Month: August 2019

Woodcarver’s Tools 1

Celebrating 50 years as a Wood Carver. My career as a full time artist started over 50 years ago as a painter, sculptor, and ceramic artist. It took 3 years before I found my passion in wood carving, even though I still toy with ceramics. My last exhibition of paintings was in 1970. Immediately after leaving College, I met an […]
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What is the Best Wood for Carving

100+ year old teak utility post My first experience with carving wood was as a little boy carving tops. Spinning tops was one of our favorite past times. The tops were carved from green tamarind or white cedar, carved with a knife, we would cut off the head of 4 to 6 penny nails, depending on the size of the […]
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The Challenges of Hand-Carving a Large Bowl

The challenge of pricing Hand carving large mahogany bowls is time-consuming and challenges the notion of putting a price to your time. Sometimes people under-estimate the time it takes to complete an item and sometime people have an idea of the most they will pay for an item. There is sometimes a conflict between commercial mass production and hand-made. When […]
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