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.
Recently I was given a fisherman/sea captain figure by two carving friends who thought it looked a little like the Wood Bee Carver by its style of beard. It is one of those tourist souvenir carvings that has been around for years that used a “flat plane” style of carving technique to economically produce a lot of lookalike carvings.
Harley Refsal has been the most notable authority on Flat Plane Carving as a historian, carver and author of Flat Plane Carving projects. Flat Plane carving has its origin in Scandinavia countries and may have influenced such carvers as Emil Janel and Andy Anderson and the anonymous carvers of tourist souvenirs in cottage industry seventy five years ago.
The characteristic long and broad whittling strokes that create a “flat plane” on the surface of a carving create a minimalistic and folk art beauty to this style of carvings. Flat Plane carving offered a quick approach to earlier cottage industry for making repetitious carving strokes in an assembly line fashion to turn out carvings as cheaply as possible for the tourist gift shop trade. Read the rest of this entry »
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Lynn Doughty of Jay, Oklahoma will be honored and recognized with a one man show at the Woolaroc Museum, Bartlesville, OK November 23, 2012 through January 6, 2013. Lynn is well known in woodcarving circles for his very unique caricature carvings with a Western theme. Read the rest of this entry »
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HELVIE KNIVES proudly presents …. A BASSWOOD KNIFE HANDLE CARVING CONTEST. There will be two classes from which to choose: an Intermediate Class and an Open Class. Intermediate Class is usually for beginner carvers or for people who have less than a few years carving experience. The Open Class is for everyone, regardless of experience. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by: woodbeecarver in Knives
Helvie Knives makes four knives according to the WOOD BEE CARVER’s design to the Signature Series of specialty knives. Rich Smithson and his wife Holli and daughter Skylar are the owners and manufacturers of the Helvie Knives line of carving knives. The Signature Series are handled with cherry wood receiving the art work of Rich who wood burns and paints the signature and logo on each knife. Read the rest of this entry »
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Bud Murray makes four knives according to the WOOD BEE CARVER’s design in four different blade sizes.
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