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I know that some of you might have already seen the couple of photos that I posted on the recent post regarding the use of porcupine quills. For those that didn't, or for those that saw pics of my elephant ears painted, but unframed, here are a couple of pictures to show you the "final products". Sorry that they appear to be "crooked", but they're already high up on the walls in the entryway in our house,and the cameraman was angled, rather than straight.   | ||
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Those look great UEG, and that's exactly what I would do if I ever take a Ele. I have a friend that can paint anything, so I would ask her to paint mine. Right now I'm lining up skulls for something out of the ordinary. Good hunting, David Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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I think these are just beautiful. I'm doing a tuskless in August, and other than some bracelets, I was sad to think I'd have little to show for it, other than pictures and stories. May I ask who the artist was-is, and what it cost to have this done? I'd very much like to have this done with mine....presuming I'm successful. Mark Jackson  | |||
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The artist was a woman who Life Form Taxidermy uses to paint their client's elephant ears. I don't have her name, but Bridgit at Life Form would be able to give it to you, I'm sure. The costs were the tanning of the ears (can't recall the costs for that as they were part of the overall tanning of the elephant hide, etc.), the paintings ($1500 per ear) and the framing ($1200 for both ears). For some that may be too expensive, but the detail in the painting of my ears is incredible, especially with all of the animals on the map of Africa. Also, we had the ears framed at Michael's and waited until there was a sale on their custom framing of 50% off. That way we were able to get both ears framed for the price of one. Like everything else in life, if you want it to be nice it is going to cost you some money to get it done right. | |||
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N'gagi, locally, it runs around $200 per side (you have two from each ear: front and back side as they are used individually, totalling $800 for all four sides) for tanning, trimming and stretching. Painting will vary upon artists. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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UEG - I just glad I was there to supervise the hanging of the things - I'm not sure you could have done it without me!  | |||
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Vaughn, just super...love them... And I bet Bwana was just a supervisor... giving an opinion...  Mike | |||
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UEG: I must have missed the quills, can you repost or link them please? I have quite a few myself and I'm looking for new ideas. Loved the ears! jorge USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Jorge: Thanks Jorge, they are very nice! The quills are in both pics of the elephant ears. Look in the lower right and left hand corners. The pics are a little dark; however the quills are fanned out for greater effect. Two other pics of the framed elephant ears before they were hung are on the post dealing with What To Do With Porcupines or Porcupine Quills. Bwanna and Retreever: Yes, Bwanna was a great supervisor, although I must truthfully say that he actually did volunteer a week earlier to come over and help hang them. It just so happened that I had two others show up before he and Slim did, who helped to hang them. It took three ladders and four of us to hang each one of them, although six were actually present at the "hanging". | |||
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Chinks! Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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