Sean Reynolds is a very enthusiastic budding carver who is so eager to learn and is growing in his carving experience.  So much so that he experienced a tendonitis in his wrist that side lined his carving activities for awhile but is now back at it by pacing himself in a healthy manner.  He is developing an inner eye to see within a block of wood what needs to be carved away to set free the image hiding inside the wood.

The following photographs are examples of his advancement and growth in the carving pursuits.  And besides that he is fun to talk with about the wonderful world of wood carving as evidenced by the many friends he has made on the Wood Carving Illustrated Forum.  Whenever he visits me from time to time for a carving chat and carving session his eagerness indicated that he has been bitten by the “carving bug.”

Egg Noggins are carved out of basswood hen eggs to depict a caricature face.  This photo journey are of recent “Noggins” carved for instructional purposes of the A-B-C’s of Face Carving.  Each is finished with Howard Feed N Wax to bring the carved wood surface to life.

Tony Perry is a fellow member of the Dayton Carvers Guild (Ohio) and beside carving whimsical houses in tree branches, he makes wonderful carving knives out of  old carpenter hand saw blades.  He fashions each in a unique handle shape that has a surprising comfortable fit  to the carving hand.  Here are two that he made for me according to my design of the blade shape.  Tony is a “sharp” friend.  Thanks Tony