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BEE Buzz (28)
- MISSING CARVING RETURNED
- HOBBIT, TROLL AND WHITTLE DWARFS STUDY
- SPUD BILLY SEZ
- A CARVEFUL NEW YEAR
- WHY AMATEUR CARVERS CARVE
- BEE BUZZ
- THINK INSIDE THE BLOCK
- ORIGIN OF THE SCULPTURE BUST
- PONETO TOOL CADDY
- BUSINESS CARD TOOL
- SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
- MERTZ INTERVIEWED ABOUT WHITTLING
- TOOL CAROUSEL
- TOOL TOTE BY BOB CLARKE
- HOG HEAVEN PIG SEED
- VINTAGE CARVING RETURNS HOME
- VINTAGE CARVINGS – Apple Wood Jewelry
- VINTAGE CARVINGS – Early Carved Figures
- VINTAGE CARVINGS – Whittle Folk Gothic
- VINTAGE CARVINGS – Whittle Folk ‘Pokes
- CARVING IS AGONY AND ECSTASY
- BLOCK HEAD – A Chip Off the Old Block
- AMATUER CARVING EXPERIENCE
- CARVING TOOL STORAGE
- NO MISTAKE
- BEGIN AGAIN – Reflections on a New Year and a Blank Block of Wood
- WOOD BEE CARVER TOOL CADDY
- the WOOD BEE LINE………
Carving Friends (77)
- THE BRAWL by Chris Hammack ~ a Carving Friend
- JIM HECKER ~ A Carving Friend
- BOB HOLMES ~ A Carving Friend
- BLOCK HEADS ~ The Rest of the Story
- HELVIE KNIFE CARVING COMPETITION
- LUKEY
- DAVE STETSON ~ A Carving Friend
- NORB HARTMAN – A Carving Friend
- JOHN BURKE – The Memory Continues
- “Ol’ Don” Burgdorf – A Carving Friend
- The ORIGINAL JINGLE BELL ROCK – Steve Prescott
- CUSTOM TOOL ROLL BAG by Darlene Folk
- GNOMES aka TOMTE or NISSE by Jim Hecker
- CARVING FRIEND – John Niggemeyer
- FRIENDSHIP THROUGH WOODCARVING – Karen Scalin
- BUD MURRAY – Knife Maker
- LEGENDS, LORE AND LIES – Steve Prescott
- A BETTER IDEA – Steve Prescott
- WESTERN ARTIST – Lynn O. Doughty
- FLY CATCHER
- THE O’NEAL TOUCH
- WOODCARVING FRIENDSHIP CONNECTION – Dan Slater
- MYRON COMPTON – A Carving Friend
- DON STEPHENSON – Artist Friend
- JIM HECKER – Old Jim
- STEVE PRESCOTT – Cowboy Limo
- RICK ESKINS – A Carving Friend
- STEVE PRESCOTT – Guest Caricature Artist
- DON STEPHENSON – A Carving Friend
- ADDING THE EXTRAS
- A SURPRISE GIFT
- CARVING FRIEND – Hugh O’Neal
- CARVING FRIEND – Steve Prescott
- SANTA’S WORKSHOP
- HELVIE COLLECTOR’S EDITION
- PIRATE AND WIZARD
- MICHAEL KELLER – Speaks
- JIM HECKER – A Carving Friend
- WHITTLE GREEN MAN TREES
- SEAN REYNOLDS – Carving Friend
- TONY PERRY – Carving Friend
- BOB HOLMES – Carving Friend
- WILL HAYDEN – CCA Carving Friend
- JIM HECKER – A Carving Friend
- DON’S PIRATE
- HELVIE KNIVES COLLECTION
- DON WORLEY – No See-Ums 3
- Don Stephenson – Carving Friend
- WHITE EAGLE STUDIOS
- MICHAEL KELLER – a Carving Friend
- HUGH O’NEAL – A Carving Friend
- JOHN BURKE – Remembered
- A RARE GIFT
- JOHN BURKE – IN MEMORY
- CAMERON “HOBO” PROCTOR – A CARVING FRIEND
- STEVE COTTON – A CARVING FRIEND
- DON STEPHENSON – ARTIST AND CARVING FRIEND
- MICHAEL KELLER – WHITE EAGLE STUDIOS
- BART WILSON – A CARVING FRIEND
- MEET HARRY L.LIMINGS, JR.
- JOHN ROTH – In Memory of a Carving Friend
- LARRY PIETY – A Carving Friend
- JIM O’HARA – A Carving Friend
- LAP BOX APRON
- BRUCE FUTTERER – A CARVING FRIEND
- THREE MENTORS
- WORLEY’S SEE-2-MUCH
- ALWAYS LEARNING
- POPULAR NO SEE-UMS
- NO SEE-UMS by Don Worley – II
- CARVING FRIENDSHIPS
- THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
- FRIENDSHIP CARVING TREE
- NO SEE-UMS by Don Worley
- SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL VENDOR
- PAPA SMURF
- NO GOOD TURN GOES UNPUNISHED – The Wonderful World of Carving Friendship
Carving Projects (124)
- MORE PAINTED GO BY’S STUDY
- STUDY OF PAINTED GO BY’S
- FOLK ART EAGLE
- GNOMETTES AND GNOMES
- DUSTY JOE ~ A Hobo Study
- SPICE OF LIFE ~ Redux
- BLOCK HEADS
- TRILOGY OF THREE
- NOVELTY CARVINGS
- TENNIS BUMS
- RAILROAD MEN
- HELVIE CINDERELLA
- JOY – Carved From A Cartoon
- DOC HOLIDAY – 2 Commissions
- LOVE 50
- EGG NOGGIN STUDY
- HOBBIT, TROLL AND WHITTLE DWARFS STUDY
- GAME PIECES
- IMAGINARY GNOME
- SIDEKICK
- SCRAPPER
- OTIS AND SLOPPY JOE
- STUDY CARVINGS
- BUZZ BUZZARD
- HELVIE CLOWN AND HOBBIT
- TRAVELER
- WHITTLE DOODLE – Friendship Cane Segment
- STEPHENSON HILLBILLY
- SPICE OF LIFE
- KNIGHT CAPP
- HILLSBORO HOBO
- HELVIE WIZARD – Gandalf
- SEMINOLE INDIAN BUST
- INDIAN BUST STUDY
- WHITTLE DWARFS II
- EGG NOGGINS – 3 More
- KNIFE BLADE COVERS II
- BLOCK HEADS
- COMMISSION CARVINGS
- COMMISSION CARVINGS
- COMMISSION CARVINGS – Inventor of Tooth Brush
- OCTOBER WHITTLINGS
- DISCHARGED
- PIRATE AND WIZARD
- WHITTLE GREEN MAN TREES
- SPUD BILLY
- BOOK MARKS
- CRUSTY SAM
- Egg Noggin Update
- CLOWNING AROUND
- KNIFE BLADE COVERS
- GO FOR BUST
- SHELF SQUATTERS
- DON’S PIRATE
- CLONING CY CLONE
- GANDALF
- Sonny and His Dream Fish
- CY CLONE
- CAVEMAN
- WHITTLE FOLK EGGS
- BARK ABE
- WHITTLE DWARFS
- HOBBIT
- EGG NOGGINS
- BOBBLE HEAD 2
- LAME DUCK – Revisited
- ELEVEN ELEVEN PROJECTS
- LAME DUCK
- SPUDS
- Scottish Golfer Faces
- Clown Lite
- ELKHORN III
- LONG KNIFE WHITTLE DOODLE
- COWPOKES
- TOP BANANA
- AN EAGLE
- A GRAND PIANO
- WHITTLE FOLK MONKS -Face Study II
- MASTER SERGEANT- A Commission Carving
- MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
- SOMBRERO GUY
- TOM TROLL
- LONE WOLF
- ELKHORN
- MORE ON LES R. MOORE
- MAHOGANY INDIAN
- DON WIZ
- NATURAL FINISH
- WHITTLE FOLK CLOWN LITE
- HOLLY SNOWMAN
- GIRL IN A TREE SWING
- A SELF PORTRAIT
- TOTEM POLES
- EXTREME WHITTLE DOODLE
- TOOTH FAIRY DENTIST
- THREE AMIGOS
- GUNSLINGER CARICATURE
- MORE WHITTLE DOODLES
- FACE STUDY – Whittle Folk Monks
- PAINTED LONG KNIFE PIRATE
- A LONG KNIFE PIRATE
- WHITTLE-CARVING JUNE PROJECTS
- FOUR SEA CAPTAINS
- BATTLE OF THE KNIVES
- RELIEF CARVING CLASS
- A VISUAL STUDY – Two Fundamentalists
- SNOWMEN FRIENDS
- RELIEF CARVING
- WHITTLE DOODLE VII
- CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS
- SCOTTISH GOLFERS WEARING KILTS
- THOUGHT FOR FOOD
- A BIRDIE
- CARVING “THE FUNDAMENTALIST”
- INVENTOR OF THE TOOTH BRUSH
- WHITTLE FOLK SHELF SQUATTERS
- WHITTLE FOLK RELIEF – Face Carvings
- WHITTLE FOLK GEEZERS – Gentlemen of Distinction
- WHITTLE FOLK CLASSICS – Together
- WHITTLE FOLK CLASSICS – Carpenter
- WHITTLE FOLK CLASSICS – Native American
- WHITTLE FOLK CLASSIC – Sea Captain
- WHITTLE FOLK CLASSICS – Wizard
- WHITTLE FOLK CLASSIC – Lucky the Pirate
CCA Related (31)
- THE BRAWL by Chris Hammack ~ a Carving Friend
- CCA 1930′s Street Scene
- DAVE STETSON ~ A Carving Friend
- The ORIGINAL JINGLE BELL ROCK – Steve Prescott
- LEGENDS, LORE AND LIES – Steve Prescott
- A BETTER IDEA – Steve Prescott
- CCA MERIT AWARD – Ray Price
- CCA MERIT AWARD – Arnold Smith
- CCA TRADE PIECES
- STEVE PRESCOTT – Cowboy Limo
- STEVE PRESCOTT – Guest Caricature Artist
- WILL HAYDEN – CCA Emeritus
- ADDING THE EXTRAS
- CARVING FRIEND – Steve Prescott
- CCA MERIT AWARD – John Hoesman
- DISCHARGED
- CARVING FACES Workbook by Harold Enlow
- WILL HAYDEN – CCA Carving Friend
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Mystic Carvers Carve-A-Long
- JESSE CARICATURE
- HELVIE KNIFE HANDLE PROJECT
- GARY BATTE – CCA Caricature Honor
- CCA MERIT AWARD – Larry Baldridge
- Chris Hammack Rides Again
- CCA MERIT AWARD – DON WARD
- CCA CARVING SALE
- CCA MERIT AWARD – KEN KOHL
- CCA MERIT AWARD – JIM WILLIS
- CCA MERIT AWARD – JOHN NIGGEMEYER
- CCA MERIT AWARD – ERNIE HILL
- COMPETITION ENTRIES
Class Announcements (3)
General (25)
- CHRISTMAS 2012
- MERRY CHRISTMAS – 2011
- CCA MERIT AWARD – Mike Bloomquist
- BITS AND PIECES
- MERRY CHRISTMAS 2010
- CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT
- FUN SPIRAL DESIGN
- CARVING BY HAND – A PHOTO ESSAY
- A CARVEFUL NEW YEAR
- SPIT-N-WHITTLE
- WAG SCHOOL OF WOODCARVING
- CARICATURE CARVERS OF AMERICA ELECTION
- INTERNATIONAL WOODCARVING CONGRESS – 2009
- DENNY TOOLS ALSO CARVES
- POPULAR NO SEE-UMS
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN – 200TH BIRTHDAY
- HAPPY NEW YEAR
- HOW TO BLOG
- 40th ANNIVERSARY CARVING
- ALWAYS OPEN TO LEARNING
- THE GIFT OF CARVING FRIENDSHIP
- A HUMBLING HONOR
- HONORED BY JUDGES
- CARVING CENTRAL – The Center of Carving Activity
- CARVINGS ON DISPLAY IN CARVING CENTRAL
Hobos (12)
- Ft. Worth Hobo
- HILLSBORO HOBO
- BITS AND PIECES
- HOBO – Spokane Tommy
- HELVIE HOBO
- GUNNY SACK GLENN
- HOBOS FOUR
- CLASSIC HOBO
- HOBO FACES STUDY
- CARVING HOBO HALF PINT
- CARVING HOBO CEDRICK
- CARVING HOBO RUBE
Knives (46)
- HELVIE Stinger Bee Knife
- WOW ~ One of a Kind ~ Helvie Knife Collection
- TIP FOR RESAPING THE TIP OF CARVING BLADE
- BLOCK HEADS ~ The Rest of the Story
- HELVIE KNIFE CARVING COMPETITION
- SOFT WHITTLING ~ A Tutorial
- HELVIE KNIVES ~ Signature Series
- LYONS KNIVES
- HELVIE CINDERELLA
- BUD MURRAY – Knife Maker
- KNIFE HANDLE ART – Rich Smithson
- KNIFE HANDLE CARVING CONTEST
- HELVIE SIGNATURE SERIES KNIVES
- BUD MURRAY KNIVES
- HELVIE SIGNATURE SERIES 4
- JOHN DUNKLE – Ohio Knife Maker
- HELVIE CLOWN AND HOBBIT
- CARVED KNIFE HANDLES
- HELVIE KNIVES – Signature Series # 3
- BUD MURRAY CUSTOM KNIVES
- HELVIE KNIFE ART WORK
- THREE KNIVES RECOMMENDED
- HELVIE COLLECTOR’S EDITION
- SPUD BILLY
- HELVIE HOBO
- HELVIE KNIVES COLLECTION 2
- HELVIE KNIVES COLLECTION
- HELVIE KNIFE HANDLE PROJECT
- KNIFE MAKING PROJECT
- RALPH E. LONG KNIVES
- ACCIDENTAL LEARNING
- CHARLES SIMPSON – KNIFE MAKER
- TRUE KNIFE CARVING
- KNIFE MAKEOVER
- KNIFE FAVORITES
- CUTTING EDGE SHARP
- TINKER KNIVES II – Another Way To Tinker
- SHARP CAN BE SHARPER – Sharpening Knives by Hand
- REL KNIVES – Ralph Long Knifemaker
- TINKER KNIVES – Customized Carving Knives
- MAKING A KNIFE
- THE ULTIMATE BLADE
- EVERETT CUTSINGER – Maker of Unique Carving Tools
- CUSTOM CARVING TOOLS – by: Bud Murray
- POCKET KNIVES FOR CARVING
- FAVORITE CARVING KNIFE
Miniatures (3)
Noggins (29)
- TREE NOGGINS – Redux
- EGG NOGGIN REDUX
- EGG NOGGIN STUDY
- EGG NOGGINS – 3 More
- TREE NOGGINS – Again
- Egg Noggin Update
- WHITTLE FOLK TEE NOGGINS
- BIT AND PIECES 3
- EGG NOGGINS
- Pumpkin Noggins 2
- MORE BITS AND PIECES
- WHITTLE FOLK TREE NOGGINS – 2
- TOPPER FACE STUDY
- SCRAPPERS – Bobble Heads
- BITS AND PIECES 2
- MORE PIN HEADS
- FREE HAND CARVING
- BITS AND PIECES
- PIN HEADS AND TEE NOGGINS
- TOTEM POTATO MASHER
- WHITTLE TEE NOGGINS
- REALISTIC PORTRAIT CARVING
- PUMPKIN NOGGINS
- WHITTLE FOLK TREE NOGGINS
- WHITTLE FOLK PIN HEADS
- SHELF SQUATTERS
- KILROY WAS HERE
- SPLIT PERSONALITY
- PINCIL NOGGINS
Santa Carvings (16)
- SANTA’S WORKSHOP
- SANTA AND SNOWMAN
- BOBBLE HEAD SANTA
- WHITTLINGS
- STEP BY STEP SANTA
- MERRY CHRISTMAS – 2009
- SANTA CARVED OSTRICH EGG
- SANTA GIFT TAG
- MERRY CHRISTMAS
- SANTA VARIETY
- TIS THE SEASON
- TURKEY/SANTA NOVELTY
- SANTA GOES GREEN
- SANTA CARVING A SANTA – TUTORAL
- SANTA JEWELRY PINS
- MERRY CHRISTMAS
Survivor Students (24)
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS ~ Paris, KY
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Lake of the Ozarks
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Alabama Style IV
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – West Seneca, NY
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – River Valley Carvers
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Woodcraft Centerville, Ohio
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Sauder Village
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Conewago Carvers
- ALABAMA SURVIVOR STUDENTS
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Mystic Carvers Carve-A-Long
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Taylor Mill, KY
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Woodcraft, Centerville, Ohio
- Survivor Students – Ashland, Kentucky
- Survivor Students – Alabama Style II
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Gorman Farm 2010
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Woodcraft Centerville, Ohio
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – WAG School of Carving
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Converse, Indiana
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Alabama Style
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS – Gorman Farms, Cincinnati, Ohio 2009
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS at Woodcraft, Centerville, Ohio 2008
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS at Beavercreek, Ohio 2008
- SURVIVOR STUDENTS at Newark, Ohio 2008
- Survivor Students 2008
Tutorials (34)
- STUDY OF PAINTED GO BY’S
- TIP FOR RESAPING THE TIP OF CARVING BLADE
- STUDY using Go-Bys ~ 3
- STUDY using Go-Bys ~ 2
- STUDY using Go-Bys
- DUSTY JOE ~ A Hobo Study
- SOFT WHITTLING ~ A Tutorial
- “Ol’ Don” Burgdorf – A Carving Friend
- FLAT PLANE STUDY
- STUDY CARVINGS
- HELVIE WIZARD – Gandalf
- THREE VERSION FACE STUDY STICK
- The MAD Art of Caricature!
- HAND STUDY
- Short Tutorial
- RULE OF THUMB
- Real Life Face Study
- JESSE CARICATURE
- RULE OF THREE PROPORTIONS
- GO-BY’S
- WHITTLE FOLK ART
- MAGNETIC FACES
- RULE OF THREE- Eye and Mouth
- A PLANE FACE
- THREE VERSION FACE STUDY STICK
- ABC FACE STUDY
- Inside CARVING MAGAZINE
- FACE-EYE STUDY
- BRAIDY BUNCH
- Whittling Exercises A-B-C’s
- Whittling Exercises A-B-C’s 2
- Whittling Exercise – Eyes
- HEAD TO TOE – Carving the Form First
- CARVINGS PAINTED SOFTLY
Upcoming Events (12)
- BUCKEYE ROUND UP
- RENEGADE WOODCARVING ROUND UP
- ARTISTRY IN WOOD – Pictures of Winners
- ARTISTRY IN WOOD – DAYTON 2012
- MIDDLETOWN, OH SHOW
- ARTISTRY IN WOOD – November 12 and 13
- ARTISTRY IN WOOD
- SAUDER VILLAGE SHOW
- BUCKEYE CARVING ROUND UP
- Buckeye Woodcarving Round Up
- Artistry in Wood
- Artistry In Wood – Dayton, Ohio 2009