I carved intermittently from the 1960s through the mid-seventies. Going to graduate school put an end to most carving activities, and I didn't pick it up again until 1992.
New Patterns and Old
Work Smart
If you buy too many woodworking magazines, you may develop shop and tool envy.
Hope, Trust, Faith
Hope and trust rank high among the words woodcarvers should use regarding the raw wood they work.
Influences
Little things can alter the path we travel as craftspeople, and opening ourselves to new influences is vital to keep our work fresh and exciting.
Prototype January
January is prototype month in my small carving shop.
Bad Show!
Once you paid your money for a ten by ten booth, it was gone unless the producer canceled the show.
Storyline
The little sloop is close to a disastrous jibe, and in the tempest, it is sailing in it will probably lead to a knockdown - the sort of scenario that haunts every sailor's dreams.
Just Right
A shop with all the tools neatly racked, and no chips are like a clean desk—a sign of a sick mind.
Love and Hate
Because of the good and bad of the design, it's a piece I love and hate.
Practice
The problem with long periods of no practice is that you think you are doing great, but then realize that your technique has atrophied.
