Larry Piety of Berne, Indiana is a carving friend who I would like to introduce to the visitors of this web log. He is an accomplished carver and his wife Jeannie beautifully paints his carvings. Their partnership in the arts has been displayed for years at the FolkWorks GALLERY of Evanston, IL. http://www.folkworks.com/ with their annual Santa Carvings. Read the rest of this entry »
Jim O’Hara of Grove City, Ohio has been a carving friend for many years whose caricature carving have been an inspiriation to me. It is appropriate that he be introduced through this web log as a way of letting others know of his gift of carving. The photographs presented here cover several years at various wood carving shows and entries in the Caricature Carvers of America competition. Read the rest of this entry »
Adair Rucker and his wife Patty of Lockhart, Texas teach carving, wood burning, scrimshaw and Sculpey clay modeling of carving subjects. They taught a class in sculpturing with Sculpey clay at the recent International Woodcarving Congress in Bettendorf, Iowa.
I have known the Ruckers since 1995 when we were together in the War Eagle Seminars. It was there that I first noticed the practical and unique “Lap Box Apron” being used by several carvers from the Texas and Arkansas area. Such a neat idea and easy to construct using a shallow wooden box and a shop apron tacked to the inside of the box. Studying the photograph gives a self explained procedure on how to make one’s own “Lap Box Apron” to take to wood carving meetings, carving classes or doing some relaxed carving under the shade tree.
Visit the Rucker’s website at http://www.christmascarvingsetc.com/ and if you ever have a chance to take one of their classes, it would be well worth the investment. Adair and Patty are fun people to be around and they are very knowledgeable in what they teach.
Bruce Futterer of Russelville, Arkansas is a carver who expands his carving horizon by carving various subjects and themes. Bruce entered twenty four carvings in competition at the recent International Woodcarvers Congress competition of the Affiliated Wood Carvers in Bettendorf, Iowa. His carvings have been admired in the various wood carving shows that he is a participant and he is always a ribbon winner. In the following photo essay some of his entries at Congress may be viewed and appreciated for the uniqueness of ideas, skill in carving execution and the wide variety of subjects. Read the rest of this entry »
Three wood carvers who have been my mentors in carving ever since I first heard and read about them, even before I met them, are Ivan Denton, Peter Engler and Harold Enlow. Combined, these three have perhaps influenced more people to discover the wonderful world of wood carving than any other combination of woodcarvers. Read the rest of this entry »
Don Worley is pictured here along with is wife Bonnie at the Miami Valley Wood Carving Show in Middletown, Ohio in March, 2009. Don is the creator of the popular NO SEE-UMS that are on display in the second photograph. Notice also that his carving display table contains many other caricature carvings including the caricature horse in the top left corner of the table. A carved caricature horse will play an important part in the next disclosure of Don Worley. Read the rest of this entry »
Wayne Shinlever of Knoxville, Tennessee recently taught a class in the Cincinnati, Ohio area in his style of caricature carving. Nine students, five women and four men studied and carved for three days learning Wayne’s style of caricature carving from his vast array of rough outs. Read the rest of this entry »
Don Worley created the No See-Ums and has been teaching these delightful carving projects to various students. The ones pictured here were carved by Caricature Carvers of America member, Tom Brown. Don taught a class for the Eastern Woodland Carving Club, Converse, Indiana last year where Tom Brown and Gary Freeman became “hooked” on carving No See-Ums.
Gary Freeman carved these versions of No See-Ums. More about No See-Ums can be seen in two previous postings on November 21, 2008 and February 2, 2009.
Wayne Shinlever of Knoxville, Tennessee learned from Don Worley how to carve No See-Ums at the 2008 Dollywood Carving Show and since Wayne is a Santa carver he carved his version of a No See-Ums.
No See-Ums have become very popular with carvers who have tried these easy and fun projects. Thanks to Don Worley for introducing this very “addictive” carving project to the carving world.
