Last year I had the wonderful opportunity to carve a half-size creche scene for Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, SC It was carved in Paulownia wood – a very lightweight, but strong wood. Mepkin Abbey has a yearly Creche festival where they collect 40+ Creche scenes from around the world – mostly hand made. If […]
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Last day for Christmas Sale
Joy to the World… The Lord has come… Over this past weekend Stephen and I put up our Christmas tree – working on getting our minds and hearts into this wonderful season. We will be hosting between 25 and 30 people for Christmas dinner, and were told (in no uncertain terms) that we had better […]
New Video on Carving a Christmas Candle
What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than to carve a Christmas Tree Ornament! I have a new video lesson on youtube – http://youtu.be/VE7c6B9wraA This lesson is on carving a wonderful little Christmas candle that you can hang on your tree, give as a gift, or make several to string along your tree. It […]
Cartouche for a Philadelphia Highboy
Several weeks ago I carved a cartouche for my Philadelphia Highboy project in mahogany. What a fun piece to carve! So much going on in such a small pediment. This is just one of many styles of this ornament that is seen on the top, center pediment of a Philadelphia Highboy. I carved a second […]
Online Carving School Christmas Special!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I just made a huge pot of soup with all leftovers thrown in. I call it Thanksgiving in a Pot. We’ll be living off this for the next week 🙂 So, with Thanksgiving behind us, it’s onward and upward towards Christmas. Everyone has that friend or family member […]
Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking Class
About a week ago I was in Manchester, CT at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking (one week before the cold!) teaching a carving class. This class was sort of a unique one in that everyone came with a different project they wanted to work on. There were 2 beginning carvers, so they worked on […]