This 2 episode lesson shows how to carve a moulding with alternating bell flowers and stylized acanthus leaves. The original commission was for the edge of a massive table but this could easily be used as an architectural trim moulding or a picture frame.
This 3 episode lesson shows how to carve a broad, capital for a timber frame building. While the design is relatively simple, southern yellow pine presents some unique challenges to any woodcarver. The selection of wood was far from ideal, as you will see, but half way through a set of four, I decided it was important to share the process with you.
This 6 episode lesson is Part 4 of the "Colonial Charleston Fireplace" series covering a historical reproduction in a 1770s home. The lesson teaches how to carve one of two mirrored friezes of scrolling acanthus leaves and bell flowers flanking the center panel of the undermantel.
This 3 episode lesson is Part 3 of the "Colonial Charleston Fireplace" series and teaches how to carve this decorative acanthus bracket, brace, or corbel. This 1770s reproduction will support a fireplace mantel in a historic Charleston home.
This 3 episode lesson is Part 1 of the "Colonial Charleston Fireplace" series. The lesson teaches how to carve a beautiful reproduction of early American Rococo style acanthus leaves for the center panel of the undermantle flanking an American Rococo style shell (to be covered in Part 2).
This four episode lesson shows how to carve a beautiful, open-flame oil lamp, a traditional symbol of knowledge, vigilance, and hope to bring in the New Year.
This is the continuation of a Charleston Tea Table I have had in my shop for about 5 years. A traditional tea table is a pedestal table which is typically supported by three, low legs. This design is just one more example of how endlessly versatile the acanthus leaf is.
This four episode lesson shows how to carve an example of the beautiful Byzantine Style on half of a homemade bellows. This distinctively stylized acanthus leaf from the 6th century is most noted as an architectural decoration from Constantinople (modern day Istanbul, Turkey) which gained popularity and spread across Europe to Italy and on to England.
This 2 episode lesson is Part 3 of the "Turned Dresser Leg" series and teaches how to carve a ring of very intricate acanthus leaves on a turned surface.
This lesson teaches how to replicate a missing detail for the repair of an antique 19th century mirror frame.