kaleidoscope, santa carvings, narwhal carving and quilt rack

The two Santa Carvings are early carvings made of basswood and painted with acrlyics, a pine quilt rack, one kaleidoscope made of ebony and the narwhal whale is a piece of wormy butternut, carved in one piece.  The tusk is a piece of white tailed deer antler as is the post that attaches it to the caribou antler base.

Working Decoys

Carving lifesize duck decoys made of high density cork, basswood heads and quality glass eyes, Michael carefully paints them with artist arcrylics. Hardwood keels are then weighted and attached so that each decoy self right in the water. They are as much at home floating in your rig to hunt over as they are sitting on your coffee table.

Mallard drake working decoy bartered for a wood lathe. Sold

Hooded Merganser Drake in the collection of Dr Kambites (below) A gift of Thanks

Two of six commissioned hunting decoys. On the left is the black duck, the right is a Mallard Drake. Sold

Another view of the Mallard Drake pictured above. Bartered.

At the present time Michael is completing a Mallard Drake, two Black Duck and two Mallard Hens to complete a commission of six hunting decoys.

This is a little red breasted nuthatch carved from tupelo, painted in acrylics on an oak base which is painted black. Gift to my sister Cindy.

The blue jay is my first jay carved using Tupelo wood and painted with acrylics. It is life size. Bartered.

This life size artic tern is a smoothie. It has no texture. It is carved with basswood and painted with acrylics. The painting was done on an extremely cold day with 3 feet of snow outside. The workshops wood stove had a hard time producing enough heat. At 50 degrees Farenheit I had a really long time to blend the colours. That was the only nice part about painting it other than I was taking a class with a good friend who was the instructor. Bartered.




This loon carving is one of many that I've carved. It is about 8 inches long, textured and painted with acrylics. Sold.

Turned Exotic Wood & Antler Pens

The black ebony pen, has a brushed satin finish to it which compliments the wood well.

This slim line pen is made of Amboyna Burl from the Nara Tree in the East Indies. The finish is 24 karet gold.

Made March 4, 2009 this Mont Blanc pen is turned from a dropped whitetail deer antler. It was used to barter for wooden burls, ancient wood from North of the Arctic Circle, mostly black spruce and some yellow birch, along with some pieces of shed caribou antler. This pen usually sells for $45.00 Canadian. Bartered.

The following three Mont Blanc pens, with a 24 karat gold finish are made from Manitoba Maple given to Michael by Bob Lavender of Saskatoon. A gift to a friend, two sold.

Immediately below is a pen turned from a shed whitetail deer antler. Each winter deer shed there antlers which can be found in the spring on the wintering yards used by deer.

The next pen is made from Bloodwood, a South American hardwood. The finish is Satin. Sold



The Pen above is made from an Amboyna Burl from the Narra Tree which grows in the East Indies. Sold.

The pen above is made of ironwood harvested from dead branches of a neighbours tree. Sold.

African Blackwood Mont Blanc in 24 karat gold (above). Christmas gift to my son-in-law