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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1978
'ALTERATIONS'
IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF
OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER
TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE
ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN
MAftlE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE
THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND
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Bill Alther, a 19-year-old sopho
more at Texas A&M University,
took a hobby, a love for birds and a
talent and combined them all to
turn blocks of wood into artwork.
Taking an antique razor con
verted into a knife, he carves
mockingbirds in flight, a pheasant in
midstep. He’s a whittler with this
philosophy:
“When you stuff a bird, there is
nothing of yourself in it. It’s just
dead skin. When I carve a bird, I
reflect myself.”
The young man from Midland has
drawn on the fading art of woodcarv
ing to make his studies more mean
ingful and earn part of his college
expenses.
“I guess I’m getting better,” he
said. “After the first 10 or so, there
was tremendous improvement with
each bird. Now, getting better is a
little slower. I do more refinement
of details, and worry less about get
ting the basic shape.”
The wildlife and fisheries science
major said he improved by observ-
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“I’ve been interested in birds for
years. When I finish college, I
would like to be a wildlife biologist,
but there is always art, too.”
Alther has carved more than 30
birds since he began three years
ago. He sold the first one for $10.
He recently sold a scissortail fly
catcher that had a 20-inch tail for
$300.
A month-long exhibition of his
works was just completed at the
Sterling C. Evans Library.
Alther said he carves his birds
from a fine-grained basswood, wood
which he said is perfect for carving.
Completing a single bird takes be
tween two weeks and several
months, depending on the size of
the carving and the action of the
bird carved.
Alther does not use a wide as
sortment of carving tools.
“Most of the time I use a knife
made from an old straight razor,” he
said, picking up a pheasant he is
carving as a Christmas present.
He said the carving takes time,
but the detail work of wood burning
the veins and feathers and painting
multicolored plume is excruciat
ingly slow.
“It was just a hobby,” Alther said.
“Now, it is something that makes
me more aware of what is happening
in my field and what effect I can
have on it.”
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