After seeing Fergus on the dock, a friend asked if I could come up with a similar dock scene for her pal, Toby. Toby is a chocolate Labrador Retriever who also likes being near ( and in ) the water.
I’ll change up the dock a bit and have Toby in one of those serene Lab poses just gazing out over the water. I’m thinking about a couple of working duck decoys laying on the dock near him.
Here’s his progress so far.
George now is secure on his pedestal. The base is made from mahogany with a walnut stain and satin urethane coat.
I positioned the rectangular upright portion of the base just back from the centre of the horizontal portion as I just thought that it would look a bit more unique that way. Now I’m looking at it and wondering what I might carve to lay on the base just in front of him…a feather, a tomahawk, etc. I’ll have to give that some thought…leave a suggestion if you have something in mind.
Although I’ve never placed a nameplate/plaque on any of my carvings before, this one might lend itself to that. I know that Lynne Doughty applies a nameplate to his carvings and that always looks extremely nice. I’ll have to shop around and see what’s available.
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