Being a maritime carver means you never know it all. The sea always provides surprises.
Chip by Chip
Hustle
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 …
The Cost of Admission
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.
You’re Kidding Me?
My time vending at large boat shows ended with the COVID pandemic. I was already aging out of the intense commitment that the three-day shows required. They entailed an actual four-day involvement. Then, too, the business I was in was changing. As a marine carver, I was dependent on the business of carving fancy names, …
The Whale
There is a pile in the shop of prototypes, samples, experiments, and oddities. This one was part of a series of whale designs I created for a house sign commission I had. The prototype wound up in the pile of oddities. I have items from when I first started carving as a maritime carver. It …
A Rude Awakening
When my first father-in-law, the Cap'n, discovered I could carve, he began thinking about how this could be used in one of his enterprises. He was famous, or infamous, around the cove for preying on summer people needing services for their boats. Once I came along, services were expanded to include much work the Cap'n …
Judy’s Number Game – #63
And the number is 184: Carved sign in Portland, Maine carving of a Southport 30 small eagle based on a design used on a paddlewheel steamboat a Boston Pilot schooner on a sea chest Pattern's hanging in my shop All carvings today. The only one that is not mine is the sign. The rest are …
A Carved Star – as maritme a decoration as you can get
A Carved Star - is as maritime a decoration as you can get
Kingfisher
This is one of my first ship portraits. Like many firsts, there are some things to like and others to hate. Let's start with a descrcripion of what is going on in the carving: The hull and background are on a piece of scrap white pine. The sails and cabinwork are cherry. And the spars …
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