This year’s carving stems from a vision we have of the bull bison as the master of the hills. The carving features native details surrounding the center piece Bull Bluff. There is a pine log frame tied with leather straps surrounding a deer antler frame around the centerpiece. There are carved flint arrowheads in each corner representing what the Native Americans used to harvest and use the mighty masters of the plains.
From Culbertson, NE, Mark & BoDell work as a team in the mediums of steel, wood, and Corian. This is their 3rd year participating in the free form division of the Custer Stampede Buffalo Art Auction. Self-taught with no formal education in art, Beideck’s have been perfecting their designs, forms, and manipulation of their chosen media for the 20 plus years they have worked together. Whenever possible, they spend as much of the summer in Custer as they can. Their specialty is making one-of-a- kind items for churches, such as crosses.
