before and after

I thought it would be informative to post a picture of a trout almost complete, and one just started.

I was going to abandon this project a while back, I am glad I didn’t. She is almost finished and about to take flight. The hard part was using copper for the beak. seeing its a replica of a grosbeak I wanted its beak to stand out.

almost ready to fly

chickadee sprouting wings

Just thought I would post the progress on the chickadee I have been working on. I probably should learn how to put all the pictures together to get a better idea of the process

Did you ever wonder were chickadees came from? This is the beginning of one.

taking shape

a picture of a solid piece of stainless steel. It is 316 grade, which is the type of stainless that is used in the food industry for purity, It can be polished to a mirror finish. If you looked inside of the piping in a food processing plant you could see yourself. The welds have to be as pure.

I am going to shape this piece into a Bull trout and post pictures as I go, I better get started, I have a lot of cutting and grinding to do.

This was a previous post, I have inserted the progress I have made. It will be swimming up river soon