Louis N. Carreras, Woodcarver

October 30, 2018

A Cat Managed Shop

Lots of carvers have shop cats. They rule the shop from on high.

October 9, 2018October 11, 2018

Completion

completion of projects in a crafts shop can be an elastic phenomenon

October 8, 2018September 9, 2022

A Boat Portrait Carved In Wood

Much of my business in the past 27 years or so has been portraits of ships and boats. It all began at a crafts show at New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee. I had been making trays out of mast hoops for some time. I carved a variety of themes including an elegant Compass Rose design I …

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October 1, 2018October 1, 2018

An Eagle Commission

by Lou Carreras The eagle presented here was a commission. It's an all-time favorite design that I first carved in the 1970's when I saw Jay Hanna's take on this classic 19th-century carving trope. After carving four or five variations on Hanna's redesign of the classic, I moved on to other designs. About twenty …

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