I have been putting off doing taxes for the past … ohhhh…. 6 months or so. So I have spent the past 4 days working on finishing taxes and am so desparate to get my hands into carving again, I am resorting to the next best thing – writing about it! I carved this about […]
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Update for Online Woodcarving School
There are now 16 individual carving projects on my video school. They range from very basic projects for people who have never picked up a carving tool to advanced furniture carving projects for experienced carvers. I also have included a video about carving tools, and also several on sharpening various styles of gouges. If […]
In Memory of Uncle Loren
My dear Uncle, Loren Van Abbema of Hannibal, MO, passed away 1 day before 90 members of our family met for a reunion in Colorado. The reunion was a wonderful opportunity for all family to get together as an un-planned memorial. He was 1 of 12 brothers and sisters and will be greatly missed. I wrote […]
More Acanthus Leaf Carving
Amidst the hubbub of getting the video school launched this week, I had a student come in from Atlanta – Jim C. – for 2 days. He has had some experience with carving, but wanted to dig deeper into the art and to get a real challenging project to work on. So, since the topic we […]
Thank you Bob Easton!
Bob Easton (www.bob-easton.com/blog) has been my computer guru behind the scenes to make this online video school work. I had no clue what I was getting to when I thought – “oh, I’ll just get a little web site together and put some videos on it”. HA! I have learned much from Bob through this […]
The Woodwright’s Shop Filming
I spent the past 2 days rehearsing and filming a new show with Roy Underhill for the PBS show “The Woodwright’s Shop”. Since I was in his show and went through this process 3 years ago, I sort of knew the whole set-up and what the procedure was, so it didn’t take as long as […]