What I do when not MDing

[RON (PA)]

Re: What I do when not MD'ing

Beautiful work. I wish I had that talent.

I'm with Rich, Do you have a website

 

[TomB]

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Tom thanks for the PM. How long does it take to carve a decoy? I carve real slow. My carvings take about 3 months. Good luck. Mike.

Mike...Some decoys I can do in a week...others take five to six weeks. Kind of depends on the amount of detail. It most often takes me twice as long too paint. A lot of people have asked me how I do it...the answer is quite simple...take a block of wood and carve away everything that is not duck.....

 

[TomB]

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Wow, dude you have a web site with that stuff on there for sale?

Thanks Rich and Ron...No I do not have a web site. I never take an order for a carving. I carve what I feel. People then contact me too see what I have carved. TomB

 

[Mike Silver -gold]

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Tom,I,m with you ,I have never taken an order to carve. I only carve what i like. For one thing I carve slow. I pay a lot of attention to detail. I try hard to carve people who were real. I try to make sure that they were good . It would bother me to the core if I caved someone who was wicked. Right now I ,m working on a girl. She was Lucy Plimpton. Lucy died at 32. There is a statue of her in a local cemetary. Lucy died in 1869 giving birth to her daughter. Her daughter lived to be 85 and is buried next to her 32 year old mom. Yeah Lucy was good. Mike.

 

[TomB]

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Tom,I,m with you ,I have never taken an order to carve. I only carve what i like. For one thing I carve slow. I pay a lot of attention to detail. I try hard to carve people who were real. I try to make sure that they were good . It would bother me to the core if I caved someone who was wicked. Right now I ,m working on a girl. She was Lucy Plimpton. Lucy died at 32. There is a statue of her in a local cemetary. Lucy died in 1869 giving birth to her daughter. Her daughter lived to be 85 and is buried next to her 32 year old mom. Yeah Lucy was good. Mike.

Mike...how about posting some pics of your work...TomB

 

[Copperhead]

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That's some beautiful work Tom...I dabbled in carving decoys myself for awhile...never was able to create the life-like detail you've managed to achieve...here's one of my better pieces...lol....need an apprentice?.. ...seriously though, your work is amazing..thanks for posting some of it

 

[TomB]

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ROFLMAO @ COPPERHEAD

Keep at it Sir....we all had to start somewhere.....TomB

 

[tac512ltd]

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I must have missed that fish first time around. Sunfish? Liked the birds but LOVE the fish!

 

[Mike Silver -gold]

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Tom, as soon as one of my PC smart brother inlaws come over I will try to send pictures. I have a disc camara and pictures of soom of my work in my PC. I just can,t figure out how to send them. My avaitor pic was put in by one of them. I have tryed several times to post my finds with no luck. Mike.

 

[Goldiver]

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Wow...you are very talented, that finished duck looks real!

 

[creekhunter]

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Great stuff, the detail is awesome! I see some airbrush work on those as well?

 

[TomB]

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Great stuff, the detail is awesome! I see some airbrush work on those as well?

Air Brush on the fish...but doesn't work for me on the ducks. Thanks for your kind words. TomB

 

[ronwoodcraft]

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Beautiful Work Tom,

Ditto what everyone else said

Ron

 

[TomB]

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Beautiful Work Tom,

Ditto what everyone else said

Ron

Thanks so much Ron and April...and I have the same praise for your beautiful work.
Hope all members will visit your web site www.woodsofthewestgallery.com for a real treat.

Those Juniper Lamps are fantastic. Merry Christmas and God bless TomB

 

[donny nj]

Real Nice work ~~