Mid November Visit

Mariah and I stopped into the studio again after school. A little more progress has been made - a reindeer leg is taking shape!

Here's a photo of the cart for our reindeer, with the body and neck on top shelf, and the legs on lower shelf:



It's always fun to take a ride on the newly completed animals!


All sorts of decorate carvings are being completed.




Seeing this mirrored panel, below, on display at the studio helps us visualize how beautiful the carousel will be.

Early November Visit

The studio is open on Wednesday afternoons. Our grand daughter, Mariah, and I have begun to visit the studio after school on Wednesdays. Today we saw that some progress had been made on our reindeer.

In this photo, the neck is in the foreground and the body is laying on its side. You can see the contour of the haunches taking shape.

Seen from the rear, looking toward the neck, you can see another view of the contour of the haunches.


Turning the reindeer over to see the other side of the reindeer, the block is in place to form the back haunch



and the front haunch is farther along in the contouring process:



Here's the progress on Daisy the little elephant:


A griffin named Sir Hugo Page is taking shape:


Here's the drawing of what Sir Hugo page will look like:



Here's one of the ponies being carved:

A close up shows the detail on the pony's head. There's an awesome braid in the pony's mane.


We checked out the painting progress on one of the horses, named Kalapuya: