Bayou band in progress

[Sharon of the Dell]

How cool!
Red lights, like at intersections?

[Dan S]

Sadly Sharon, at intersections. Don't tell metro... Seems I can't catch a green one. Carving makes the red ones go by faster though. My car is usually a mess.

Dan

[sashadoc]

What happened to the Mouse-tro?

Tim

[Dan S]

The mouse is a stand alone figure. He's not carved to this scale. When I finish painting him I'll post a final photo. I thought if I add a conductor to this band I'd use an otter.

Dan

[luscher]

truly fantastic work -- this is the kind of thing that attracted me to carving and sculpting in the first place

your originality and imagination are a credit to you, Dan

[Patrick]

What a grand work Dan. Warms the heart and puts a smile on the face.

[Dan S]

Hey there Ya'll,
Haven't added to this in a bit. School is taking a lot of my time. I've got to get moving though. There is a contest I'd like to enter. The scene continues to grow in any event. I'm designing an old badger pickin' a banjo in a rocking chair. I think he'll have a corncob pipe. He'll be tricky though. I'm goin to try to do him as one piece. He should end up about 2 1/2" tall. After that I may carve a mangey cat to sit on the trash can I carved. That should make enough band members. I carved a cobblestone street and a picket fence with a banner hanging on it. I thought I'd do the bands name there. The trouble is, "Bayou Band" just doesn't look right. I'm going to have to come up with a name. All the good ones have already been taken. Does Cajun Critters seem OK?
I'll post more current photos this weekend.

Take care,
Dan

[AL...]

Looking forward to seeing the new photos.
Fantastic work and realy enjoying this thread.

Cheers
AL

[kdispoto]

Wow these are super - I think it time to quit the day job and do this full time.

[Dan S]

OK, finally got time to add photos. Sorry about the quality. Evidently my house has lousy lighting. Oh, the bands name is "Ol Bleu's Bayou Band". Since the piano player is a blue tic hound I thought it would work. I'll paint that on the banner on the fence.

Dan