals are two small loops of florist's wire that attach the bells to the bewits, which are threaded around the tarsi, and the silver leaf on the bells, which are wood. The bewits and hunting straps are made of Japanese mulberry paper, in exactly the same way as the real thing. Aylmeri anklets are wood; the grommets are painted with metallic bronze acrylic. The branch is half real and half tupelo, painted.
One of the things I like most about this one is how far the head is turned from the front view. It doesn't look that way in profile. Note that the rictal bristles between the eye and beak are only present in the close up. They're the last thing to paint, and I hadn't yet done them in the full shots. The paint color of the wing coverts and "flags" is the rich burnt sienna in the full shots; I don't know why it came out too pale in the closeup.
Jr Walker, 1999
Tupelo
Acrylics
Epoxy putty (feet)
Copper (talons)
Mulberry paper
Silver leaf
Thuya burl
Around 2/3 life size for a male Harris at 10" long, hence the Jr, and also because Harrises, which are dead silent outdoors, make an infernal racket when you get a dozen indoors, which is sorta reminiscent of the braying saxophone of the great Junior Walker (and the Allstars).
All the falconry furniture, as it's called, is faux. No leather. The only metals are two small loops of florist's wire that attach the bells to the bewits, which are threaded around the tarsi, and the silver leaf on the bells, which are wood. The bewits and hunting straps are made of Japanese mulberry paper, in exactly the same way as the real thing. Aylmeri anklets are wood; the grommets are painted with metallic bronze acrylic. The branch is half real and half tupelo, painted.
One of the things I like most about this one is how far the head is turned from the front view. It doesn't look that way in profile. Note that the rictal bristles between the eye and beak are only present in the close up. They're the last thing to paint, and I hadn't yet done them in the full shots. The paint color of the wing coverts and "flags" is the rich burnt sienna in the full shots; I don't know why it came out too pale in the closeup.
Jr Walker, 1999
Tupelo
Acrylics
Epoxy putty (feet)
Copper (talons)
Mulberry paper
Silver leaf
Thuya burl
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