The last project got framed and someone offered a few thousand for it so hey, more framing coming ..read more

This will be my next carving project. Photographed panel from the door on the Church of the Purgatories in Madera, Italy. I'll be carving this in 2-3 pieces and doing something different for the finish(es ..read more

Maple wood with 2X  clear I used the same bottle of color for all the colors, just kept adding more lacquer thinner using the air brush. Cutting the slot for the mirror between the backer board and the carved pieces was a little strain on my little brain but got er done.   I might have said before, no woodworking sales sites sells these air angle air grinders and this is what I start hogging out the wood then turn to the Dremel with the flex shaft for the tight narrow gruves.  Four different shades counting the middle is a very light pink. These grinders were what they sold for ..read more

 After staring at this thing on the wall for a few days I thought it needed more to help protect the thin maple wood flower petals. I finished this some time ago but kept thinking it needed more. More of what I tell myself????   The flower petals are very thin maple wood and this might help? but still don't know how anyone could dust it   So I added a box frame and some birds ..read more

Well the doc says get back in the shop and do something. So I made a frame for my last carving thingy ..read more

Here’s a picture of my Godson’s latest work.  ..read more

My wife and I just enjoyed 3 weeks of traveling in Southern Italy, including Sicily, the Aeolian Islands, Calabria, and Puglia. While traveling, I photographed these two stone carvings in Reggio and Trani. The shell was located 3 stories up on a private building and the skull was in a church cemetery.  ..read more

Then enlarged it with Rapid Resizer. Maple wood was used.   Then started transferring the imagines in to the wood.   It finally got to where it was turning in to something close to my picture.    I never know what I will end up with   I got the center piece of wood a little too much red so I toned the carving pieces with a little pink color which was powder and applied it with my fingers to the tops of the pieces mostly so it would all match up better to the NAKED eye.  I never plan anything before I start a project so its like a soap opera kinda and it make me wa ..read more

First time I have used PINE to carve..   We got this picture many years ago as a gift? Wife can remember who from?   I glued 2 3/4" boards together for the many different heights and the band saw cut the pieces up so all I had to do was to start carving with the power tools..     I guess you might call it reverse engineering   So after I got the ducks cut out with the scroll saw and back in to their slots   I proceeded to saw each piece the right height I guessed each duck would end up with... It does sound easier than it was .    So anyway I ended ..read more

This is the first time I used something other than Ash and Maple just to see the difference. My project always starts with the scroll saw.   smallpatch ..read more