A few weeks back someone was in a bad mood. Not only was the fence of the next- door neighbors kicked down but three of the pickets on the my front fence were ripped off, broken and thrown into the front yard. Since I had to repair them I thought I would share the story of the fence. How the fence got started- There is a tulip picket that lives on the wall in my studio. Here is the story of that picket. Back in the early 1990's I had a woodcarving student, Kurt Kennedy, that came to me to learn woodcarving to carve some replacement pickets for a fence that his mother carved. During World Wa ..read more

On February 25, Max, the shop cat, went to Cat Heaven.  He will be missed sitting right on top of tool rolls and checking out the woodcarvers progress.   Welcome the new batch of new woodcarvers. Father and Son woodcarvers. Great job. A special shout out to Tove an eight year old with a passion for carving. Niki just finished this carving that was started by her mother in Japan. It was mostly carved but Niki sanded the background and added a tiny bit of color to make the piece really sing. Doug finished this beautiful Padauk abstract. He was going for a thin flowing form. It al ..read more