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 …
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 …
Sails For The Constitution
keep your dollar in your pocket, and never say never.
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 …
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 …
The Golden Zapf Chancery M ©
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 …
The Basic Chip II
The Simple Chip
The Fair Curve – closing your eyes to see
Sometimes you have to close your eyes to see.