This project changed several times during its completion as I found images that were better suited for the design. Originally I was going for a representative totem for mammal, bird, reptile, fish, amphibian and insect. That gave the design six panels but also made the shade too flat so I took one out… the moth, and made it into a moon catcher for Ryan – he is the Moth, awake all night, asleep all day, quiet, gentle, vulnerable, faithful and secret – like the Moth.
Total pieces:
Bear 54
Eagle 53 (including drilled pcs)
Turtle 72 pcs
Salmon 45 pcs (including drilled pieces)
Frog 58 pcs
Background black 3×5
Border 4×5
= 400 pieces
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- Foiling the project
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- foiling away – very relaxing
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- soldering the Bear
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- soldering the Bear front
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- done soldering the Bear
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- notice the bulb through the black glass (only the camera can see it)
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- Eagle rough cut
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- Eagle ground to fit – holes drilled in each feather tip for the white dot.
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- Eagle foiled
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- Eagle soldered
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- Haida Totem Pentagon
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- Bear Clan
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- Eagle Clan
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- Turtle Clan
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- Salmon Clan
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- Frog Clan
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- moth foiled
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- moth in window (gave to Ryan as a mooncatcher)
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