Menagerie 2023
I wanted to start out by saying what a crazy year this has been because I feel half crazy this year, but then I looked back on the past...
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Andrea Durnell
- Sep 25, 2022
- 10 min
2022 Menagerie
Each year as I am carving, small tidbits pop into my mind daily and these are the threads I follow to eventually create a small story...
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Andrea Durnell
- Sep 4, 2022
- 3 min
"We and They"
Each year as my annual menagerie progresses, I identify one or two themes running through their developing stories. These themes...
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Andrea Durnell
- Mar 13, 2022
- 1 min
I've Carved a lot of Paragraphs!
I have carved surprisingly few domesticated creatures over the years and quite a few woodland critters. Having grown up in Montana it...
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Andrea Durnell
- Mar 12, 2022
- 3 min
Who Flew the Coop?
More birds have flown my coop over the decades than I can count (or have photographed). They are challenging animals to anthropomorphize...
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Andrea Durnell
- Mar 11, 2022
- 1 min
The Equine Invasion!
A fair number of horses sold before I had to chance to photograph them. I have learned, the past few years to take candid photos of them...
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Andrea Durnell
- Mar 10, 2022
- 2 min
Gone, But Not Forgotten
There are a couple of decades of my work that went undocumented! Most of that is all the humans and angels I created and sold at joint...
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Andrea Durnell
- Mar 9, 2022
- 3 min
Looking Back to Where the Real Journey Started
Bill Hare is a good example of how I find and am inspired by wood. He was also the first rabbit I carved around a dozen years ago when I...
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Andrea Durnell
- Sep 23, 2021
- 9 min
2021 Menagerie
Once upon a time… Well, these stories really are not those types of stories but this year's menagerie tale has more of a premise than...
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Andrea Durnell
- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Story Time
I am heading into the home stretch of sewing the clothes for this year's menagerie. The badger will be the final addition to the...
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Andrea Durnell
- Apr 25, 2021
- 3 min
Why Do You Do It That Way?
It would be easier if... It would be faster if... It would be cheaper if... You could make more money if... You could sell so much more...
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Andrea Durnell
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
It has been quite a year!
I can't say that "Time flies when you are having fun" because this year was not one I want to repeat. I am filled with hope that this...
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Andrea Durnell
- Jan 27, 2020
- 2 min
A grape?
Yep. A grape. A great big, pretty, red grape from Costco. Hat season began about a month ago and I am busily felting new hats for Fall...
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Andrea Durnell
- Dec 15, 2019
- 3 min
It isn't about grand things. It is about making things grand.
I no longer have the time, or necessarily the means, to dash off to Africa for a few years, zip to Europe for few weeks of galavanting,...
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Andrea Durnell
- Nov 22, 2019
- 2 min
It's alluring.
Show season has closed and it was a joyous and successful one. I am grateful for that because it means I can afford to head into another...
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Andrea Durnell
- Sep 15, 2019
- 1 min
It is showtime!
Fall show season is just about here and it is time to let you know where I will be and when. I am busily sewing this year's animal...
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Andrea Durnell
- Sep 1, 2019
- 2 min
It's a long way from the forest!
This time of year, for me, is the middle of process of creating my dolls. I have to start transforming them from the log that they were...
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Andrea Durnell
- Aug 11, 2019
- 2 min
Put a flower on it!
I have to confess that I am an embellisher. I can't resist the lure of trying to tweak whatever happens to be in front of me. A loaf of...
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Andrea Durnell
- Jul 28, 2019
- 3 min
It's Not All Peaches and Roses!
I usually, like most artists, post photos of the things I feel I have successfully finished. I don't plan to change that! I do share...
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Andrea Durnell
- Jul 7, 2019
- 2 min
Going Home Again
There is a lot that goes into maintaining a level of motivation and inspiration to create art as a living. This year has had a few...
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