I recently had several weeks that I could devote to a very unique carving project. Bob Van Dyke, of the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking generously gave me a large block of mahogany (8″ x 10″ x 21″) that a friend had given him. It must have come from a large beam because there was evidence of small nail holes, […]
I finally had an opportunity to continue to work on the carved faces. I touched up the first one (the one on the right) and made his mood less hostile (at he request of the client) – thanks to the help of artist and sculptor, Roy Almaroad who spent an afternoon giving me pointers on the subtle details on […]
OK, I put a few more wrinkles on the forehead, fixed the nose-hair mustache, thinned down the cheekbones, and I am going to deliver him to the builder tomorrow who will mail it to the customer who lives in Boston. The customer has not seen it yet, so I hope he will be happy with […]
Well, I am slowly getting to the final “personality” of the man’s head that I am carving for a keystone. The client wants a particular mood that is “regal”, “authoritative”, “classic”. He said the last photos were too placid and that he looked like a guy who just walked out of the woods of Minnesota. […]
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I certainly did. Christmas Eve we had a little gathering here at my house and sang Christmas Carols and ate a lot of junk food. Christmas morning we all went over to my mother-in-laws house and she cooked a wonderful breakfast and we all went into their “Christmas […]
I worked on carving a face in wood over the past few days. I had originally worked on this in stone and found the shape I wanted. I still have a ways to go with the hair on both the stone and wood, but I’m getting closer to the face expression I am looking for. This […]
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