WHITTLE FOLK CLASSICS are whittle-carved out of one and a half square by six inch tall  block of basswood.  Each subject in this series has been carved several times before only in smaller versions from a one inch square by four and a half inch tall block of basswood.  Each has been highlighted in a previous posting and are grouped together here in four photographs showing the front, back and both sides of the six carvings.  Read the rest of this entry »