• From Ann F Margolies on All About Gouges - Beginner Lesson #3

    Just found your site and am beginning to explore all that it has to offer. I'm an amateur carver with some good experience under my belt but I desire to improve my techniques! I notice that you rarely indicate that many of your gouges are fishtailed, which seems to me to be a good distinction to make. Any thing to add to this observation?

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    2015/05/16 at 6:18 am
    • From Mary May on All About Gouges - Beginner Lesson #3

      Hello Ann,
      Welcome and I hope you enjoy the lessons!

      I did mention on the "All about Gouges" video that fishtails are my preferred gouges, and the reasons why. I don't necessarily "require" them because they can get quite expensive and don't want this to be a deterrent to learning to carve if you are on a budget. As you will see through the videos, most of the time I do use fishtails in the lessons, but not always. Either straight or fishtail gouges will work with all projects.

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      2015/05/16 at 8:43 am
  • From laurent nahra on Carving a Tudor Rose - Episode 2

    I just finished my first tudor rose and it's beautiful. Thank you Marry.

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    2015/05/15 at 11:05 am
  • From Jim Scheltens on Carving a Queen Anne Fan - Episode 1

    Did you do some off camera honing while taking all that hard wood away or did your gouges hold a sharp edge through all that carving?

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    2015/05/14 at 8:19 pm
    • From Mary May on Carving a Queen Anne Fan - Episode 1

      Believe it or not, I did not need to sharpen or strop the tools during this carving. Maybe I used enough different ones to lower down the background that no one tool was used extensively. I did touch them up on a stone after finishing - just to make sure it is fresh and sharp for the next carving.

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      2015/05/14 at 10:00 pm
  • From carol ward on Preparing to Carve - Beginner Lesson #1

    sorry I am emailing from ireland, any idea what that would equate to here?..didnt realise it was so early there!

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    2015/05/12 at 7:41 am
    • From Mary May on Preparing to Carve - Beginner Lesson #1

      I'm really not sure, but if you go into any hardware store, any glue they have should work. But again - test it by gluing 2 scraps of wood before gluing your carving. It may end up being permanent!

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      2015/05/12 at 8:50 am
  • From carol ward on Preparing to Carve - Beginner Lesson #1

    very interestng..i wonder could you tell me what glue you used..was it common or garden wood glue..c

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    2015/05/12 at 7:18 am