This eagle is barely eleven inches wide, not my smallest, but diminutive none the less. It's a good miniature project for a woodcarver. Pine is great wood, but fine detail in small sizes are not its strong suit. Would this pop out at you in cherry, plum or box? Sure, but my objective was to do what was possible with a butt end from a #3 common plank. A piece of kindling in other words. Why, just because it was the middle of summer and I needed something to do while larger projects developed.
Generosity – a Flashback Friday presentation from July 2019
I carved this banner around when the Patrick O'Brien books like Master and Commander were popular.
A long game
Wood swells and shrinks with humidity despite careful construction, drying, and sealing. We call this movement, and most commonly, we see it across the width of a plank or piece of wood. This is why you sometimes see splits in panels of wood. Wood remains a living item despite being cut, resawn, planed, shaped, and coated.
The Imp
The imp sat on my shoulder yesterday as I shaped the hollows on an eagle's wing. We had visited Mystic Seaport the previous week, and I had spotted some carving on a transom that I'd never successfully modeled in three dimensions. Something about how to carve it had always eluded me.
Dining with the Devil- a flashback Friday presentation from 2018
When I restarted my business in the 1990s, I was eager to work and eager to do work that would build my portfolio. I was doing mostly boat portraits, transom banners, quarter boards, and that beautiful booth fee payer spoons, spatulas and cutting boards.
Rooted
I entered my shop this morning to smell linseed oil, varnish, and wood shavings.
Creative Food
I am being careful and trying hard not to distract myself from the important stuff.
the summer shop
AUTION: this post contains a photo of a shop with actual sawdust, woodchips, and shavings. It does not have a router table or a table saw. This extreme realism may trigger subscribers to woodworking magazines!
Zaida “sits” for her portrait
This is my second run at the Steam Yacht Zaida. I've used different techniques and am more satisfied with the outcome.
Random Pieces
Diversity of products can be the game's name when you are seeking to keep the volume of sales up as a woodcarver. A wide variety of products has always seemed to work for me.
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