I have a very interesting job that I am working on now. There is a marble statue of the Virgin Mary with her right hand missing at the wrist. My job is to carve a hand in marble to make it look natural. Well, there are a few difficulties with this (besides the fact that […]
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Boston and Saratoga Springs teaching
What a whirlwind of a week! I’m finally able to sit at a Starbucks in beautiful Saratoga Springs, NY and update my blog. I flew into Boston last Tuesday, and was whisked away quickly to the Peabody Essex Museum to view some original Samuel McIntire pieces of furniture. I have not had much opportunity to […]
Photos on carving the Concave Newport Shell
Hello everyone. I’m heading off the the airport in about 45 minutes. I ran across some photos of the process of carving the concave newport shell and wanted to quickly get them up on my blog. It’s not a complete process, but shows the basic steps. Have fun!
Concave Newport Shell
Well, it has been a week of preparation and business – nothing really to show for it – and I hate to go more than a week without putting in another blog post, so I’m taking some from my archives. Here is an instruction sheet I put together on how to carve the concave Newport […]
Beginning Class in Greenville, SC
Another great class in Greenville. It’s funny that I can’t seem to find many students here in Charleston, but the ones interested in learning carving in the Greenville area seems unlimited. Ahh – an artist is never recognized in her own town??? I really love to teach beginning classes – to see the change from […]
Mitered Corner
Just a quick post, as it is late and I have to get up early tomorrow to drive to Greenville, SC to teach another beginning class. I was debating on whether to carve a shamrock, since it is St. Patricks Day, but I think the Camelia will be better. I’ll decide on the drive up […]