New resident in Valrico FL

Beautiful!
Rick was an excellent and meticulous craftsman and artist.

I know that guy!

There are pictures of him in the Mike Brose book on figure building.

That head is loaded and not in the intoxicated way.

Congrats Donald!

That's right, I forgot he did have pictures of that figure in there. This one was a figure Rick made for his son.

He's a very expressive figure. You'll be able to do a lot with that!

Here's a look into his head.

One word - AWESOME!

Wow! That is some awesome craftsmanship!

Thanks for the great look inside.
I did not realize it was basswood until I saw these pics.

Jim,

I was surprised too. I thought it was fiberglass. While Rick did make figures out of fiberglass, he learned figure making with Chuck Jackson who did carve.

Actually, his head shells were cast with magic sculpt and backed with figerglass (if memory serves me correctly).

What a beauty! I'm going to guess that this was perhaps a Jackson basswood head that Rick put his finishing touches on (mechanics, paint, etc)? Amazing work!

I should have thought of that, that would explain it. I was actually surprised when Donald said, and showed, that it was wood. I never knew Rick to make any figures that weren't what I previously described and he never talked about doing any kind woodcarving. He had some carving knives, (I know because I have them now) he wanted to try doing some carving, but I knew he hadn't done anything in the way of figure carving. So this figure is actually probably a Jackson/Price.

Price's son could probably tell you, I suppose.

Jackson/Price was my very first thought because I knew also, like David said, That Rick never made wood carved figures. Also the mouth palate is unquestionably a Jackson palate. So I think Donald has scored a one of a kind for sure!!
Dan
http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Now that we got that settled, who made the shirt?
:)