Fall 2011

Interpretive merganser on the cover by Fausto DelGrosso

Painting Notes: Common Yellowthroat
There's more than just yellow here
by Jerry Poindexter

Three-in-One
A top decoy carver shows why three's a crowd. Especially when one's a gull
by Tom Christie

The Transformed Log
There's a merganser in that piece of American cherry. You just have to find it
by Fausto Delgrosso

Out of the Past, Part One
It's a challenge to carve a bird when your subject is literally a museum piece, in this case a passenger pigeon
by Dave Harmon

Feats of Clay
If you're going to make mistakes it's best to do it at this stage, the clay model
by Jerry Simchuk

Less is More, Part One
Keep it simple, people
by Frank Werner

Reference: The Creeper
The brown creeper is a LBJ, not the villain from a horror movie; includes reference photos and Jean Minaudier's pattern and color guide
by Rick Burkman