I am currently on my “east coast” teaching tour. I flew into Boston last week and taught 4 people how to carve a Newport flame finial and also an acanthus leaf on a turned post. I call them the “Boston Gang” – a great group of guys. I got to stay in a beautiful older […]
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New Letter Carving Video – “R” and “S”
There have been quite a few requests for a video on letter carving to be included in my online woodcarving school. I am happy to announce that I finally have this completed and it is up on the site. I also have a fancy new camera so I can film from 2 camera angles so […]
Acanthus Leaf and Shell Design
I have been working on a project that is a very classical design – a center shell with scrolling acanthus leaves going down each side. This will go on the top of a square mirror. This is carved in basswood. I filmed this process and the video will be part of an online class offered through the Popular Woodworking […]
Turned Pedestal Table with Diagonal Reeds
The latest carving work I have been doing has been details for several period reproduction pieces for Greg Guenther in Savannah, GA. I will have to get the specifics from Greg of where the original came from. I was just focusing on the designs based on photographs. One is a corner design for a table with delicate little […]
Coming back to the land of the living
Sorry for the delay in writing anything lately. I was out of town visiting family for the holidays, and then got knocked down with this horrible flu. I can’t remember when the flu has affected me this badly. I’m still in about half-fog mode, but feel like I’m coming along the other side. Even typing […]
Beautiful Hand-made Mallets for Sale
I am going to start selling hand-made mallets. These are beautifully crafted steel and brass headed mallets – approximately 1.5 lbs each (my preferred weight for mallets). The handles are skillfully turned in Walnut, Cocobollo, or Cherry. The specific handle details vary slightly, but that shows that they are individually made. David Reilly, who assists me in […]