Heres a few more photos of my carvings of different birds, and also some pictures of the bronze casting process of the pheasant.

This is the carving the bronze was made from!

One of the finished bronze casts of the pheasant.

PERRIGRINE FALCON

SCREECH OWL

CORMORANT

GREAT HORNED OWL

Yup, thats me with the tail and feet parts of the pheasant.

The pieces of the wax bird before dipping

Dipping the wax bird body in the silca

The body after a "few" of many dips in the tank. It takes a lot coatings of the granular silca to withstand the heat of the bronze when its poured into the mold after the wax is melted out of it.

The "baby" is about to be born. Pouring bronze into the tail and feet silca cast.

Its a Bronze cast Pheasant!!

KING FISHER

PERRIGRINE FALCON

PINTAIL DUCK

SWALLOWS

RED TAIL HAWK

A ROAD RUNNER MADE OUT OF A PALM FROND

AN AVOSET

THE START OF THE BIRD ON THE LEFT