Big Plans?

Big plans for that career? Get the degree, go for the Ph.D, professorship and, oh yes, the adoration of your students! Sounds familiar, a sort of long-range plan that maps out your future. But as my dad, Nicholas Carreras, always said, have a backup trade or career just in case. You can be tempted by …

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 …