June 13, 2011

21 inches of hanging birch, faux sinew and nylon floss

Who wouldn't see clearly the workmanship that George put into these first time ever made small wall size snowshoes? These 21 inch model snowshoes should grace your wall.  He claimed he would never make mini replicas of his fully useable twine or babiche full size snowshoes. But he decided to challenge himself this June and do so and then donated them to our local non-profit event. If you purchase a Raffle Ticket from "Ruby's 4th of July Events" Committee, you may be lucky enough to win them. Drawing is July 4th. Call Leah 468-4466 or Jennie 468-4461. These could be his (first and) last as they are fussy to work on (or was that the snowshoe maker is fussy and perfectionist?).

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3 Comments:

Anonymous Brian@Dentist in Orlando Florida said...

Amazing how you were able to do this! I'm not only impressed with your idea, but the amount of skill you have to make it turn out so professional looking. Good job and I hope you get to use those soon!

February 25, 2012 at 9:52 AM  
Anonymous Ben@Vacmaster said...

I'm amazed at how well this turned out. Your skills definitely shined through on this project. I wouldn't even be creative enough to imagine making this, but you were able to produce it so professionally. Great job!

March 5, 2012 at 1:43 PM  
Blogger ALBERT SNOWSHOES said...

Thank you Ben, George has been making usable snowshoes for over 35 years in the Koyukon Athabascan tradition in Ruby, Alaska. He made these small 21 inch ones for wall display so they could be raffled for children's races here. This was the first time he ever made a unusable pair but it benefited the July village races and a local, Ester, won them.

March 5, 2012 at 3:15 PM  

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