A basswood ostrich egg was used to carve this Santa using traditional carving tools. Even though the WOOD BEE CARVER is primarily a knife carver, yet on occasions traditional carving tools will be used to carve larger projects. Basswood hen eggs have been used for whittle-carving projects using only a knife using the Santa theme. Under “NAVIGATION” on the left column of this web log there is a page entitled “WHITTLE FOLK EGGS – Carving a Wooden Egg” that shows the smaller version of egg carving. Also in the posting for November 22, 2008 there are two styles of Santa eggs used for a class project. Read the rest of this entry »
Santa sitting on a gift card was first carved in 2001 from an original design drawn by Glenn Stewart of Hawesville, Kentucky. It is carved out of half inch thick basswood approximately four inches high and wide. The size can be varied either a little larger or a little smaller. It is basically carved as a relief carving using traditional caving tools of small gouges, V tool and a knife.
MERRY CHRISTMAS – 2008 to all who visit. May “goodwill, joy, hope, peace and love” be the gift received and the gift given. An old saying advises: “A bell is not a bell until you ring it. A song is not a song until you sing it. Love in the heart is not put there to stay. Love is not love until it is given away.”
These Santa Jewelry Pins show a variety of facial expressions as well as a variation of finish. The painted Santa pins are of the traditional color of red and white. The natural finish Santa pins show off the grain of the wood as well as letting the carving cuts do the talking rather that the coloring of red and white color scheme for a Santa. Read the rest of this entry »
Tis the Season of carving Santa and Snowmen in the classic childhood memory of Christmas fondly remembered. This particular carving was a class project in a class taught by Harley Schmidgen in September 2008 at the Caricature Carvers of America Seminar in Converse, Indiana. Harley carved the original that was used as a model to make instructional rough-outs. Read the rest of this entry »
TURKEY/SANTA NOVELTY carvings say “Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas” at the same time as each has a turkey carved on one side and on the back side a Santa is carved using the outline of a turkey turned sideways. The original pattern and idea came by way of carver Glenn Stewart of Hawesville, Kentucky.
Santa is above everyone else in his concern about global warming as his North Pole home and gift making factory is in jeopardy. Thus, Santa is going “Green” to be environmentally correct and to let the rest of us become aware that we are to be caretakers and responsible managers of the good green earth and blue sky of the atmosphere. Santa teaching us about loving one another and giving gifts of happiness both of which can not be without taking care of the environment in our little corner of the world. In this series of carved jewelry pins, Santa is wearing a Green cap to remind us to be “evergreen” ourselves. Read the rest of this entry »
“Santa carving a Santa” has been a subject carved several times and is being carved again as indicated by the two in the beginning stages of being carved to the basic form. Serving as a back drop are photographs of earlier editions of the same subject and the one in the middle was carved in 1999. The very first one was carved in the mid 90’s as a commission but sad to say there is no photograph of the very first one. Read the rest of this entry »