Rex, the Cat Catcher

     Rex appears often in my folkart - here he is with an old-fashioned truck and a cage full of cats. 

 Rex even caught a Siamese cat!

Rex's Air Tours

     Here's my latest piece - Rex's Air Tours.  The overall dimensions area 72" wide by 72" long by 32" high.  
     This is for sale.  I'm asking $2,200.00 for this piece - plus taxes.

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     Below are a few photos taken during the making of "Rex's Air Tours".

      I started with an old mailbox for the front of the airplane, then I built the body of pine with the tail being a whale vertebrae.

      There are two windshields, one made from a wooden plate and the other from a tin pie plate.

The undercarriage is from an old golf cart.

     I had a wooden propeller on it first, then I decided a propeller in the shape of a bone (made from pine) would be more suitable for a dog's airplane!

Below are photos of the finished piece - enjoy!!

 

 

Rustic Coffee Table

     I had a client in last week with a sheet she tore from a magazine and ask if I could build the same coffee table.  So I did, finishing it for her for by the weekend.  She was happy the way it turn out!

The table measures 40"wide x 52" long x18" high.

The table framework is built in the mortise & tenon style with wood pegs.

Two Tuna

     Here's some of my latest work - tunas.  The body is made from a cedar log; oxen shoes for the fins; old antler for the top fin; one tail is a ladder hook and the other a water  tank stand.  
     Both these items have been sold.     

Above: here the wood has dried for a month before painting.

The tails made from recycled materials.

Below: first coat of paint drying.

Painted and ready to go.