DERBY DINGUS McGee is an original carving by Lynn Doughty. My wife, Frances, gave me this carving as a gift this Christmas. What a pleasant surprise. In other years I received two lumps of coal, but this year I received a “Doughty.” Am I a good boy or what?
Gifts are special and some are more special because they continue to give. Love is a gift that keeps on giving. Friendship is a gift that keeps on giving. Memory is a gift that keeps on giving. Woodcarving is a gift that keeps on giving. Combining all of these becomes yet another gift that continues to give. Read the rest of this entry »
This blank block of wood symbolizes the beginning of a new year filled with unknown possibilities. Every carving project begins in a new block of wood that awaits the carver’s tools of inspiration, creative ideas and ability to try. Read the rest of this entry »
This FRIENDSHIP CARVING TREE contains carved wooden ornaments collected over the years. Each one contains a memory of the person who carved an ornament as a way of remembering those who decorate our lives with friendship. Each represents an unique style of creativity that can only be demonstrated in the individuality of personality of the carver. Each ornament has a story to tell of the generosity of friendship which like all Christmas memories is a sentimental journey. Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
This photograph is of a gift from my wife, Frances, who commissioned Ray Kunz to carve a 40th Anniversary gift to celebrate our wedding day December 1, 1968. Two hearts are connected together with a ribbon of LOVE to symbolize the “tie that binds our hearts together in love.” 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.