Birds

[vetropod]

I recently started making birds. Here are two that I made yesterday, both made of Effetre glass over a GTT Phantom.

Silly Stork:
<TABLE WIDTH="435" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="5"><BR STYLE="line-height:5px;"><B><A HREF="http://www.GlassArtists.org/Gal31423_Silly_Stork.asp" TARGET="_blank">Silly Stork</A></B></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="131"><A HREF="http://www.GlassArtists.org/Image.asp?ImgFile=Img170550_silly_stork1.jpg"><IMG SRC="http://www.GlassArtists.org/Images/ThumbNails/000170000/Thm170550_silly_stork1.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="Silly Stork" WIDTH="131" HEIGHT="175"></A><BR><BR STYLE="line-height:5px;"></TD><TD WIDTH="5"><DIV STYLE="width:5px;"></DIV></TD><TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="131"><A HREF="http://www.GlassArtists.org/Image.asp?ImgFile=Img170551_silly_stork2.jpg"><IMG SRC="http://www.GlassArtists.org/Images/ThumbNails/000170000/Thm170551_silly_stork2.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="Silly Stork" WIDTH="131" HEIGHT="175"></A><BR><BR STYLE="line-height:5px;"></TD><TD WIDTH="5"><DIV STYLE="width:5px;"></DIV></TD><TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="131"><A HREF="http://www.GlassArtists.org/Image.asp?ImgFile=Img170552_silly_stork3.jpg"><IMG SRC="http://www.GlassArtists.org/Images/ThumbNails/000170000/Thm170552_silly_stork3.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="Silly Stork" WIDTH="131" HEIGHT="175"></A><BR><BR STYLE="line-height:5px;"></TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="5">Free Mini Gallery courtesy of <A HREF="http://www.GlassArtists.org" TARGET="_blank">GlassArtists.org</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

Blackbird:
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[mer]

nice work! i liked the crow on GA too. the balancing act looks fun. where is the punty when you do that part?

[Big Jay]

blackbird looks pretty sweet.

[The Glass Fish]

Way cool, wes. I love all your stuff. What is the scale? I've always wondered.

[Sea Monkey]

those birds are incredible, you have a huge amount of talent! now keep'em coming:D

[dimebag4ever]

that blackbird is sick i would like a tutorial on that if u can i can only make turtles and fish still im kind of a newb

[Racer X]

Good job Wes... keep em coming.

Are we gonna see you at the flame conference? It would be good to see you again.

To anyone who hasn't met Wes, he's possibly the nicest guy you would ever want to meet. Oh, and Mario is working out and skating with the team again. Go Penns! I doubt he's coming out of retirement, but it's fun to watch him out there with the guys.

[sunray]

Nice!! Enjoyed the pictures

[vetropod]

Hey All,

Thanks for the compliments! Unfortunately, I won't be making it to the IFC this year - a bit too far now that I'm in Montana...

As for scale, the blackbird is 3.5" from beak-tip to tail-tip and the silly stork is 3.5" tall.

There's no punty when I'm doing the feet! I pop them in the kiln hot with no feet, then add feet after they're annealed, so I can the piece by the body or whatever. Same with my bugs, too...

[CripSkillz]

Always awsome man!!

[steven p selchow]

nice work Wes, all the directions.

steve