Turtle

     I bought this real turtle shell from an antique shop and made the turtle come back to life. 

     I used an old stove cranks for the legs; the tail is a piece of deer antler (also bought at antique shop); and the head is a piece of an old organ stool leg.  
     The turtle is 11" long.

The Harvest

     This is one of the largest shadow boxes I ever made - it's five feet long.  I call it
"The Harvest".

     The seat of the steam tractor is the end of a spoon.  The shovel the man is using to shovel the coal is from the end of a fork.  

     The horses tails are made from forks.  I used rubber bands for the belt on the pulleys of the thresher and steam tractor. 

Moose Gun

      I've made "goose guns" in the past and thought it's time to make a "moose gun". 

      This moose gun is made from an old antique musket and antique deer antlers (purchased at Auction sale) - I carved up the deer antlers to suite the moose.  
     This item is for sale.

Shadow Box: The Hunt Up River

     I'm happy the way this shadow box turned out!  I call it, "The hunt up river".    Its measures 32"w  by 21" by 3" deep.

The dogs tongue is a nail i flatened.

     I used dinner forks for the moose antlers.  Also the hunter's arm is a fork covered with body fill.

The crane is roosting on a real rock .

The tail of the beaver is off  a end of a spoon. 

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.

Coffee Table with metal grate

     This coffee table has an old floor grate set in to the middle of the top.  The table measures 3' x4' .
     FOR SALE
     I'll be getting back to producing some new folk art this month and will  post those pieces in the coming days.