Self Propelled Milker

     I just finished this piece which i call, "self propelled milker."  It measures 18" long x 10" high.   
     Of all the folk art I've done over the years this rates in the top ten - I'm very happy with the way it turned out.  Wheat is coming in at the first - coming out the other end is cow patties. 
     For the belts I used rubber bands and for the wheat I used finish nails.

Honey Bees

     I have a customer who raises honey bees and was looking for a few folkart bees.

     I headed upstairs to Grandma's Attic 
( http://backroadfolkart.blogspot.ca/2013/03/grandmas-attic.html ) above my Studio and put together these old wooden fishing buoys for the bodies and two old fan blades for the wings.

    The fisherman used wood-turning lathes to turn out these buoys made from Island cedar, then they'd tar them to waterpr0of them.

Fore more information about Prince Edward Island honey - check out

Island Gold Honey's website

http://www.islandgoldhoney.ca/

Bill's Cat Catching

     This is my latest piece of folk art which i call, "Bill's cat catching". 

     I started with an old steel paddle car which dates back from the 1950's.  The car is 51" long  28" x high 18 x wide.

     Bill's body is made from a old sap bucket.  The rim of his hat is off a pot lid.  His mustache is made of two coat hooks . His goatee is a drawer-pull one end of it. 

     The horns on the hood are made from a dowel and two coat hooks. 

     Bill, the dog and cat bodies are all made of carved from cedar wood.

The dogs tongue is the end of a spoon.  The cats tails are the ends of spoons.

For Sale January 2014.

Canadian Ark

     Last winter I created the "Canadian Ark" - a canoe with an RCMP officer and filled with Canadian animals.  Here's an article published in the March 2011 issue of The Buzz magazine - http://www.buzzon.com/  
     Click on the images to get a larger/closer look.

     Here are photos taken during and to completion of this folkart piece.

Below: here are the individual pieces close-up.

Below: The completed project.

     Below: watch the YouTube slide show on the making of the "Canadian Ark"

http://birchgate.ca/kerras/Canadian%20Ark%20Slide%20Show.html