Today I worked on an 18th century mahogany chair – it is thought to be of Irish origin, and has a traditional carved acanthus leaf on the knee of a cabriole leg. There was a missing area that needed to be re-carved to match the existing style of the acanthus leaf. I also had a job […]
Continuing to Repair Tables
It is now Monday, and I spent all day Thursday, Friday & Saturday working with Greg Guenther in Savannah, GA repairing the 2 beautifully decorated English carved tables. It was a wonderfully challenging job, because I needed to match some really beautiful carving. My camera broke along the way, so I will need to get […]
Repairing 2 beautifully carved tables
From one project – directly into another. No time to rest! This is definitely the answer to stopping the “blahs” after finishing a large project. I have travelled to Savannah, GA to work with a very talented furniture maker and restorer – Greg Guenther. He is working on restoring 2 beautiful English tables (I think […]
My babies have been shipped
Between dealing with broken down vehicles, working on getting the shells boxed up ready to ship, and saying goodbye to my babies (shells, that is) after working on them for 4 weeks (3 weeks of actual carving) – it has been quite a whirlwind of a day. I finally got the shells shipped about 4:00 by […]
Shipping off shells
Good morning. Today is the big day where I will be shipping off the 2 shell niches to St. Louis. I tried to convince my client that I should fly them personally to St. Louis, but no luck there. I had to give it a try. I will probably spend more time sanding the surface […]
Wood Carving Students
I have meant to put photos up of students that I have had come to my shop to learn woodcarving. Several weeks ago, Andy Boro travelled from Aikin, SC to learn how to carve an acanthus leaf. He is wanting to carve a cabriole leg with a classic acanthus leaf decoration on the knee. This practice leaf […]