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Louis N. Carreras, Woodcarver

Louis N. Carreras, Woodcarver

Authentic Nautical Accessories, and Custom Furnishings

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Posted on October 8, 2018October 11, 2018

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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Posted on 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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Posted on September 27, 2018June 20, 2020

Sails For The Constitution

keep your dollar in your pocket, and never say never.

Posted on September 24, 2018October 1, 2018

The Rangley Boat

by Louis N. Carreras © I was almost 19 before I had that adventure with boats that most coastal brats have at an earlier age: having possession of a stable, able, and adventurous small craft to create mayhem in. It was a seventeen-foot Rangley Boat. Designed for use on the lakes of Maine the Rangley …

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Posted on September 20, 2018October 9, 2018

KIZU – FLAWS

My Judo sensei was relentless, he'd walk around us casually, then without warning sweep or throw us to the ground. With a smile, he'd then point out the weakness or flaw in our stance that allowed him to throw us. Flaws are like that. We aren't aware of them until it may be too late …

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Posted on August 29, 2018October 1, 2018

The Golden Zapf Chancery M Â©

  by Louis N. Carreras Every year for about six years I made an annual pilgrimage from Massachusetts to coastal Maine to teach a marine carving course at the WoodenBoat School. The courses tend to be intense, with long days full of hard work, camaraderie, and stories. So many stories in fact that you’d think …

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Posted on August 29, 2018July 1, 2019

The Basic Chip II

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Posted on August 26, 2018July 1, 2019

The Simple Chip

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Posted on August 25, 2018January 30, 2020

The Fair Curve – closing your eyes to see

Sometimes you have to close your eyes to see.

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Relax, It's all Write

Tustler's blog

An outright amateur attempts to sort out -and sail- her beloved 1969 yacht

Conscious Engagement

Careening through life and learning stuff

lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown

Reflections on Life through poetry, essays and photos

My Two Bits

My thoughts and ideas about life, cats, and whatever else I think about

Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss

Welcome to the Anglo Swiss World

Word of the Day Challenge

Alternative haven for the Daily Post's mourners!

Sgeoil

ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/

To participate in the Ragtag Daily Prompt, create a Pingback to your post, or copy and paste the link to your post into the comments. And while you’re there, why not check out some of the other posts too!

My Read Now

A blog by Shreyas

Vintage Diesel Design

Documenting some of the most prominent engine designs and uses of the 1930's-1960's

Innerdialects

Journal

Silly Old Sod

Grumpliciousness

Pacific Paratrooper

This WordPress.com site is Pacific War era information

jesuisleroisoleil

Je gratte, donc je suis

History Voyager

This blog is a selection of interesting things I've come across during my history research. I have a wide interest in history ranging from Wars of the Roses, country houses, Stuarts, Georgians, Louis XIV, Napoleon and criminals. So expect to see a bit of everything on here.

Inked In

My Slice of Mexico

Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada

A Writer's Community

(Travalanche)

The observations of actor, author, comedian, critic, director, humorist, journalist, m.c., performance artist, playwright, producer, publicist, public speaker, songwriter, and variety booker Trav S.D.

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