“Never judge a book by its cover,” is a wise old saying that is often truer than fiction and yet it is the cover that invites a look inside the book.  Steve Prescott  was commissioned to develop a book cover for a collector friend, author Coleman Archer who has written a collection of short stories about western life in the Texas panhandle in the early 1900’s.  Read the rest of this entry »

The BEFORE and AFTER photographs of the “Cowboy Limo” created by CCA Member Steve Prescott demonstrates how a good idea can be made even better.  The “Cowboy Limo” was first introduced to this blog in the February 1, 2012 posting entitled “Steve Prescott – Cowboy Limo”  (which can be found by going to “Main Menu” in order to click on “Blog Site Map” which will bring up a written index of postings by title listed under “Categories” and look under “Carving Friends” to find the title of the posting).

Even though the Cowboy Limo in the BEFORE photograph stands alone as a eye-catcher of a caricature carving, yet its “presentation”  is enhanced with the “Better Idea”  presented in the AFTER photograph. Read the rest of this entry »

 CCA MERIT AWARD was presented to Ray Price  of Beavercreek, OH at the Artistry in Wood Show  in Dayton, OH on November 11, 2012.

The award is presented to a carver who exemplifies the art of caricature carving and as an encouragement for the advancement of caricature carving.  Ray has demonstrated over the years at various woodcarving shows his unique creativity and imagination of carving caricature scenes.  CCA Members who presented the award to Ray are pictured left to right: Jack Williams, Don Mertz, Joe Schumacher, Ray Price, Bruce Henn, Dave Stetson and Gary Falin.

The picture below is of Ray at his display and shows two of his caricature carvings.

 CCA MERIT AWARD was presented to Arnold Smith  of Adrian, GA at the Artistry in Wood Show  in Dayton, OH on November 11, 2012.  The award is presented to a carver who exemplifies the art of caricature carving and as an encouragement for the advancement of caricature carving.

.  CCA Members who presented the award to Arnold  are pictured left to right:  Jack Williams, Don Mertz, Arnold Smith, Bruce Henn, Gary Falin, Joe Schumacher and Dave Stetson.

Arnold has sharpened his caricature carving skills over the years and has shown his carvings at woodcarving shows in the South.  This is his first time to show at Dayton and his caricature laden table speaks for itself of the excellence in caricature carving.  The following photographs are of Arnold at his display table with examples of his caricature carvings.

The Annual Meeting of the Caricature Carvers of America  will convene September 21, 2012 in Sacramento, CA.  Membership   is limited to twenty five active members with an additional group of Emeritus Members who have served in past years.  At each Annual Meeting members trade carvings among themselves as a way to collect carvings of fellow members.  Here is a sneak peek at Trade Carvings from the 2011 meeting that is normally only seen by members at annual meeting and is shared here to highlight examples of caricature carvings. Read the rest of this entry »

Steve Prescott , caricature carving artist, has demonstrated through his latest caricature carving- COWBOY LIMO  a “caricature concept” that grows into a caricature carving.  A “Caricature Concept” is the ability to create an idea that is a caricature before it becomes reality as a caricature carving.  Caricature is an “exaggeration of realism” that often begins as an “idea that becomes exaggerated.”

COWBOY LIMO  is a classic example of caricature carving that is exaggerated both in its carved presentation and as an idea or concept exaggerated into a caricature. Read the rest of this entry »

Caricature Carver Steve Prescott  was gracious in granting me permission to show photographs of his recent carvings.  (click on photograph to enlarge.)   Using these photographs as a visual instructor one can learn from the instruction of “reading between the lines.” Read the rest of this entry »