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 […]
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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 […]
Ball and Claw Video
Whew! Got another video edited and up on the woodcarving school site – the fabulous and oh-so-popular ball and claw foot. This has been broken down into 5 different chapters and it goes for over 1-1/2 hours. It is almost in real time, so some of it can seem a little repetitive. The DVD is the same […]
McIntire Fruit Basket Carving
Stan Beckworth came in from Texas for the past 3 days to learn more about the specific techniques of carving. He has quite a lot of experience with carving, but wants to be able to teach carving at the school where he teaches in Waco, TX – the Heritage School of Woodworking (www.homesteadheritage–woodworking.com/). They specialize […]
Carving a Sunburst
I have been putting off doing taxes for the past … ohhhh…. 6 months or so. So I have spent the past 4 days working on finishing taxes and am so desparate to get my hands into carving again, I am resorting to the next best thing – writing about it! I carved this about […]
Update for Online Woodcarving School
There are now 16 individual carving projects on my video school. They range from very basic projects for people who have never picked up a carving tool to advanced furniture carving projects for experienced carvers. I also have included a video about carving tools, and also several on sharpening various styles of gouges. If […]