Three Finger Wide Pirate Ring - Recently carved by Winston

Three Finger Wide Pirate Ring - Recently carved by Winston
18K Gold Coins, Tooth, Earring with Silver Coins.
100% Hand made by Winston in the USA

Eagle War Bonnet Bolo Tie by Winston

Winston has hand made a Eagle War Bonnet. The eagle is considered by Plains tribes as the greatest and most powerful of all birds, and thus the finest bonnets are made out of its feathers. it was also a mark of highest respect because it could never be worn without the consent of the leaders of the tribe. 

Each feather is also hand tied with real down feathers. The colored hand made indian war bonnet in front of the feathers is cut gem stones and not glass beads. Winston added real weasel tails and fur hanging from the hand made bolo tie.

Real hand tied red felt feathers. Each mother of pearl carved feather is tipped with a dark Picasso marble tip. Each feather is also hand tied with real down feathers.

Hand Made Gold and SIlver Pirate Ring

The First and Only Winston Has Made in 37 Years of Carving. All Hand Made Coins are 18K Gold Including The Pirates Gold Tooth. Hand Made Sterling Silver Buttons in The Black Beard Pirate's Hat. The Gold Earring Actually Dangles From The Pirates Ear.

Winston has signed every carving he's made over the last 37 years. The gold and silver work is hand made as well including the18K Gold Flag on Back of Ring. 

On the back of this 1 of a kind hand made ring Winston not only signed it he wrote a message It reads: Are ye dare'n to be wear'n the ring mate! The Silver  Ring Band is Hand Made Cut Wide for Wearability. It Covers 4 Fingers on a Normal Size Hand.

This ring has already been sold but when asked if he would make another WInston said maybe.. He explained it was very hard to make the ring because of the miniature size. The hand made carving and design process Winston uses to make this ring is not like any other.  The custom gold and silver pirate ring is not a cast ring you can order by the hundreds from china. It's made in the USA, It's the old ways of making jewelry by hand. Made by a artist with a true vision and complete control over all his custom carvings.

Elaborate Photos of Hand Made Saber Tooth Tiger

The Puzzle Begins as Winston starts a Hand Made Saber Tooth Tiger made from Picasso Marble, Mother of Pearl and Bolivian Pink Opal. The photos cover Winston's artistic methods over a 6 day period while hand carving a stone masterpiece.

ROUGH CUT FROM PICASSO MARBLE

FOURTH DAY ROUGH CUT FACE AND HEAD

CUT AWAY OF FINE DETAIL LINES FOR NATURAL MUSCLE LOOK

TOP OF HEAD MUSCLES BACKED UP

READY FOR CRATEX WHEELS TO PULL OUT ROUGH CUTS AND COLOR

COVERED IN CRATEX SILICATE CARBIDE RUBBER FROM SEVERAL BULLETS

THREE HOURS OF MULTI GRIT CRATEX TO PULL OUT COLOR AND SMOOTH SHAPE

FIRST LOOK AFTER 320 GRIT SAND PAPER

FINAL AFTER TWO HOURS WITH 400 GRIT PAPPER

THE REAL PICASSO MARBLE SABER TOOTH HEAD

FIFTH DAY HAND MADE DIAMOND BIT CUT HAIR OVER THE TIGER

FIRST LEVEL OF POLISH WITH BOBBING COMPOUND

STIFF BRUSH POLISH AND CLEAN UP IN ALL THE CUTS FOR HAIR

WHITE ROUGE POLISH STEP ONE OF THREE

CARVING READY FOR COMPLETE MOUTH OF TEETH AND TONGUE

CUTTING LARGE FANG FROM MOTHER OF PEARL FIRST ATTEMPT

CUTTING OUT LARGE SABER TOOTH IN MOTHER OF PEARL

WINSTON LOOKS FOR ANOTHER TOOTH IN MOTHER OF PEARL SHELL

FOUND THE RIGHT THICKNESS AND LENGTH FOR LARGE SABER TOOTH

REPLACEMENT TOOTH IN POSITION

MORE COLORFUL TOOTH WITH THE RIGHT ANGEL TO HEAD AND NECK

CUTTING OUT BACK UPPER TEETH

UPPER TEETH CUT OUT READY TO PLACE IN MOUTH

UPPER TEETH SET IN EPOXY LIQUID STEEL FOR A WHOLE NIGHT TO DRY

END DAY FIVE WITH SETTING UPPER TEETH IN SABER TOOTH

CUTTING OUT LOWER SET OF TEETH FROM MOTHER OF PEARL

START OF DAY 6 AND FINAL DAY OF CARVING

CUTTING OUT TONGUE FROM BOLIVIAN OPAL WITH WET DIAMOND

A MOUTH TO CONTEND WITH

DEAD STONE BECOMES LIVE KILLER

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

PICKING THE RIGHT EYE

SPECIAL BLACK EPOXY MIX FOR SETTING EYES

THE EYE ALWAYS BRINGS LIFE TO THE STONE

MANY A HUMAN SKULL WAS LEFT ON THIS EARTH BY THE SABER TOOTH

FINAL TOUCH ON DAY SIX OF ONCE A LIFELESS STONE

A FINISHED TIGER READY FOR THE MASTER SILVER SMITH

Dragon Buckle set in Gold & Silver by Winston

The dragon is in mother of pearl with real buffalo horn, carved into black spikes in the dragons wings  made with silver and 22k gold.

Winston also hand made 18k gold coins set with 11 precious gem stones including Emeralds, Rubies and Sapphires.  The red stones on the outside of the dragon are Garnets.

The back of the dragon buckle is cut and crafted hand made silver, with a gold dragon emblem hand made and signed one of a kind by Winston. This impressive dragon buckle already sold for over $15,000 at JW Coopers.

New Native American Chief Bolo Tie

Winston's Native American Chief is a project that's been on going for over 9 years, it will be finished this month. The carving incorporates real feathers with hand carved feathers just like a real chief's war bonnet which is  made of feathers he received for good deeds to his community.

 Winston's Native American Chief Bolo Tie

The Face is carved from Turquoise, the White Feather is Mother of Pearl and the tips are carved from Picasso Marble. Winston has designed it to be a bolo tie but this hand made bolo will not use the "standard" leather cord.  It will be hanging from silver rope with custom made bullet's tips hanging from the war chief bolo tie. 

The Making of Gold Pirate Belt Buckle Hand Carved by Winston

It's one of Winston's more unusual custom orders and a lot of pre productions was involved to get the buckle to look so unique. The outline face is sketched into the mother of pearl carving.

Time elapse this impressive belt buckle took Winston 8months to make by hand 100%. This is a roughed carved, ready to be detailed stage of the hand carved mother of pearl skull face and coral bandanna.

At this stage Winston's skull buckle carving has had it's eyes set, bandanna finished, earring and gold doubloon added. The hand drawn treasure map behind the face is pre-drawn so the gold work and buckle design will go smoothly.

Hand made gold coin doubloons are individually made one at a time by the artist, all uniquely stamped with ancient pirate symbols. You can see the 22k and 14k gold buckle is also a treasure map rolled up in the corner

The finished buckle is a wonder to look at. The other blog post about this buckle let you see the back side of the hand made pirate skull gold belt buckle signed by the artist Winston. Everything is hand made on the back of the buckle as well and it's solid 22k gold as well. Also you can view Winston's website