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

Have a drink

 Tried something different unique mustache and nose