I recently finished a very delicate carving of a wheat and ribbon design. This was carved for a friend, Monty Hinson, who is a highly skilled furniture maker here in Charleston. Monty and I have made several ornate period furniture pieces together – Goddard/Townsend Newport dresser, Charleston Rice Beds, Philadelphia Lowboys. Monty builds the furniture […]
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3 New Dragon & Acanthus Episodes
We’re coming down to the home stretch! 3 more episodes have just been added to my online school – about 1-1/2 more hours of video. It’s fascinating watching and editing a project that I did nearly a year ago and saying to myself “now, why would I go about it that way?” And then watch […]
New Video on Carving Reeds on a Sphere for a Pedestal Table
I just finished editing the video on carving reeds on a sphere for pedestal table and put it up on my video school. This style is based on an 18th century Chippendale style 3-legged pedestal table. I carved this for Greg Guenther of Savannah, GA. He turned the pedestal and also built the rest of the table. […]
Students and Classes
Recently I have had a variety of teaching opportunities – both in classroom settings, and students coming to my workshop in Charleston. Since I haven’t posted about them, I’ll just cover them in one post (since I’m so far behind in this). George Edwards and his wife enjoyed several days having the Charleston experience, and George spent some of […]
Chapters 7, 8 and 9 of Dragon Video
Whew! This is truly like running a marathon. I think I made it past the “wall” and I’ve reached that runner’s high! I have gotten over that half-way point with about 5 or 6 more 1/2 hour segments to go before the entire Dragon and Acanthus Carving video is edited and fully up on the site. I […]
Concave Newport Shell Lesson on the Video Site
I just got the latest video up on my video school site – the Concave Newport Shell – finally! It’s been sitting there staring at me for a long time – taunting me – teasing me. I had enough and gave in. One hour and 40 minutes of crazy carving excitement – so much fun […]