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Daily writing promptWhat details of your life could you pay more attention to?View all responses Last night, I found myself in the shop. I'd had a dream about the three-dimensional approach I've been using for the ship portraits. In the dream, I applied it very dramatically to enlarged portraits of boats. But if it's one …
Last week, I got a snarky post from a dude who put down my carving, my stories, and even my little greenhouse workshop. He also pointed out that my political views were just mundane and made some vaguely threatening quips. I'm not sure that this person ever got the message that the Blogosphere, " is …
Carving is a dance with a partner, and partners always deserve respect.
You've all heard the saying that you should keep it simple, stupid? Well, simple is hard to do. There is an urge to complicate. To add details and complexity. "oooh! Look, you can see the little man inside the truck, and he has his hand on the shift! and it's only half an inch long!" …
Daily writing promptIf you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?View all responses Over the years I've had a fantasy. I'd open a shop in some touristy coastal town. The shop would have a big picture window, and I'd have a bench right there and people could watch me carve. They'd …
Being a maritime carver means you never know it all. The sea always provides surprises.
Slow down. Listen to that inner voice while working.
Daily writing promptWhich activities make you lose track of time?View all responses I've been a shop recluse recently. The sound of the fan running, the scroll saw, and the mallet hitting the back of the gouge handle are all you hear. Recently, it's been like the days before the pandemic—several projects in process, a few …
What the hell was I thinking? If I had a dime for every time I said that, I would have a handful of dimes. Well, OK, I'd have a large sack to take to the bank.
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