Many years ago David Malmberg, a professional ventriloquist, made a deal with Dan Payes buying the rights from Dan Payes for a Thurston style ventriloquist figure with only one eye open.
David has used that figure for a long time and then he decided he wanted to have that exact figure done in carved basswood.
I introduced David to Ray Guyll and after some time David experienced what I always say about receiving a package from Ray and Barbara Guyll, Christmas morning.
Below are pictures that Ray Guyll sent showing the wood carved Leonard figure David now has in his possession.
Can I say awesome?!
Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com
Have you seen the Frank Marshall Tribute DVD, click here
***************************************************
Ventriloquist Central is the brainchild of Dan Willinger and Steve Hurst. Dan is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Steve is a ventriloquist as well as builder of ventriloquist figures. He also has a background in sales, marketing, building websites and computers. Because they both love the art of ventriloquism, the website Ventriloquist Central was born. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com
Copyright 2014 by Dan Willinger and Steve Hurst
NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com
Beautiful work! Love how the jaw slots and teeth were refined, same goes to the ears. Amazing paint! Ray and Barb are the best out there!
Not to mention most of the other features were improved!
Also David wanted a larger head. The new Leonard head is about 12 % larger than the original. As I recall when David first contacted me He wanted a head close to the same size as his Spencer figures. Also he gave me artistic license to change a few things.
That’s awesome! I was going to say, at first sight, i figured you changed a thing or two here and there, but when I compared the 2 figures’ pictures side by side, you can tell this is a completely new figure! Beautiful work, Ray, Really great stuff! I’d love to see more!
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L
Absolutely flawless…
Now that is amazing! Absolutely beautiful !!