I finished the repair job for the marble hand. This is for a cemetary in Savannah, GA. Frank Genelo is doing the repairs to the rest of the statue. It was pushed over in a grave yard and the wings were smashed. His job is to sort out all the bits and pieces of wing […]
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Lucy Churchill, Stone Carver
When I was working in Malaysia as a stone carver helping to carve architectural decoration for a mansion in Kuala Lumpur, I worked with a very talented stone carver from England, Lucy Churchill (www.lucychurchill.com). She is a dear friend and a real talent, and I just wanted to share her web site. She was the one that first put […]
Carving Leaf Molding
This is a demonstration of how to carve a simple leaf molding in poplar. This project was for Greg Guenther in Savannah, GA. Notice that the technique is mainly stop cuts (and not my typical v-cut first) with a mallet. Poplar, because of its soft, spongy characteristic, really handled the stop cuts very well without having any […]
Carving a Tiny Little Rosette
I had a fun little job the other day where I carved a tiny little rosette to match a rosette for an antique chair. It was about the size of a quarter. I got out my micro-tools, and it’s amazing after carving a huge thing like the shell niche, and then go down to something this […]
Carving Egg and Dart Molding
I have been working on carving a large egg and dart molding in quarter sawn white oak. I have spent a lot of time sharpening my tools, because about 90% of the time I am putting my chisels into the wood, I am using a mallet. This is HARD wood! But it really is very […]
New Web Site Plans
I have recently had issues with people taking my DVDs and making them available for free download. I am assuming it is some company from overseas, and taking any legal action will be too much for my little company to handle. So, I am considering changing my DVD/film process. – Make a new web site […]