Authentic Nautical Accessories, and Custom Furnishings
The worn and dogeared paperback copy still sits on the shelves with my many other books on woodwork and carving. It's E.J. Tangerman's book Whittling And Woodcarving. It's probably been in print continuously since it's first publication in 1936. So it's been the introduction to carving for many thousands interested in the hobby, craft and …
If there is one time in carving when you think about it as a big mess, this is it. I call it chopping out.
A Carved Star - is as maritime a decoration as you can get
Iron ore as a carving material? That's what I've been told this is. As a portrait of a Native American, it's well done, detailed, and has a certain patina of age about it. Knowing that I was a carver, one of my wife's grandmothers gave it to me as a present. She and her husband …
Judy's number game- and the number is... 156 Unfinished cherry bowl Sample hair sticks Surprise Quarterboard In progress dry fitting of elements for S.S. Servia project Not many for this number. The bowl was made from a piece of cherry firewood. Although smaller in size, these small bowls often have better color and wilder grain …
From the very fetid depths—that is where some of my best and worst creative ideas originate— from the muck. Years ago, when I was younger and a professional anthropologist, I liked the cleaner term—the preconscious. But now I am older, and I've more experience with the cleanup required before some of the doozies are ready for prime-time. So, I prefer to …
I play around with carving elements on the computer before I begin carving. But in this case, I wanted to play with the elements in the shop. I had run across some mid-19th-century sailors' dioramas online and wanted to experiment further with how they brought elements together. The best way to do that was more …
I once imagined setting up a shop on a waterfront and selling the carvings that I created. Then, reality intervened when I considered the actual costs versus the take minus the overhead. It was a wonderful dream, but keeping a shop and trying to carve in volume stopped being a dream I might actually do …
what's the story behind the diorama? That's the thing about this type of presentation: there is a story.
A Flashback Friday presentation Pro Bono work, work you do for free or at a significantly reduced fee, can be rewarding; or not. It can depend on how entitled or grateful the recipient is. I once did a set of quarter boards for a venerable museum ship. The cost was sixty dollars for the mahogany …
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