Amazing Discoveries – On the Internet
Among the various tools in the carver’s tool grab bag, one tool that aids in research, inspiration and motivation is the Internet. Sometimes a carver will stumble across an interesting site and other times a fellow carver will share their discoveries of sites to visit. Such is the case with this page that will be added to from time to time whenever an Amazing Discovery is made.
“IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: Woodcarving and whittling may be habit forming and could prevent you from engaging in household chores and other unpleasant tasks. Carving is enjoyable and you may be prone to sharing it with others; thus causing them to experience the same distractions from less pleasant tasks as you may experience yourself.” (written by Michael Keller)
Michael Keller may be visited at: http://www.whiteeaglestudios.com/ which is his newly constructed and revised web site. Michael has created a “Woodcarving Web Log” commonly called a “blog” that may be visited at: www.WhiteEagleStudios.WordPress.com
Carveful/Carvefully Defined. As found in the Keller Carving Dictionary – First Edition
Carveful adj 1. Full of or expressing deep positive feeling about carving (profoundly emotional in a positive way); 2. Feeling, causing, or indicating joy through carving; 3. Being in good spirits while carving; 4. Cautious in the application of carving; 5. Thorough and painstaking in the execution of carving; . – Carvefully adj. – Carvefulness n.
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WOODCARVING WEB LOG = a blog dedicated to woodcarving The definitions below describe what a “blog” is and when it is applied to the several woodcarving blogs that are instructional, informative and inspirational one comes to understand how beneficial a woodcarving blog can be to the woodcarving world. The carver who created the woodcarving blog is giving the gift of the carver’s personality, creativity, self discoveries and how-to instructions as well as an ongoing snapshot in that carver’s journey of creativity.
“An online journal, short for ‘web log’. Entries are published in reverse chronological order.”
“A weblog (usually shortened to blog, but occasionally spelled web log) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles.”
“Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site.”
“Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.”
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Exploring the Internet causes one to discover some amazing sites to add to the wood-carver’s library of helpful information. Let’s say you want to learn about sharpening, or how to carve eyes, or the history of caricature carving or find resources to aid in the carving process or perhaps become aware of additional woodcarving related web sites. Here are a few sites to explore, look all around at each site, click on links and even purchase a tool or a book if you so desire. Each site is worth searching for discoveries.
http://anthonyfiletti.blogspot.com/
http://www.chipchats.org/ National Wood Carvers Association
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In the Southern Highlands of Appalachia in the Asheville, NC area Wade and Wayne Martin are household names of regional woodcarvers who made a lasting legacy of “Mountaineer Wood Carving.” Many of their carvings are in a permanent collection at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, which one can view by going to the following site on the Internet: http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/realia/martin/default_martin.htm and there one will find a brief descriptive history of the Martin family and photographs of several carvings. The three pictured here are only a sample of yet another “Amazing Discovery.”
Another Amazing Discovery can be found at http://foundwoodcarvings.blogspot.comwhich is the creation of Millard Harrell of Emporia, Kansas. He has a tutorial on his style of Santa carving as well are many other Amazing Discoveries. Explore his blogspot and web site for something quite Amazing.
Thanks to Millard, here is another Amazing Discovery http://www.holzschnitzerei.info/home_en.html so, enjoy the Journey.
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The late John L. Heatwole was affectionately called “The Wizard of Wood” who made a lifetime of giving his creative gifts through carving, story telling and bringing history to life. His son David has established a Woodcarving web log as a tribute to his memory and may be be visited at: http://johnheatwole.wordpress.com/ It is John’s method of painting carvings that I have adapted in what I call “Painting Softly” as described in the December 10, 2007 posting.
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Dale Kirkpatrick is a very accomplished carver who shows photographs of his various carving projects at this site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carverdale/ . The wooden spools are just a sample of what he does so take a look at all his albums. Visit Dale’s new blog at http://carverdalecreations.com/ for more of Dale’s Creations.
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A visit to the web site of Fred Zavadil http://www.fredzavadilwoodcarving.com/ will compel one to visit often to view some of the most exquisite art through sculpture and carving that is truly an AMAZING DISCOVERY.
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Linda Masters is a master at carving in miniature scale. To see more of her AMAZING carvings visit http://www.miraclechickenurns.com/index.html .
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LUNDY CUPP of Kingston Springs, Tennessee is quite an accomplished sculptor whose versatility in carving subjects is a delight to behold. Make a visit to his web site to see your yourself. http://www.lundycupp.com/index.html
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Gary A. Crosby (Bing) is a career soldier in the Canadian Forces in the Combat Engineer Branch. He is also a wood carver who excels in his art and gives his knowledge of carving through his Internet site at: http://www.darkwood-woodcarving.com/ A visit to his site will give more information about his military and humanitarian service as well as carving instruction and information. He is about to imbark on his third tour of duty to Afghanistan. On his first tour he carved the Canadian Totem Pole in the first photograph.
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THE NORTHWEST WOOD CARVERS ASSOCIATION has a cool web site at; http://www.woodcarvers.org/index.htm They also provide a great service to the Woodcarving family in listing several woodcarving clubs and events in the United States and Canada. The link for a journey through the internet to various carving interests can begin at: http://www.woodcarvers.org/eventsandclubs.htm Enjoy the journey.
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Caril Chasens http://www.chasens.ca/ shows off his unique style of wood sculpture along with tutorials and links to other interesting places to discover. A sample of his creative imagination can be studied in the following photographs as an invitation to visit him on the interenet. Caril who lives in British Columbia, Canada carries his own water from the creek and uses a generator whenever he wants to use his computer. Creativity knows no barriers or inconveniences but does have to have a voice. The voice of Caril speaks with the experience of creativity that can not be silenced.
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“Some things are as plain as the nose at the end of your face,” and at other times things are as plain as the fly on the nose at the end of your face. Such is the whimsical and serendipitous creativity in the Original Woodcarvings by Nancy Tuttle – http://nancytuttle.com/. Discovering her web site is like a breath of inspiration whispering a breeze of creative art, both in sculpture and two dimensional drawings. Woodcarving is what draws us into her magical world as is portrayed in the following photographs.
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In her own words, Nancy says about her woodcarvings: This is an ORIGINAL and One-Of-A-Kind carving made from driftwood naturally smoothed by the sand and sea of the Pacific Northwest coast. I collect driftwood during and after the winter storms then carve it using rotary grinding tools (similar to a dentist drill) and small knives. I mix a stain from oil paints to give each carving a rustic patina then finish with a polyurethane spray. After twenty-four years of woodcarving I still get a kick out of creating these little guys and gals”
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