I recently received a great new commission – to carve the top details for 4 reproduction Philadelphia Chippendale chest-on-chests. These ornate tops are usually seen on highboys from around 1760 to 1780, but occasionally are added as decorative tops (or bonnets) of chest-on-chests. Quite often the chest-on-chests have a simple flat top. The following is […]
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 […]
Last night I added another video to my online woodcarving school. It contains about 2 hours of the process of carving a very classic design of a shell in the center and acanthus leaves scrolling on either side. This particular one will be placed on top of a square mirror as a sort of “crown”. This design is just one […]
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