Why Are Jamie Reason Decoys Different From Other Decoys?
Why should the discerning collector of contemporary decoys choose a carving by folk artist Jamie Reason over other well known contemporary carver‘s ?
In one word Authenticity. Many carvers today claim to produce “Hand Carved Decoy’s”. But in point of fact most of these so called hand carved decoys are made using power carving tools not traditional hand tools.
Not only does Jamie use traditional hand tools hand knife’s, rasp’s, draw knife’s, and chisel’s he rough cuts each piece by hand using both cross cut and bow saws...
As with Dick Cowan, Mr. Fleming felt the need to respond for my request for documentation, yet provided no documentation or evidence for his stated position on the decoys in question. I will not spend a lot of time on all the content of our e-mails (however, if anyone wants copies, I will be only too happy to send copies to you).
I will give you...
