my_carvings Photo Gallery by sportour at pbase.com

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Dogfish mask Haida style.jpg	Eagle Warrior 1.jpg	Frog Mask.jpg	Eagle.jpg
Grizzley Bear Haida style.jpg	Loon Transformation w Bentwood Box.jpg	Gomokway Nuxalt style.jpg	Knife w Orca tooth and Damascus blade.jpg
Maple Sun Mask.jpg	Moon Tlingit style.jpg	Nuxalt and Haida style masks.jpg	Puffin Bowl 1.jpg
Raven as Shaman Tsimsian style.jpg	SeaLion bowl with Raven spoon b.jpg	Wolf mask Kwagyulth style.jpg	Woman of High Rank Tlingit style.jpg
Walnut Sun sculpture.jpg	Tsimsian style Shaman with frog.jpg	Tlingit style Shaman with copper teeth.jpg	Thunderbird pole Kwagyulth style.jpg
Sun Kwagyulth style.jpg	Sun mask Tlingit style.jpg	Working at the forge a.jpg	Shaman with Mtn Goat headband Tsimsian style.jpg
Working on mask a.jpg	Copper Frog Shaman final 5.jpg	Frog Shaman.jpg	Makah style Old Man mask a.jpg
Moon.jpg	Portrait mask, Tlingit style .jpg	Raven mask based on R. Davidson piece .jpg	Shaman Tsimsian style 2.jpg
Sun Mask Tsimsian style.jpg	Dirty Skin figure with Sea Lion.jpg	Coppered Owl 1.jpg	Salmon Bringer.jpg
Moon Nuxalt style.jpg	Singers mask c.jpg	Owl Mask.jpg	Dzoonokwah.jpg
Dzonoqwah 1981.jpg	Miniature Nuxalt mask with 35mm film cassette.jpg	Miniature warrior Tsimsian style.jpg	Nootkan mask f.jpg
Nuxalt style Moon attendant.jpg	Wood Spirit Kwagyulth style.jpg	Warrior Nootkan style.jpg	Sun Nuxalt style.jpg
Rainbow Trout 5.jpg	Raven Kwagyulth style.jpg	Raven Nuxalt style.jpg	Raven rattle old Tsimsian style.jpg
Silver Killerwhale pendants. Lost wax casting process.jpg	Silver Owl.jpg	Salmon Festival 98 Woods Spirit.jpg	Woods spirits Kwagyulth style.jpg
Suns attendant Nuxalt style a.jpg	Suns attendant Nuxalt style b.jpg	Walnut Puffin bowl.jpg	Show at Quintanas Nov 1987.jpg
Eagle Grease Spoon walnut.jpg	Raven b Nuxalt style.jpg	Tsimsian style shaman with frogs b.jpg	Tsimsian style shaman with frogs detail.jpg
Woman of high rank Tlingit style b.jpg	Sun Mask b Tlingit Style.jpg	1st step in carving Nuxalt style mask, setting up the facial planes	carving in the browlines
setting up the eye sockets	bringing up the nose	carving in the eye orbs, mouth and nose	bringing out the mouth
carving in the eye detail	finished rough carving	drying, the masks are carved from "green" wood or wood that has been kept under water	sanded and painted
ready to add gold foil	finished piece, brows, nostrils, lips gold foiled	closeup of gold foil applied over wood	I met Robert Davidson while doing a gallery show in 1988. We were needling each other out of the corners of our mouths.
1982 Cannon Beach starting on my first mask done under my teacher, Doug Granum.	1983 Cannon Beach. Modeling a button blanket made by a friend.	1983 Cannon Beach unfinished button blanket and Kwagyulth stye mask.jpg	1983 Cannon Beach Nuxalt style mask and unfinished button blanket.jpg
Bear as human initial cuts	Bear as human, a little more refined	Bear as human, sanded out	bear as human, initial painting
Bear as human, washed with a thin oil paint and hand rubbed	Bear as human, gold foiled the tongue and pupils	Bear as human, didn't like the black lips/nostrils so I painted them red	Phoenix Bird. One of my few graphics. This was done as a logo for a Mental Health organization.
Started late July 05. Eclectic style combining Tlingit and Kwagyulth elements. A bird, possibly a grouse, in human form.	bird in human form, early stage.	bird in human form. sanded and corners shaped.	bird in human form. Temple coins for eyes. A little more sanding, bring up the eyebrows and it's ready to paint.
bird in human form. Alder and acryllics. The red and black have graphite added and then rubbed out with a cotton rag.	Owl mask repainted. See image 400. Now painted with black acryllic and graphite, sanded and rubbed out.	Bear as human r.jpg	Start of large alder sun sculpt a.jpg
Start of large alder sun sculpture 1.jpg	Start of large alder sun sculpture c.jpg	Start of large alder sun sculpture d.jpg	Start of large alder sun sculpture e.jpg
Bill Holm et moi 2.jpg	Start of large alder sun sculpture f.jpg	Large alder sun mask step 7.jpg	Large alder sun mask re-finished.jpg
Large alder sunmask light modeling.jpg	shaping a new puffin bowl in alder	relieving the bowl and carving in details	finished product, tufted puffin, alder, mother of pearl inlay, wolf fur tufts
new puffin bowl g.jpg	Latest Nuxalt style mask. Alder, acryllics mixed with graphite, gold leaf.	Raven shaman mask.jpg	Copper Warrior e.jpg
Model Pole beginning step 1	Model Pole beginning step 2	Model Pole beginning step 3	Model Pole beginning step 4
Carving completed	Raven with Sun atop Grizzley with Salmon, alder	Raven and Bear Pole final finish	Raven and Bear Pole final finish
Catlinite pipe bowl in the rough	Finished Catlinite pipe bowl	quilt square design for friend undergoing dialysis	he and I are fishing buddies
Tsimsian style shaman's mask	shaman's mask, alder and acryllics	Hawk bowl in black walnut	no detail other than eyes for simplicity
my son Pat calls it a stealth bowl	getting ready to pounce	Grizzley Bear a.	Grizzley Bear b. acryllic and copper foil
Model Pole final final, after three modifications, I'm satisfied.	start of moon	moon in western red cedar (thuya plicata)	Moon with acrylic paint, gold leaf and ivory teeth
Next step in painting, add the ovoids	Finished Cedar Moon	I carved this little Grizzley Bear rattle for my new granddaughter	salmon design for paddle
salmon design for paddle	mask in red cedar	initial painting	Northern style shaman's mask
Kwakwakw wakw style sun mask graphic	Inuit style bear mask in red cedar	acryllic paints added	roughed out canoe bowl in red alder
shaping the bowl	Canoe bowl and spoon	spoon, also carved from red alder is meant to resemble a canoe paddle	Eagle design added
colors reversed on opposite side, a "trick" sometimes used by NW Coast carvers	photostitch view of both sides	Canoe bowl spoon	the bear begins
facial details emerge.	body detail coming out.	adding in more detail.	relieve the Halibut.
the carving is finished.	finish painting and inlay Halibut eyes	add oil and lateral line and finished.	start of Raven a
start of Raven b	Ravens progress 006.JPG	Ravens progress 004.JPG	Ravens progress C1.JPG
Ravens progress C5.JPG	Ravens progress D4.JPG	Ravens progress D5.JPG	Ravens progress, finished.
Latest Tlingit style carving	latest Tlingit style mask g.JPG	Latest Tlingit style carving b.JPG	Latest Tlingit style mask f.JPG
start of eagle frontlet	refining the figure	bring out wings and start facial features	face complete, add wing ovoid
will add ivory inlays in shield	legs and feet	initial paint, piano key ivory and mother of pearl button inlay	leave the body unpainted? Or?
Finished product in a copper green	start of a Raven bowl in alder	early steps	slowly refining the details
initial sanding	facial details	facial details	tail detail
the details are in, now for painting	Lawapt'is is Nimipoo (Nez Perce) for helluva fisherman. My friend had a local guy transfer my design onto the boat.	Dicks boat with salmon design a.jpg	The design that was meant for a canoe paddle wound up on my friend's salmon fishing boat
Final paint job. Graphite was added to the black paint to imitate the iridescence of Raven feathers.	tools Ive made.jpg	start with a big chunk of fresh cut alder	and wind up with a halibut bowl
my daughter wanted a miniature carving	Miniature Thunderbird also for my daughter	Nuxalt style spirit 2016	miniature greeter mask.jpg
Dying Warrior based on piece by David Boxley.jpg	Blue Raven. Remembering a graphic by NuuChalNulth artist Tim Paul	warrior	Beaver_a
Beaver_b	Nuxalt_style_sun_from_1984, cherry wood	father_and_son_art_I_carve_Mike_prints	Inuit style woman with facial tattooing
Kwakwaka Wakw style	Rez hat

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Unrepentant snapshooter!		07-Jul-2014 04:29
Marvelous carvings! Mine pale in comparison, but maybe one day...

Jane Spence		23-Oct-2011 21:01
Ah Donlon! What a joy you are to me to keep up with and see what you are up to. Thank you for posting these. I too am starting to creat some little carved things. For instance a small tornado looking piece of wood that a nurse picked up while we were deployed In Joplin for the American Red Cross as Disaster Mental Health Professionals. She asked me to carve it and I have. Need to varnish it and mount it. She's from New York City and had never met someone who carved before

Roland		17-Jan-2011 20:53
Such an interesting and diverse craft you have displayed. You are really an artist. BV

joseantonio		03-Jul-2010 04:28
Fabulous work. Well done

Myrna		19-May-2010 04:25
Do you sell your masks? I would like a Woman of high rank Tlingit and Raven Shaman for my oldest son. DO you make them with holes in the eyes for the dancer? I am Tlingit.

Walter Otto Koenig		23-Feb-2010 20:33
These carvings are really exceptional. Excellent work.

Jane Spence		01-Feb-2010 01:04
What a treat to see your whole portfolio (or maybe most of it?) You are some carver! Jane

Ralph J. Bramucci		01-May-2009 18:57
Don: This is a beautiful display of your talent as an artist and I feel privileged to have learned so much from you over the years. Ralph

nancy		22-May-2006 14:30
Nancy from Ristwtto Roasters here; finally got on your site; amazing! The family is getting ready for the day while marvelling at your work. I am especially taken with Frog Shaman. You have a true talent

Guest		08-May-2006 17:26
Don, Excellent work here! I'll pass a copy to Alice as she has collected MASKS. Great to have a short ivist with you at the Bruch Gettogether. Katharine

Mouser		09-Mar-2005 14:34
I like it! Looks like a great way to share your work.

Patrick		09-Mar-2005 13:49
Nice Don. So did you get the 200MB account or is this the free 10-day trial? I went to the main index page on PBase and it looks like a really nice service. Keep me posted on your updates if you have already or do decide to go for the $23/year deal. Thanks.

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