Portfolio: Process

2-Salt Native Steelhead Buck: This is a beautiful 10-pound native buck steelhead I had the pleasure of aquainting myself with on the John Day River just before Thanksgiving. Our guide called him a "2-salt" fish, meaning he spent two seasons out in the salt water before returning to spawn.

2-Salt: This is my rendering of Mr. 2-Salt out of 16-gage sheet #316 stainless steel.

Pecker Front fin: A recent front view.

Pecker Back: O. K. The back-plate remains to be designed and built.

Pecker Right Side: Piliated woodpecker in progress.

Pecker Side Flat: Piliated woodpecker in progress.

Pecker Top: Piliated woodpecker in progress.

Big Peckerhead: Stainless steel and copper piliated woodpecker head.

Copper sink: Hammered 32 oz. copper bathroom sink (end view); 16" diameter basin with outer overflow trough. The counter top and back splash will be finished in granite tile.

NewSchool1: School of 3 Chinook, 4 Coho, and 3 stealhead. This commissioned piece is migrating this fall to Bellevue, Washington's Kelsey Creek Watershed. Much thanks to Eric Leonard (Springbox Gallery), who loaned me some of his patterns.

NewSchool2: Close-up of 3 Chinook, 4 Coho, and 3 stealhead, (without fins). Thanks again, Eric!