I had a great weekend teaching how to carve the Ball and Claw foot at Woodcraft Supply in Greenville, SC. Two of the students had not carved before, and as you can see from the photograph, everyone did a great job. It was nice that it was a small class and that I had a […]
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Carving faces
I have a very interesting job to do. My client is restoring an older Charleston home downtown. He is wanting carved keystones in wood at the peak of some of the arches in the interior of the house. He is wanting classic style faces carved into these keystones. Well, he wants a particular “mood” on […]
Carved Coat of Arms Completed
The coat of arms that I carved several weeks ago and made resin castings is painted and installed! The client is very happy. Whew! Stephanie Poe, an incredibly talented faux painter and designer, painted the resin casting to match the intense blues that they have on the top of the call box. It really turned out […]
Greenville, SC Shell Carving Class
Hello everyone! I had a great weekend in Greenville, SC teaching woodcarving to 15 students. It was a great group of people, and everyone did really well – it was NOT an easy weekend. I think everyone was pretty worn out by Sunday afternoon. Saturday we went over carving a shell on the knee of a cabriole leg […]
Carving the Convex Newport Shell

NOTE: Click on photos to get better detail This weekend I will be teaching in Greenville, SC for the Greenville Woodworkers Guild. This is an amazing group of people. I think there are between 600 and 700 members and they have just recently acquired a 20,000+ sq. ft. building for their shop/auditorium/classroom or whatever their […]
Woodcarving retreat property for sale
I know this does not have anything to do with woodcarving, but it could…what about that peaceful country retreat where you can completely focus on your woodcarving in the beautiful Charleston lowcountry? Yours for only…. We are in serious need to sell some acreage (or I just need to get some really good carving jobs […]