After the past two days of showing you the Spencer/Hall ventriloquist figure, Dennis was kind enough to send this email with pictures:
Hi Dan. I thought maybe you would like to see what the head blank looked like when I got it. Here are some photos.
Thanks
Dennis
Thanks, Dennis.
Dan
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Now that we can see what the Spencer/Hall figure start out as, I AM AMAZED at the likeness of the figure to a Spencer figure. Excellent work Dennis.
Great to see how Dennis Hall turned the glued blocks of wood into a beautiful Spencer looking figure, with all the fine carving details of a Marshall carving. No question, Dennis is a master woodcarver ! Not many figure makers out there who still carve wood.