having seen recently some impressive horse carvings, in stone as well as in wood, i want try my hand at one too. since arabian horses are my favorites, i choose to carve an arabian mare, and want portrait the elegance, the grace, the power and strength and the free spirit i see in them…
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31 May 2009 Comments Off on
in news Tags: arabian horse, clay, in the round, statue
30 May 2009 Comments Off on
in news Tags: allegorical, clay, in the round, statue, statuette
this carving will become an allegorical piece, which should be fun ! she will be my second complete figure carved in the round, well i hope so at least…
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28 May 2009 Comments Off on
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many carvers don´t have much space to carve, like me, and still like to have a sturdy bench, just for their carving. i have read several articles about making carving benches, and …
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Views around the Studio
27 May 2009 4 Comments
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Thought you might like to see some shots of what surrounds me on a daily basis. Sure, shop photo’s are OK,,but piles of tools and heaps of wood chips don’t tell the whole story. There are other facets to my daily life and here are some. Please click the images for a larger view.
I bought the house when I was 19. Been here 32 yrs now. At one time I thought of selling but decided instead to by the property next door,, take down the house that was there ( damaged in a fire) and have more property.Did that myself. I’m in the city so I welcomed the extra land. Here is what I’ve done with it.
Now this is my primary residence for the past 32 yrs. I’ve added additional property ( I control 75 % of this block),, two more houses and recently a 4 unit which keep me busy just with upkeep. All because I can make big piles of woodchips. And that keeps me busy in itself. And now,, in my infinite wisdom , I’m remodeling my home room by room. The kids are grown and have places of their own so I’ll build the space I want to be in. Library, gourmet kitchen,carvings for my own home ( yeah,, right!) etc. Who would have guessed it? Yup,, I like being a woodcarver. It’s not much but it makes me happy.
26 May 2009 Comments Off on
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While searching for some other photo’s I came across these. Now this project isn’t new..but I had enough sequence shots to put together a little “collage” that shows at least part of the story of how this carving was created. It’s fine to see the finished product.. but what does it take to get there?…
Continue to read here : Roses wood be nice
26 May 2009 Comments Off on
in news Tags: detail, form, shape
This is a common topic where here I will expand a bit on my reasons for carving a form and not the details as is so often the case. Many new carvers will see all sorts of details in a piece and in their efforts to carve will gravitate to these areas trying to mimic what they are looking at. They aren’t carving what they see in the essential form of the piece. Carving the form is what makes a carving good, if not great. Here is what I mean….
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Carve the form not the details
25 May 2009 Leave a comment
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This is a common topic where here I will expand a bit on my reasons for carving a form and not the details as is so often the case. … read on here : Carve The Form Not The Details
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