I have added another beginning video lesson to my online school. It is available to free members and shows how to carve a peach and leaf in shallow relief. It is also on youtube.
You should be able to print the pattern below. If not, let me know. Sunday I will be heading to Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Indianapolis to teach a class August 4 – 8 on relief carving. I believe there are still a few spaces available. There are also a few spots available for the beginning carving class I will be teaching at Lie-Nielsen in Maine August 22 & 23. I am actually going to get into my workshop today and carve! What a strange concept. I have been so busy with travelling, teaching, video editing, paperwork, taxes (yes, I just finished last year’s taxes) and other distractions, that I haven’t done much carving for the last 2 months. So I am going to take a deep breath, clamp down a piece of wood… and carve… I’m not even sure what I will carve, but I’m just going to see what happens. I have pieces I should work on – commissions and such – but today I just need one of those days where I disappear into carving an unplanned design of… something… I’ll let you know how it goes.