Charming Welded Copper Folk Art Dachshund painterly seascape amazing surface

amazing surface

I have a hard time wrapping my head around how one would carve a chain from one piece of wood

and compared to most of these one finds

with some printed text along the very bottom edge

Charming Welded Copper Folk Art Dachshund painterly seascape amazing surfaceI'm not sure what parts and pieces were welded together to make this great little dashschund, but I'd guess the body is a copper plumbing fitting of some sort, which was trimmed and shaped at one end to give him an open mouth, and then ears and eyes and legs and tail nailed and or welded on. I love whoever put such effort into making this guy, and must say he feels like quite a special, quiet charming little thing. 4 1 16" l including tail (2 7 8"