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Birds

Paul’s birds are colored with layers of paint and wax, and textured through a process that involves rounds of adding color and sanding back down. Many feature wings of recycled metals, others come seated on their own perches. Paul takes custom orders; Contact Paul if you notice a particular piece or a style you’re interested in having. See Paul’s most recent pieces in Recent Works.

All Birds Fish Bugs

hand crafted colored bird sculpture with antique tobacco tin wings
hand crafted colored bird sculpture with antique tobacco tin wings
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 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 carved and painted pine bird on antique bird food tin
hand crafted wooden crow sculpture plated and pinned with coffee tins
hand crafted colored bird sculpture with antique tobacco tin wings
hand crafted colored bird sculpture with antique tobacco tin wings
hand crafted brushed and waxed cedar birds on an antique tobacco tin
hand crafted brushed and waxed cedar birds on an antique tobacco tin
hand carved and painted pine birds scraped and waxed beech with cedar base
hand crafted wooden bird textured and painted gesso on poplar with antique baking powder tin base
hand crafted wooden bird textured and painted gesso on poplar with antique baking powder tin base
hand carved and painted pine birds on antique toy blocks
handcrafted sculpture blue wooden birds on branch
hand carved and painted pine birds on antique spice bottles
2018 American Craft Exposition booth
Rusty metal clad barracuda and hand carved birds on wall perch
Display of hand carved birds, bugs and snakes displayed with coffee measures and dogs made from vintage tins
2019 ACE booth with birds on branches, metal bugs and rusty metal masks
2019 ACE booth back right corner with hand carved birds, wooden bugs and tin coffee measures
2019 ACE booth with metal-clad fish, large tin bugs, birds and magnets
2019 ACE booth back wall with metal clad fish, bugs and birds
2019 Richmond Craft + Design Booth left back corner with hand-carved birds, metal bugs, and rusty metal masks
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Made to Order

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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Recent Works

2020 ACC American Craft Show- Baltimore

March 3, 2020

We had a great show in Baltimore this year. The wholesale part was 2 days, followed by 3 days of retail. We enjoyed connecting with many old … See Full Post>>>

2019 Richmond Craft + Design Back Wall with a display of specimen boxes containing hand-crafted metal clad bugs

2019 Richmond Craft + Design Show

December 4, 2019

We exhibited in the Craft + Design show November 22-24 at the beautiful Main Street Station in downtown Richmond, Virginia. What an … See Full Post>>>

2019 ACE booth back wall with metal clad fish, bugs and birds

2019 American Craft Exposition

December 4, 2019

We had the pleasure of exhibiting again in the American Craft Exposition September 19-22 at the beautiful Chicago Botanic Garden. We brought … See Full Post>>>

More Recent Works

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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