I finally had an opportunity to continue to work on the carved faces. I touched up the first one (the one on the right) and made his mood less hostile (at he request of the client) – thanks to the help of artist and sculptor, Roy Almaroad who spent an afternoon giving me pointers on the subtle details on […]
City Paper interview on YouTube
Several months ago the local City Paper in Charleston came by my shop and interviewed me. This has been up for a while on YouTube, but I just found out about it last week. I’m just rambling away…
Carving a Ball and Claw for a Tea Table

Yesterday, John Weigel, of Greensboro, NC came to spend the day with me to learn how to carve a ball and claw for his 3-legged tea table. John spent time at MESDA (Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts) in Winston-Salem, NC to study a stunning period piece that he wanted to reproduce. They have a fabulous […]
Wood Turning

I am going to teach a class at Marc Adams School of Woodworking in 2 weeks on carving details on a turned post. So… I just turned a 3″ piece of mahogany with a variety of shapes where we will carve 2 different styles of acanthus leaves, egg and dart molding, bead molding, rope molding, and […]