"Black Bird"

[SakerJack]

A few months ago my wife and I were walking around the man made lake. I live a block away from the lake , river and a small forest with a healthy population of both deer, ducks, geese, swans and the occassional Pelican. We walk the hounds daily and as I was listening to the morning sights and sounds I was carefully watching one of my favourite birds, a red winged black bird . They are a marsh bird and have a real distinct call, I told my wife I am going to make a hood in the colors of the bird and paint the bird on the inside,, The hood is a Dayton Elle. This hood features a larger beak opening BUT still covers the soft tissue of the gape which I much prefer.
Here is the black bird on a cat tail.

[SakerJack]

Here is my hood I call "Blackbird"
From the front

[SakerJack]

Side profile

[SakerJack]

View from the back of the hood

[SakerJack]

From the top

[SakerJack]

And the Red wing black bird, the hood and painting is dyed so will never scratch or flake off, it is permanent.

[Ancipiter]

Beautiful workmanship.

ATB

Pat

[Adrian Hallgarth]

One of my favorites as well growing up in Alberta, great to take inspiration from whats natural in the world for these works of art, really special hood.

regards Tom

[SparsTheOne]

I love the theme ken, stunning looking hood mate.:supz:


jase.

[SakerJack]

Beautiful workmanship.

ATB

Pat

Thank you Pat

[SakerJack]

One of my favorites as well growing up in Alberta, great to take inspiration from whats natural in the world for these works of art, really special hood.

regards Tom

Tom how long did you live in Alberta? Thank you for your comments and you are so Bang on with the natural world. I am coming out with a series of Dayton Elle hoods I call simply "Nature" I am now working on a Sharp Tailed Grouse hood, a Mallard Duck and a Sage Grouse hood,,

[SakerJack]

I love the theme ken, stunning looking hood mate.:supz:


jase.

Thank you for your comments..

[XiaoDong]

Hi Ken
Inspiration from nature
Very good design
xiaodong

[Fly]

Nice work Ken i don't know how you do it

[SakerJack]

Hi Ken
Inspiration from nature
Very good design
xiaodong

Thank you for your comments..

[SakerJack]

Nice work Ken i don't know how you do it

Thanks Fly,,

[DeadDogs]

Another beauty Ken

[SakerJack]

Another beauty Ken

Hello again DD and I thank you again, although it is certainly not a wild super colorful hood this one I am VERY pleased with.

[SakerJack]

Tom how long did you live in Alberta? Thank you for your comments and you are so Bang on with the natural world. I am coming out with a series of Dayton Elle hoods I call simply "Nature" I am now working on a Sharp Tailed Grouse hood, a Mallard Duck and a Sage Grouse hood,,

I am working on my second Nature Series hood, it is called 'Monkey See.. Monkey Do"

[Maroje]

Hello Ken!
Yesterday I have received the hoods you send me.Very nice and very usefull.

Thank you very much!

Here are some pics:

[SakerJack]

Hello Ken!
Yesterday I have received the hoods you send me.Very nice and very usefull.

Thank you very much!

Here are some pics:

Hello glad they arrived safely, I think we should go down one size, the hoods I think are a bit big, they seem sloppy, what do you think? PleasePM me and I will arrange to make you two smaller hoods, I missed on the size of your wonderful gos..

[GameHawker]

I am working on my second Nature Series hood, it is called 'Monkey See.. Monkey Do"

Hi Ken Sounds interseting, could you lets use know when the Monkey See... Monkey Do hood is finished. Seems a original idea.

All the best

Carl

[Maroje]

Hello glad they arrived safely, I think we should go down one size, the hoods I think are a bit big, they seem sloppy, what do you think? PleasePM me and I will arrange to make you two smaller hoods, I missed on the size of your wonderful gos..

Everything o.k. Ken!
This one on the pictures is the smallest one of my goshawks.
Thank you

[SakerJack]

Hi Ken Sounds interseting, could you lets use know when the Monkey See... Monkey Do hood is finished. Seems a original idea.

All the best

Carl

Will do,, yup an original for sure!!

[SakerJack]

Everything o.k. Ken!
This one on the pictures is the smallest one of my goshawks.
Thank you

Ok, I got your PM .. thank you..