HARVEY Posted December 4, 2008 Report Posted December 4, 2008 After looking at his work in the 2006 & 2007 TCAA catalouges, anybody out there having any other sources for photos of his work, or photos they themselves have? I sure would like to see more. And close-up detailed photos. Anybody have anything? Harvey Los Angeles Quote
Members Butch Posted December 4, 2008 Members Report Posted December 4, 2008 RC Bean's shop is just down the road from where I live. His web page is no longer active, but here's a Link that may be of interest to you. Butch Quote Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction. Facebook
Members BradB Posted December 4, 2008 Members Report Posted December 4, 2008 WOW, That is some awesome work!! I would love to see his work in person, the level of detail is unreal!!! Quote
King's X Posted December 5, 2008 Report Posted December 5, 2008 Harvey send me an email with your email address and I actually have a saddle photograph of Mr. Bean's (closeup). His work is amazing when you see it. I will be more than happy to send it to you, but it is a background on my other laptop. eleven99atsbcglobal.net Greetings from Round Rock, Texas Quote Greetings from Central Texas! The Grain Side Up blog #TheGrainSideUp
ArtS Posted December 5, 2008 Report Posted December 5, 2008 You're lucky butch! Do you ever go spend time there? Art Quote Art Schwab "You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself." – Galileo Galilei
Members Butch Posted December 5, 2008 Members Report Posted December 5, 2008 Unfortunately I've never met Rick, but I've been to his shop and it's one of those places where your jaw just drops. His website used to have pictures of the inside of it, but for some reason it's down. Butch Quote Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction. Facebook
Members Leerwerker Posted December 5, 2008 Members Report Posted December 5, 2008 On a mailing list I once said that decorative carving is just to cover up bad tooling ...!! Wow, what strong reaction I got!!! Just imagine - the sacrilege! I any case, someone sent me photos of Rick Bean's work - a saddle largely decorated with swivel knife cuts, of course! Enjoy! Quote JOhan ------------------------------------------- ****Afrikaans: Leerwerker ***** ****Zulu: lesikhumba isisebenzi Latvian: ādas darba ņēmējs *****Russian: кожа работника ****English: Leatherworker ****Dutch: Lederbewerker ****Flemish: Leerbewerker ****Hebrew: עור פועל ****German: Leder Handwerker ****Hungarian: Bőrdíszműves ****Turkish: deri işçisi ****French: Artisan du Cuir ****Spanish: Artesano de Cuero ****Norwegian: Skinn kunstners ****Swedish: Läderhantverkare ****Greek: δερμάτινα εργαζόμενος Sotho: mosebeletsi oa letlalo
Timbo Posted December 6, 2008 Report Posted December 6, 2008 I love Rick Beans work. It is very humbling and inspiring as is all the work from TCAA members. Tim Quote
Members Alan Bell Posted December 6, 2008 Members Report Posted December 6, 2008 When Rick puts those saddles up for auction he also offers a photo book that shows every step of the saddle construction and every day, every step, every detail is described by Rick in rhyme!!!! On that saddle (i believe) the inside of the stirrup thread had over 7000 swivel knife cuts! He's got a great wit and is a happy kind of person and still fairly quite. His art and saddles speaks volumes though! Vaya Con Dios, Alan Bell Quote
MADMAX22 Posted December 9, 2008 Report Posted December 9, 2008 It still amazes me some of these saddles. I love his 2005 saddle I think it is from Butch's link he posted. That thing is simply amazing (IMHO). Quote
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