This weekend Maura and I participated in the Water Bird and Decoy Carving with Charlie Reber. Charlie is a preacher from east North Carolina who makes rustic like carved birds and decoys. He is full of great stories and knowledge about decoys.
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| Charlie holding two of his carved birds |
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| Maura holding her carved bird. She named him Bernie Biscuit |
Our first project was to make a decoy of either a swan or a goose. I decided to have my decoy have what Charlie calls a "root head." I carved a Y shaped branch to look like a bird's head, instead of using traditional swan or goose head.
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My root head decoy. This is before the decoy is covered in cloth and painted.
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| Pam carving a bird. You can see two decoys to the right, with more traditional heads. |
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| Ernestine carving a bird. Her great swan decoy is on the table. |
Our second project was to carve smaller birds out of blocks of wood. We mostly used old rusty nails for the beaks.
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| My finished birds! |
After covering the decoys in cloth, we painted and decorated them.
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| My finished decoy. Now I can go bird hunting? |
Pheobe says she wants one. The Bad Boys don't care- they are too hungry to hunt for birds.
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