Building a carved wood fish plaque

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Building a carved wood fish plaque

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Picked up an old carved wooden fish for $20 today at an antiques fair. Took apart an old shipping crate and applied tung oil. Attached the fish with drywall screws thru the back. Applied a quick spray of low gloss polyurethane.






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Nice item and the mount makes a good contrast Mike.

Observation: If you listened carefully I suspect a groan could be heard coming from the grave of the artist who carved it when the sale closed at $20.00. Having carved some fish myself, I groaned as well. Super buy!!!

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Nice looking piece, Mike
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Thanks, guys. I think the point here is that a carved fish without a background plaque is like a painting without a nice frame--it really enhances the artist's work and adds value to mount it.

Here are two more I did this evening, as well as a smaller carved pointer I'm in the process of refinishing...it was painted a solid brown and I removed some of the paint. The base was plain white.



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I decided to use this one to liven up an old gravel road to the bass pond...

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Nice work, Mike! I hope that's a private road! If I put that up on my drive, it would last about 48 hr before someone carted it off!
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48 hours? 10 minutes here, John. But it would have gone to a good home. (Mine).
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