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Carving in Savannah, GA

January 25, 2015 / Mary May / Savannah

I love my job!

I get to work with amazing furniture makers, and at the same time, I get to experience lovely and historical parts of the country.

I have been working with Greg Guenther, a highly skilled furniture maker and restorer out of Savannah, GA for nearly 17 years now. He often calls me in to help him with the carved elements of period furniture projects he is either reproducing or restoring. Some of the jobs we have worked on are reproducing a Goddard-Townsend 6-shell secretary, several carved 4-post beds, a beautiful shell niche, numerous repairs on period pieces, and currently a 1830’s peer mirror reproduction. I have several photos of work we have done together in my gallery.

Here are some photos of the first corner I carved on Friday – it is a very 3-dimensional fluer de lis design. I only have 3 more to carve!

Drawing the design on the wood blank
Starting to shape the first corner.
Looking very happy starting to carve in Greg's Workshop.
Now I just need to make the other "c-scroll" match the first.
Nearly finished.
The finished corner!

Then I had the opportunity to walk around Savannah as a tourist and see some beautiful examples of acanthus leaves in architecture and wrought iron (I have acanthus leaves on the brain because of my book I’m writing). I hope to use several of these photos as reference and examples for the book.

Acanthus Leaf on the facade of a masonic building - probably casting in sandstone.
Another casting of a beautiful acanthus leaf.
Cast Iron acanthus leaf on a gate.

Once you start looking for acanthus leaves, you see them everywhere!


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2 comments on “Carving in Savannah, GA”

  1. steve lambertsen says:
    February 4, 2015 at 3:45 pm

    I am a retired US Navy man who upon leaving the military, decided to attend SCAD. I graduated in 08 with a BFA in Furniture design. I would like to know if you give lessons in Woodcarving. If so, what would be the cost? Regards, Steve

    • MaryMay says:
      February 5, 2015 at 8:04 am

      Hello Steve, I teach at various woodworking schools through the US. You can see my schedule under “classes” at the top of the page. I also have an online video carving school that currently has 160 different videos. You can sign up for free and see a variety of beginning lessons, and if you want to get into more advanced lessons, it costs $10/month and you have full access to all the lessons. I add a new video each week.

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