Hello and good morning all, Today I'd like to share a piece that was not fun, then fun to carve. I'll explain below.
This well dressed canine was actually an order that went bad on me so to speak.
I had a woman from NJ order a dog portrait sculpture for her husband. Well I think she was one of those people that hated everything. Difficult to please type, if you know what I mean.
I carved her dog and it kind of looked like Marmaduke...
Well so did her dog, and my work is more on the whimsical side. She wasn't pleased, so I was stuck with something that would more than likey never sell..what to do? Carve it into something else..
Since it was a sitting dog with plenty of bulk still, I went with a lab in a tux..this was around the time when I was carving that tuxefo frog, and bear in the business suit.
It sold rather quickly after posting it on the Facebook business page. I let the customer pick the colors.
I matched his dogs markings based on pictures he sent.
A very happy customer picked up his sculpture..wasn't a waste after all...and this one sold for more than the original..it was a win win.
I hope you enjoyed seeing what I saw, if so feel free to upvote and reblog. I love what I do and I'm happy to share here on Peakd. Please do stay tuned as I have much more to share on this awesome platform. Thanks for looking, Jon