Fifty years ago when I began carving seriously. I began using the knife as the carving tool by harking back to boyhood days of whittling with a pocket knife.
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“Be Sharp and Never Dull” is a description of the Wood Bee Carver’s journey of expanding the wood carving journey with the side track aspect of carving related to carving knives, primarily the design and development of “Other Knives” for personal use. Learning to sharpen as well a reshape a blade for personal use has been a beneficial enhancement of the carving experience. This knife experience has evolved in the trial and error process of experimenting resulting in better understanding of the slicing function of the cutting edge of the knife blade as well a designing blades shaped for versatility during the carving process.
27
Dec
CREATIVE PHOTOSHOP
Don Worley is a fellow wood carver and a good friend who also likes to experiment with Photo Shop in creating unique works of art. Here are two examples where he used photos of the Wood Bee Carver to demonstrate his creative genius. I am deeply honored that he made me look so good. Thanks Don Worley for your gift and friendship. To learn more about this process click on this link ~ https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-premiere-elements.html ~ these were done on ChatGPT free version.
Here is more of Don Worley’s play in PhohoShop ~
25
Dec
CHRISTMAS ~ 2025
13
Dec
FUNDAMENTALS OF ART
The Fundamentals of Drawing listed above are useful for wood carvers to consider these same fundamentals in the process of designing and shaping of any carving project.
This manicure knife was rescued from a flea market in the early 1980’s as part of the Wood Bee Carver’s pursuit of suitable knives that could be modified into a carving tool.
Six-inch-tall cowpokes carved as the Bunk House Five were carved in August, 2024 and now have been carved as the three-inch-tall Half Pint versions. Six-inch-tall figures are carved in the one-inch scale of an inch equals a foot. Half Pint figures are carved in the half inch scale equals a foot making them half sized to six-inch figures. The other difference is the coloration finish of Half Pint in monochrome one color of Raw Sienna oil paint while the six-inch figures are polychrome of multi color of artist oil paint. The monochrome of one color amplifies the texture of the carved surface making “texture is color” effect.
17
Oct
CARVED TEETH STUDY
“Carved Teeth Study” ~ “A picture is worth a thousand words” and Yogi Berra said,”you can learn a lot by watching,” so study the Carved Teeth Study with eyes to tell the story,