Will DeSelms introduces himself as a bird carver, but that might give the wrong impression.
Will DeSelms introduces himself as a bird carver, but that might give the wrong impression.
There's no wood or whittling involved.
The pieces he creates are made of a polymer that he coaxes into shape using tools such as darning needles. He then bakes the birds in an oven at his Warren County, Ill., home, hand paints them and mounts them on a base, covering the whole creation in a protective glass dome.