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Some
details about the fallen branch tribe... It's never easy to write about
yourself or your friend...So we have tried to be as simple as possible
, giving you a few littles words about our members , hoping you'll know
a little better these strange guys...Don't hesitate to write us if you
want share some words with the tribe.
JOHN John
Suttles was raised in Southwest Missouri, and is retired, and able to
devote a large amount of energy to his favorite craft - flutemaking. He
started making river cane flutes, and moved on to make wood flutes. He
has much experience in making the 1 piece bored and turned flute. He
also makes branch flutes, 2 piece, hand gouged. John likes to use
"recovered" dead wood of the local region, as he feels a living tree or
limb should not be killed to make a flute, rather bring a dead piece of
wood back to like as a flute, thus restoring the spirit of the piece of
wood. He comes from a long line of hand crafters. He has exceptional
skill at tuning flutes of many configurations, and does much
prototyping of flute designs, both for himself and others, when
requested. He is often refered to as "Ozarkguru" among the flute
community.
HAROLD Harold Ruckman was raised in Southwest Missouri, and devotes much energy to crafts of the native Americans. Harold has had much sucess with all types of flutes, leatherworking, drums, pipemaking, using authentic sacred catlinite stone, and flintknapping. He also has an artistic skill which has lead him into reproduction rockcarvings of the ancient pictographs. Harold has hosted sucessful flutemaking seminars in various locations.
AMOS Amos Fleetwood was raised in Southwest Missouri, and is able to devote nearly full time effort into his favorite crafts, walking staffs, staff flutes and branch flutes. He also has had much success making drums, steel knives and flintknapped stone blades, and knives. He has exceptional skill in wood laminations and finishing. Amos likes to use woods of all regions, to provide flutes and staffs of woods familiar to his customers. He also likes to incorporate crystals of local origion into his work, as requested.
DALE Dale Robertson was raised in France and Polynesia by a French/Czech mother and Black/White/Indian father from West Indies...He's what you can call a full mixed blood...He has spent its early years in drawing painting, and tattooing , following his passion for "primitive art". He had learned to work wood too, as well as bone or mother of pearl during the years he spent in Bora Bora, making sculpture, carvings, jewelry and several exhibitions. He felt in love with flutes one day , finding the perfect way to express several art forms when making, as well as your heart ans spirit when playing. Now his only goal is to work as good as possible , during each steps, making unique instruments from branchs , with a true respect for everything...Thus working only by hand , from bore carving to shaping and holes making. He's happy like a child when he succeed to obtain a perfect , one of a kind sounding flute. He likes to add drawings and woodburnings to the flute, giving it life and soul, inspired by old symbols from native americans , and all around the world tribal cultures. |
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