Recently, the National Senior Pro Rodeo Association relocated its headquarters to Wickenberg AZ. They brought their "mascot," a woodcarved eleven-foot high bucking horse and rider, weighing about 1400 pounds. It was located on the street corner of the shopping center, and two unfortunate things happened. First, it was vandalized and the head was cut off. Shortly thereafter, a microburst knocked it over and it was damaged further.
This group of woodcarvers undertook the work to restore the statue. Many hours later, after lots of Bondo, sawdust mixed with glue, sanding, layers of paint and varnish it looked really good. It has been relocated to a safer location under the eave of the building. Here are some pictures of the process as well as the finished project. Alan is only in the group picture because he was the photographer, but he put in lots of hours and was in charge of using the Bondo and sawdust/glue mix to fill in cracks and holes. Messy, messy.
No hand and a badly damaged hat on the cowboy and no head on the horse.
A 4 foot log for the head was donated.
Alan in the back in the blue plaid shirt with the straw hat.
It was a pretty amazing transformation.
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