Speciality items-leaves, feathers, masks, decorated digital picture frame, VA National Creative Arts Festival Award for necklace all made with tooling leather.

		Merlin Mask		This is a one of a kind piece. I never know what is going to speak to me that wants to be used in each creation. In this case I used thin irregular slices of Eastern Red Cedar for the background color. The frame was made from rough lumber and recycled glass.
I call this wall hanging "Merlin Mask" because of the colors and I have a the leather Merlin Tail Feather I make tied into the hair. I sculptured the mask from tooling leather.




As an idea of what to do with feathers, I photographed the corner of digital frame with Duck Side Pocket Feathers		This is a sample of a Decorated 10" Bald Eagle Tail with traditional wrapping on the quill.
A Grouse tail feather looks elegant across the top.		Each piece I make is unique. I may have an idea how I want it, but I never know exactly how a piece is going to be completed for it is created through me, not by me.
	Mature Red Tail Hawk Feather Smudge Fan. The Antler handle is sculptured from layers of tooling leather bonded together.



Custom Mask with Immature Golden Eagle Feathers on a cedar base. I had gotten the Honorable Mention Award at a Pow-Wow Craft Completion. I felt very honored to receive this award as I was competing with a renown Native American Silversmith who had entered an exquisite, massive Squash Blossom Necklace.	I am a Viet Nam Era Veteran. In 2004 I entered the Department of Veterans Affairs Creative Arts Festival for the fun of it, and to help by having a different type of art shown at the Festival. I was pleasantly surprised to have placed high enough at the local and state level to go to National. I felt so honored to have been awarded the Second Place Award when competing against all the Vets in the United States. Over the years I have constantly felt so much gratitude for the Leather Crafters who taught me to paint the leaves and feathers. I am finally ready to take my work to the world.	Immature Golden Eagle Tail Fan necklace. First Place Award - Jewelry Division Pow-Wow Craft Exhibition Click here to see more detail in the pendent.	First Place Award at a Pow-Wow Craft Completion. This is a custom piece with my 10"feather and accented with a 2" feather in each corner of the shadow box mat. The shadow box is made from rough pine with a glass front.