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December 13, 2017

Quilted Fish

One of my favorite styles of fish to make. Seabass, Barracuda, and Wahoo. Each has a pine body clad with antique tin pieces shaped and nailed on, with a bottle cap eye. Each piece in this style is absolutely one of a kind. Seabass are 33” long, 12” at widest point. Barracuda 52” long, 11” wide at the tail, and the Wahoo is 38” long, 11” wide at the tail. Contact me if you are interested in a piece in this style.

hand crafted wooden fish sculpture with antique tin plating and fins
hand crafted wooden fish sculpture with antique tin plating and fins
hand crafted wooden fish sculpture with antique tin plating and fins
hand crafted wooden fish sculpture with antique tin plating and fins
hand crafted wooden fish sculpture with antique tin plating and fins

Filed Under: Recent Works Tagged With: antique, fish, metal-clad, quilted

December 13, 2017

Branded Beetles

Hand carved pine beetles with carefully fitted tin exoskeleton screwed in place, poseable rusty fence wire legs. 5” to 7” long. Each piece is unique; similar pieces are available. Photos by Paul.

Hand carved plated beetle, pine with carefully fitted tin exoskeleton screwed in place, pose-able rusty fence wire legs
Hand carved plated beetle, pine with carefully fitted tin exoskeleton screwed in place, pose-able rusty fence wire legs
Hand carved plated beetle, pine with carefully fitted tin exoskeleton screwed in place, pose-able rusty fence wire legs
Hand carved plated beetle, pine with carefully fitted tin exoskeleton screwed in place, pose-able rusty fence wire legs
Hand carved plated beetle, pine with carefully fitted tin exoskeleton screwed in place, pose-able rusty fence wire legs

Filed Under: Recent Works Tagged With: antique, beetles, bugs, metal-clad

December 9, 2017

Patinated Copper Clad Fish

Amberjack and Seabass. Copper plates with a black patina and shaped and nailed to pine body, mother of pearl and copper eyes. Punched decoration pattern on the seabass. The seabass is 33”long, 12” at widest point, amberjack is 40” long, 13” at widest point. Similar pieces available.

hand crafted wooden fish sculpture with metal plating and fins
hand crafted wooden fish sculpture with metal plating and fins
hand crafted wooden fish sculpture with metal plating and fins
hand crafted wooden fish sculpture with metal plating and fins

Filed Under: Recent Works Tagged With: copper, fish, metal-clad, patinated

November 8, 2017

Wingless Birds with Antique Bases

Textured and painted gesso on poplar, or charred, bushed and waxed cedar, glass bead eyes. Mounts include cigar boxes, antique baking soda, candy, baking soda tins and more. 8″- 14″ long.

hand crafted brushed and waxed cedar birds on an antique tobacco tin
hand crafted wooden bird textured and painted gesso on poplar with antique candy tin base
hand crafted wooden bird textured and painted gesso on poplar with antique bird food tin base
hand crafted wooden bird textured and painted gesso on poplar with antique bird food tin base
hand crafted wooden bird textured and painted gesso on poplar with antique baking powder tin base

Filed Under: Recent Works Tagged With: antique, birds, gesso, painted

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Each of Paul’s pieces is unique, and the images in the portfolio section of this site may not reflect what is currently in stock. Not to worry! Paul does custom orders. If you see a piece in the gallery that’s not listed as available in the Recent Works section, get in touch with Paul and let him know what you’re interested in. Note that availability and pricing is based on labor and materials on hand.

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Photos by Alex

Have you noticed that some of the photos on the site look really, really good? They were most likely taken by Triad area photographer and dear friend Alex Bee. See more of his work at:

www.alexbee.com

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