After a good holiday, on January 2nd, I sprung my back again helping a friend lift a heavy object. Completely my fault, bad position, no bent knees! So I am now on the mend with adjustments and massage. I am just getting back into the shop! Heres a few things I had been playing with. The first is called the "Musk Oxen Cuddle" and educational piece for children for a client demonstrating musk oxen huddling together in the cold to stay warm. This is only a prototype of course the piece id approved will be the usual wood and metal construction. A second piece is "Caching Raven" demonstrating that ravens hide food for retrieval later when food is more scarce. Again this is meant to be an educational piece for children. This video is a prototype of the action where the raven will place a berry in a crevice and then retrieve it again. Apparently ravens are clever enough not to cache food when other ravens are watching. I apologize for the shaky video as I am trying to balance the camera and several parts in my hands.
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Alan White
4/23/2020 06:55:01 pm
Great work. Very inspirational. Your gear tooth cutting operation is very impressive. I've tried to saw some a few times but have not had consistent teeth. Anyway, enjoy looking at your excellent projects.
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