Christmas ornaments

I made these ornaments a while back but didn't post til now they were given to friends and family for gifts for xmas . they were my takes on some patterns from wci and the carving magazine.

Wannabee Biker from a Marv Kaisersatt Pattern

Kept this natural other than the eyes just put a coat of blo on it.

Popeye

 This started as a drawing coutting out my pattern from that and then making him come to life . This is one piece with the pipe added after

Shipley Bear

This bear was carved from a Mike Shipley pattern . He was made for a young lady that loves the disney country bear jamboree so on her birthday i have sent her a different bear each year .She has already called this one Tennessee.

basketball Player

 This basketball player is from a Norman Rockwell  Pic have to create glasses and another 3 players for the scene

The Farmer

 Just a simple carving made from a pattern of harley refsal's

The Mechanic

 This mechanic carving Was from a Marv Kaisersatt  pattern

St nick

 Just a simple St Nick carved away from home .

Wayne Mumford A very Talented Artist

I Thought I would post these pics of a carving at my wife's cousin's house .When we went to Orillia I actually met and got to see other works of Wayne's. The detail in his work is just unbelievable .

Second washtub bassplayer

 This carving I used the clay model I made in may . It was a gift to a good friend in Florida . So it is similar to a previous post.

July's class with Marv

In this pic with me is Joe You , Marv Kaisersatt and Doug Raines all CCA members .It was great picking the brains of such talented carvers .They were all so down to earth .

Marvs Class in July

 This was our project in july's class with Marv Kaisersatt  . If any of you get a chance Marv is a great instructor . We went thru the steps in carving a face  and I finally got his book and had him autograph it to . This is a train engineer with an oilcan

Clown carving

 This carving took me a while to carve and paint it stands about 18 inches tall . It was carved from a pic that was taken for me about 15 years ago.

Quiet Summer

Well its been a while since i have posted been doing a little traveling and just came back from a workshop with Marv Kaisersatt the second one this year . I have to admit he is one heck of a good teacher and carver. We all carved a train engineer holding a oilcan (pic to follow) . I also finally got Marv's book on caricature carving faces and am totally enthralled in this book now . I will start posting a few more updates shortly hang in .Hope everyone is having a great summer even though right now it's pretty hot .

The Wiz

 My daughter is a Harry potter fan so Ithought I would carve a wizard for her this is another original

My Finished Carving Luther the washtub player

 I had the privilege of taking a week long course with Marv Kaisersatt it was on design of your own idea . We started the week making a clay model of our design.We then used that to make a pattern on our wood . If you ever get a chance to do a class with Marv do it he is an excellent teacher . The rest of the week he gave us pointers on face and body positioning .This is the end result hope you like.

marvs class

My project with marv the wood carvings head is bigger but i used the clay model more for positioning of the limbs than size of head

Marvs class

 Just a few pics from Marv's Class . The second pic down is my clay model and cutout . We started with a clay model and then made a pattern from that. I will show my finished project in the next coming weeks.

Some other winter Projects

 These are just a few quick carvings completed before we left florida