Danno:
 
Howzabout putting a football helmet on the bottom bird - it can then be Lynn Swan!  (O.K., I hear the moans.  Give me a break, it's early in the morning and I'm just waking up).
 
Bill, tgo

Danno-
 
Do you have photos of other interpretations of the crest?  It sounds impressive!  
 
 
Just a couple impressions I picked up from reading the few messages on this topic:
 
Note that Mica said it was the simplified rendition.  It may be a bit too simple in that it has kind of a cartoony feel to it.  We know from experience that Alembic will use natural materials to create texture.  The result will, without doubt, be impressive.
 
By Danno's most recent description, it sounds like he is looking for something more realistic.  You don't often think majestic when you look at a caricature.  
 
 
From the too-much-information department:
 
I'd say my initial identification would have been to say it was an eagle on a goose.  Swans are large and impressive creatures in their own right.  They typically have a wingspan similar to that of the largest eagles and would outweigh them by as much as 50%.  If we're talking about typical adult birds, Ireland as the location would suggest a 10-15 lb Golden Eagle on a 15-25 lb Mute Swan.  There's a couple species of swan that migrate through Ireland for parts of the year, the smallest of which (Bewick's) runs to be about the same size as the eagle.
 
By the way, Golden Eagles disappeared from Ireland about 100 years ago and there has been work going on over the past five years to reintroduce them.
 
You're probably not looking for that much information or realism, though...
 
Hope it comes together for you
-Bob

It could be an African swan!  
Oh, yeah, an African swan maybe, but not a European swan. That's my point.
Oh, yeah, I agree with that.  
But then of course a-- African swans are non-migratory.  
Oh, yeah...

Yes,
 
but what is the *airspeed* of an unladen swan?
 
Brad

there he is- mr 2 cents,,,,

African or European?

With or without coconuts attached?

A swan couldn't carry a coconut!
 
Hmmm.  Coco Bolo, though...
 
Brad

Ah, but two could.
 
Would that qualify as a double neck?
 
(Message edited by keith_h on April 20, 2005)

This thread is going to the birds!
 
Bill, tgo

Any update on the artwork? Almost 2 months since the last sketch.

Since I cancelled the inlay (thanks again), any idea when it can ship?
Danno

Shipping Monday I'm told.