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October 7, 2017

Steel Clad Fish

Seabass and Barracuda, with plates of galvanized steel flashing nailed to pine bodies. Seabass has a bottlecap eye, 33” long, 12” at widest. The barracuda has a black glass and brass eye, 52” long, 11” wide at tail. Similar pieces are 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: fish, metal-clad, steel

October 4, 2017

Perched Birds

2006 to present. Hand carved painted pine birds. Perches include dry brushed beech with a cedar base, antique blocks and jars. Similar pieces available. Photos by Alex Bee.

 

hand carved and painted pine birds on antique toy blocks
hand carved and painted pine birds on antique spice bottles
handcrafted sculpture blue wooden birds on branch
hand carved and painted pine birds scraped and waxed beech with cedar base

Filed Under: Recent Works Tagged With: birds, hand-carved, painted, waxed

August 6, 2017

Booth Photos: Beetles

Pictures from the exhibit booth. 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: Bugs, Recent Works Tagged With: antique, beetles, bugs, metal-clad

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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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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:

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