Lost Newspaper Clippings

Richard and Mike were often asked to be a part of newspaper articles and interviews.  Often Mike would decline saying, "I've already got enough work to do." but sometimes they obliged.  There are a few clippings recovered by my sister.   Unfortunately the article itself has been clipped away.

These show some items I would love to see again to get some better photos.  One is another classic horse with it's head out the barn door which the article says was made by Richard.  The other were made by Mike.  The life size eagle had amazing detail of each and every feather.  This page definitely needs some pictures of that in person.

The tea cart and running Pinto were both gifts to my mother and were in our home all our lives.  The Pinto is particularly amazing because of you could see the details he actually carved in the woodgrain of the fake boards behind the stretched hide. You don't think about them when you see them every day but now that I'd love to get serious photos of them they're gone.

Stretched Hide Relief Carvings

As we've seen in past posts relief carvings of animals were a common design for Richard and Mike.  The really interesting thing is that they are all created from one piece.  Usually they look as if they are stretched cross boards but in the rare case of the coonhound the hide is the entirety of the piece.  This dog in particular was made by Mike as a gift for his father-in-law.  It is in fact a portrait of one of his favorite dogs.

When I created this blog to honor their work I asked relatives to contribute any pictures they might have.  My sister was able to locate some pictures including this carving of a running Palomino also with the similar stretched hide look.  And of course the mule deer Richard carved which we already shared.