walrafen
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A quick trip down to Eureka Springs on October 31st and a dash home on November 1st yielded me a sack full of goodies... you just have to know which doors to knock on! My loot included an Octopus carved in Colorado Pink Alabaster by Sonny Carpenter and nineteen coin carvings.
One highlight that I wanted to share with all y'all was a set of five Ron Landis nickel carvings as described briefly here: 1) Ron's very first skull before he had a model to work from so this one was totally from his imagination. 2) Ron's horse and castle is a tongue-in-cheek take off on the G.W. “Bo†Hughes Donkey and Cabin classic carved nickel. 3) Ron's rampant dragon is the precursor for his rampant eagle design which he used in the creation of his small U.S. dollar reverse design submittal which was a design finalist. Since I collected all of Ron's “Concept Dollar†patterns I was excited to have the opportunity to acquire this specific carved nickel. 4) Ron showed his customary creativity when he sprinkled the field above his great elephant sculpture with the night sky. A really nice touch to a great carving! 5) Ron's hatchling dragon only partially out of his shell is my all time favorite dragon carving hands down! All of these carvings were done in 1994... thirteen years ago.
You can see all the coin carvings posted here.
One highlight that I wanted to share with all y'all was a set of five Ron Landis nickel carvings as described briefly here: 1) Ron's very first skull before he had a model to work from so this one was totally from his imagination. 2) Ron's horse and castle is a tongue-in-cheek take off on the G.W. “Bo†Hughes Donkey and Cabin classic carved nickel. 3) Ron's rampant dragon is the precursor for his rampant eagle design which he used in the creation of his small U.S. dollar reverse design submittal which was a design finalist. Since I collected all of Ron's “Concept Dollar†patterns I was excited to have the opportunity to acquire this specific carved nickel. 4) Ron showed his customary creativity when he sprinkled the field above his great elephant sculpture with the night sky. A really nice touch to a great carving! 5) Ron's hatchling dragon only partially out of his shell is my all time favorite dragon carving hands down! All of these carvings were done in 1994... thirteen years ago.
You can see all the coin carvings posted here.
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