Sculpting a new figurehead for the USCG Eagle: a three-year odyssey
April 08, 2022 12:00 am
• Last Updated: April 09, 2022 10:18 pm
Woodcarver Shane Kinman calls creating a new figurehead for the U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle "the hardest job I've ever done." It was a complicated three-year process of carving foam, creating molds, shaping fiberglass, and inventing his own paint mixture. Kinman anticipates that the 15-foot eagle, now adorning the bow of the Coast Guard tall ship, should outlive him.
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