2nd one for my neighbor

[heppnerguy]

You may or may not have seen the dog I posted a couple of days ago for my neighbor, well, he also ordered this native American subject. I also finished it and because of the delicacy in so many parts of it and knowing he is going to mail this, I decided to add the large backer board and frame to give it my stability. So this is the final results that I ended up making. 

[Peter N White]

Very nicely done.

[Dak0ta52]

Awesome piece, Richard. But... I've come to expect nothing less of your work.

[Scrappile]

Really like that, Dick.   

[rjweb]

That's beautiful, RJ

[heppnerguy]

thank you. It was an interesting one to cut for me. There were a few questions going through my mind, at times as I cut and shaped it, but it all seemed to work out in the end

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

49 minutes ago, Dak0ta52 said:

Awesome piece, Richard. But... I've come to expect nothing less of your work.

Wow that is a very nice comment, especially coming from you who does such wonderful projects. Thank you very much

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

50 minutes ago, Scrappile said:

Really like that, Dick.   

I wasn't too excited when my neighbor picked this one as I saw so many not so well supported parts so I decided to put the entire project in a frame and I no longer had to worry about it.

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

50 minutes ago, rjweb said:

That's beautiful, RJ

Thank you for the nice comment. It was an interesting challenge at times because of the really small and not very well supported parts. By placing it in a framed backer board, I was able to take care of that problem and felt a lot better when I finished

Dick

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[daveww1]

great job

[scrollerpete]

Being in Arizona you fully capture the state 

[Denny Knappen]

That sure is beautiful.  Great idea of the backer for stability.  Nice frame too!

[preprius]

Very nice.

Yes southwestern for sure, color turquois, hatchets, skulls and feathers. 

I can hear a native american Indian chanting and dancing.

Me. Mark Eason

[heppnerguy]

thank you so much it had it's moments at time but overall it went fairly quickly. 

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

thanks. It was a wee pit changing in spots but overall fairly easy. Speaking of Arizona, do you happen to go to Arizona as, what we call, snow birds? My neighbor and one of my best friends now, lives on Victory Island and has been coming to Southern Arizona for over 15 years. We play chess almost every day when he is here. 

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

10 hours ago, Denny Knappen said:

That sure is beautiful.  Great idea of the backer for stability.  Nice frame too!

Thanks Denny, It was interesting to make and I was so happy that I thought about putting it onto a large framed backer board as he will be shipping it to Florida and the feathers and a couple of other items would not make a long distant travel very well otherwise. 

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

 I find it really fun when people can almost feel the theme of a project like I do when I take one on and others make remarks, like you  just did

Dick

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