There are always variations on old standards. Some are even improvements.
Flashback Friday – from June of 2019 – One Of A Kind Eagle
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Carved by 19th century Salem Architect and carver Samuel McIntire
Apples
I carve wood; some people carve bone, soap, and artificial substances that mimic illegal Ivory. The little face in the photo above was carved from an apple by a folk artist who visited the folklife center I used to run.
The Transom Eagle
I remembered back to my own Navy days. And recalling the old rubric that "if it moves - salute it. If it doesn't paint it,"
Sacrilegious Roulette
In the sixties, I hung out with an interesting cast of characters. We sang folksongs, played guitar, held forth loudly on topics about which we knew little, and held in contempt those who we knew were not as cool as we.We amused ourselves with simple, sometimes stupid games. One of the games we enjoyed playing …
Obscure
Ego? Sure, I do. Why else would I have done all those shows? Blog posts and blather about my carving from one end of the internet to the other!
Decline & Fall – Ships Carving
The gilt-edged age for the ship carver had to have been the 17th and 18th centuries. The figureheads were the least of it. There were gilded coats of arms, allegorical figures, swags, and elaborately carved moldings everywhere.
A Surreal Dream
Sometimes dreams are surreal...
SOUVENIR
Examples offer clues for learning that books and videos can't
Tool and Materials do not the Artist Make
Neither materials nor tools define you as an artist.
Louis N. Carreras, Woodcarver 
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