Looking for some honest opinions here, I have teamed up with a local artist to try and bring back the art form of painted calfskin bass drum heads. The artist is going to be doing a landscape scene reminiscent of the Ludwig & Slingerland catalogs back in the 1930's & 1940's as well as doing some classic Americana themed heads and several pinup girl variations. I hope to have the first few ready for display at the Delaware drum show for a "soft" premier with more ready for the Connecticut and Chicago drum shows. This is a first look at the landscape scene and this and each of the other variations will be available on bass drum heads from 18" to 28" with larger sizes and custom paint themes available as custom orders. Depending on the size of the head and complexity of the paint design I am looking to retail these between $300.00 to $450.00 which I think is reasonable for a work of art. Each head will be painted with oils on calfskin. All thoughts are welcome.For reference, the head pictured is a 26" calfskin and due to the length of time to paint this head will most likely be closer to the $450.00 price mark.[IMG]http://imageshack.us/a/img209/4611/img20130129180257067.jpg[/IMG]
I was looking through an old Ludwig catalog the other day and thinking how cool it would be to get a painted calf head for my 40's Slingerland kit. I think this is a great idea.
Cam
