I spent the Thursday and Friday having a great time rehearsing and filming a third show with Roy Underhill for his PBS TV show, The Woodwright’s Shop. He gave me a challenge of carving details on several furniture legs that he had acquired that really needed some help. They were awkwardly shaped, and some quite […]
- Home
- 2013 (Page 8)
Class with Charles Neil and Gang
Do you know what I love about my job? I love the variety – the variety of projects I get to work on, the variety of places I get to go, and above all, the variety of amazing people I get to meet. This past week was no exception. Charles Neil and a gang of 6 […]
Acanthus Leaf and Shell Design
I have been working on a project that is a very classical design – a center shell with scrolling acanthus leaves going down each side. This will go on the top of a square mirror. This is carved in basswood. I filmed this process and the video will be part of an online class offered through the Popular Woodworking […]
Turned Pedestal Table with Diagonal Reeds
The latest carving work I have been doing has been details for several period reproduction pieces for Greg Guenther in Savannah, GA. I will have to get the specifics from Greg of where the original came from. I was just focusing on the designs based on photographs. One is a corner design for a table with delicate little […]
Lions Paw with Acanthus Leaf
I have been working on a very interesting carved leg. This leg is for a large free-standing mirror with 4 legs. One leg was completely missing, and 2 of the legs had missing and damaged lions’ paws. The photograph here is the one that I made from scratch. It appears to be German carving, but […]
Coming back to the land of the living
Sorry for the delay in writing anything lately. I was out of town visiting family for the holidays, and then got knocked down with this horrible flu. I can’t remember when the flu has affected me this badly. I’m still in about half-fog mode, but feel like I’m coming along the other side. Even typing […]