For anyone who is interest in building period furniture (anywhere from 1740s to 1840s) learning to carve the ball and claw foot almost seems to be a “right of passage” in the carving world. I put together these written instructions for a traditional Philadelphia style ball and claw foot. These instructions go with my instructional DVD, and I also provide these […]
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Orlando Teaching
Second day I have just spent a wonderful weekend teaching 10 people from the Central Florida Woodworkers Guild in Orlando, Florida. It really was a fun class. Everyone in the class has known each other for quite a while, so it was like being a party-crasher at a family reunion. Lots of laughter, fun, food and even […]
Finished carving (7th & 8th Graders)
Finished carved mural I just got notice from Ms. Timmerman who teaches art at the Thomas C. Cario Middle School in Mt. Pleasant that her students successfully completed the carving project that I helped them get started on. It really turned out great. It was a 4′ x 8′ board and that was a LOT of wood to […]
Class in Charleston
Yesterday and today I had 3 students that came to my shop to learn carving. Two came from Virginia, and one from North Carolina. It’s alway so much fun having carving classes in my own workshop – it’s usually a small enough class so each student can work on whatever they want to. It’s also small […]
Teaching Wood Carving to 7th & 8th Graders
Today I spent the morning teaching 7th & 8th graders how to carve a relief scene into a board. Stefani Timmerman, the art teacher from Thomas C. Cario Middle School in Mt. Pleasant, invited me out to get her students started on a carving project. Fortunately one of the parents thought to bring leather gloves because if they […]
Greenville Class
I had a great time at the Woodcraft Store in Greenville, SC. I taught for 4 hours on Friday, and then the class finished up with 5 hours of class on Saturday. Everyone did great. It was a challenging project and we covered a lot of issues that come up when carving such as: – how to […]