| THESE ARE DUELING DRAGONS. ABOUT 5000 B.C., AT THE HEIGHT OF DRAGON CIVILIZATION, THEY WOULD OFTEN PAIR UP AND FIGHT FOR SUPERIORITY. THIS WAS, I BELIEVE, MY THIRD CARVING. IT WAS DONE DURING NIGHT SHIFTS OF A MONITORING JOB, WHILE LISTENING TO ART BELL'S SPOOKY RADIO SHOW, HENCE, THE SURREALISTIC SUBJECT MATTER. THE BODIES ARE FROM A SINGLE STOCK OF BASS, THE WINGS WERE PUT ON LATER. ONE SET OF WINGS HAS SCALES, THE OTHER, FEATHERS, AS THEY WERE FROM WARRING SPECIES. THE WINGS WERE CARVED AS CLOSE TO PAPER THIN AS I DARED AT THE TIME. TAIL TO TAIL, IT'S ABOUT 18" LONG. |
