Besides my animals (see my post in New Member Introductions, https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=477666) for a little background, I also scuba dive and collect all of my own marine tropical fish. I have travelled the tropics collecting both fresh and salt water fish and inverts for my aquariums. Along with that I also turn wood, making pens and pencils, along with very decorative tool handles and things like that, here is a photo of some of my pens.
Another thing I do is to make scale models of places I've been, here are a few of photos, the first of an Indian river scene, the bird in the photo is about 2 inches tall, and the second is a South African scene of a bush pig and a pair of yellow backed duiker. Everything in the photo is made from clay paper paint and wire, the scale is 1:22 (1 inch on the model is 22 inches in life) and the third is a photo of some of the plants I make for the background and landscaping, my favorite plants are palms so there are a lot of them.
Another thing I do is to make scale models of places I've been, here are a few of photos, the first of an Indian river scene, the bird in the photo is about 2 inches tall, and the second is a South African scene of a bush pig and a pair of yellow backed duiker. Everything in the photo is made from clay paper paint and wire, the scale is 1:22 (1 inch on the model is 22 inches in life) and the third is a photo of some of the plants I make for the background and landscaping, my favorite plants are palms so there are a lot of them.