the first griffin is in the bank

well, i don't know that I've ever worked so hard for two straight weeks, but we finally got the first of the three griffins done.

actually, truth be told, he still needs to be varnished and his platform needs to be painted, but i want to put my legs up and have a beer now. so we are calling it done.

here he is:

here we have griffin #2, primed, looking like an "alabaster angel" as Gordie said.

and this here will someday be griffin #3. That just the lumber and conduit skeleton. The real wire sculpting is yet to come. the third griffin will have two heads.