The last 2 weeks have been an incredible journey of teaching and exploring in an amazing part of the country that I have never visited – the wilds of Alaska (not referring to the students). The Woodworkers Guild of Anchorage invited me to teach a class on carving the ball and claw foot and acanthus […]
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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 […]
“The Lost Carving” book by David Esterly
I recently had the pleasure of reading a book by David Esterly called “The Lost Carving – A Journey to the Heart of Making”. David is a renowned expert on everything to do with the 17th century woodcarver Grinling Gibbons – his story, his art, and he has learned Gibbon’s carving technique and styles […]
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 […]