Resin head walking staff

[Shambam1962]

A friend of friend is in the local walking club, and asked my wife if I could make a spaniel head walking staff for her, as she had a spaniel up until last summer, and it sadly passed away of old age.

 I new my ability wouldn’t stretch to carving a spaniel in wood, but showed her a few different resin heads I had seen online and she was happy, and asked if I could paint it in a likeness to my young dog Max.

 I received the resin head and was pleased with it, but the spigot on the base was very small and I had to make a tapered holly ferrule to suit the stick, and paint the head to look similar to my dog Max, which was a learning curve.

The stick was one of the nicest holly sticks I had with perfect intact bark, but she wanted the bark removed, and stained and varnished.

 I completed the stick last night after doing a leather wrap grip on shank, and I’m surprised how it turned out.

I know it’s not a proper hand carved stick, but she’s pleased with end result.

[holloway]

I would be pleased with that paint job ,painting sticks is usually how you end up ruining them nice job.

[wisdom]

That's great.The painted head looks very good.I would be very happy with that.

 

Mods is there a chance of having a stickmaking category?

[Bigbob]

I could live with that its very nice and only the owner will know its not carved 

[Shambam1962]

Thanks holloway, wisdom and Bigbob for your comments.

 I must admit I didn’t enjoy painting the head and found it quite stressful.

I wasn’t sure what acrylic paint to use and went to my local craft store , and was more confused on seeing the many brands on offer.

In the end I came away with a few tubes of Windsor & Newton acrylic paint .

I found the hardest part to replicate was the tip of the nose and the spots on his muzzle.

I was lucky to have the model just outside the door waiting patiently.

The stick has just been collected and the new owner is over the moon, and said it looks better than the photos I sent her.

[yates]

Great job, well done

[Mr grumpy]

That is fabulous.great work 👍

[Shambam1962]

Thanks, Yates & Mr grumpy for your comments.

 I think, it’s a one off, for me though, and it looked half decent when completed.

I think I’ll stick with the wooden carved sticks for now and have just acquired a nice set of fallow antlers, so have a few ideas for future projects.

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, I've been looking for a white cockerpoo resin dog head , any ideas PW members ,?

[Shambam1962]

oldypigeonpopper, have a look on ETSY.com or EBay as there are lots of people selling their wares, and some very clever people making resin products.

Good luck !

[oldypigeonpopper]

22 hours ago, Shambam1962 said:

oldypigeonpopper, have a look on ETSY.com or EBay as there are lots of people selling their wares, and some very clever people making resin products.

Good luck !

Thanks, will do 👍