Pumpkin Nogginsare faces carved into  basswood wooden hen eggs and in pumpkin shaped  thin basswood strips as flat relief jewelry pins.  The photograph at the left is jewelry pins carved to look like pumpkins with various faces to bring a smile.  Caricature faces to be more precise with a green cap of a pumpkin stalk.  Each is carved using deep gouges and knife with some wood burning for the pupils of the eyes, cigar and the separation between the stalk and the pumpkin skin along with the veins of the pumpkin.  The eyes and teeth are painted with acrylic white paint and the rest of the Pumpkin Noggin is painted with boiled linseed oil and artist oil paint.  In the photographs that follow the Pumpkin Noggins are carved out of basswood hen eggs. Read the rest of this entry »

Clown Lite is the title of a clown who is holding a balloon in one hand and a feather in the other to determine which one is lightest or heaviest.  This carving subject has been carved several times with each one a little different and yet still the same as to the overall theme.  The latest version of Clown Lite was being used as a demonstration carving in progress at a recent show.  The carving was still in its early stage of being carved without any indication that it was going to be a clown.  Children who came by to watch were asked if they could guess what the carving would be of a person holding a balloon and a feather trying to figure out which was the  heaviest.  Most of the children would choose the balloon as being the heaviest since it was larger than the feather.  But one young girl about eight years old said, “Neither,  because a balloon is as light as a feather.”  Read the rest of this entry »

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Chris Hammack, who is the newest member of the Caricature Carvers of America, rides again by returning to teaching woodcarving seminars.  Following several successful years of operating his own casting business of carved subjects and supplying sculpted subjects for the gift industry, Chris is devoting more of his time to his first love of not only creating unique woodcarving art for his valued collectors but also teaching his art to other woodcarving enthusiasts.  Read the rest of this entry »

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November 13 and 14, 2010 are the dates for the Dayton, Ohio Artistry in Wood Show and Sale held at the Dayton Airport Expo Center (Exit #64 off I-75)  Over two hundred woodcarvers and woodworkers will be showing their creations at what has become one of the premier shows of  its kind in the United States.  Exhibitors from over twenty five states will be present showing Fine Art, Collectibles, Caricatures, Decoys, Furniture and Unique Gifts for Christmas. For more information visit:  http://www.daytoncarvers.com/index.html

Bits and Pieces are carvings  of various subjects and often carved for the fun of it .  Pictured above are Tee Noggins carved in golf tees.  Next are three monkey heads carved out of catalpa wood which is a nice carving wood not often used.  The third photo is of miniature jig saw cut outs that were given to me by my “No See-ums” creator friend Don Worley which I promptly carved and gave back to him. Read the rest of this entry »

The WOOD BEE CARVER’s first love in carving is to carve with a knife in a style called “Whittle-Carving.” The Pirate Bobble Head is one of the Scrapper Series of using small scraps of wood to fulfill the “old carver’s law: Leave No Wood Un-Carved.” The Santa carved using a basswood hen egg is an often repeated design that has been done for several years.  These “Whittlings” along with the photo gallery below represents some recent carving activity of “leave no time go to waste when one can be carving.” Read the rest of this entry »

WHITTLE FOLK TREE NOGGINS are faces carved into basswood tree branches three to six inches tall.  In a previous posting https://woodbeecarver.com/?p=1860 Tree Noggins were featured.  This posting will be simply a gallery of the latest Tree Noggins carved  using a knife  made by Charles Simpson of Alabama made with Personna floor scraper blade as pictured in the photograph to the left. Read the rest of this entry »