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Some Additional Photos

Check out the Flickr item in the Links on the right column on this page.  I’m in the process of adding some extra carving related photos to this site, and you’ll find them there.  The only non-carving related photo is the one of my Dad and I with one of his r/c airplanes.  He enjoyed carving, wood working and all activities associated with creating and building…and would have enjoyed this site.

In the coming days and weeks, I’ll do a better job at putting a title on the photos that you see so that you’re able to get a better sense of what you’re looking at.  But for now, I hope you enjoy the extra shots of some of my carvings and others’ carvings that I’ve admired at shows.

Wood Carving Illustrated

If you’re interested in carving, you’ll want to visit woodcarvingillustrated.com

I recently registered and posted a photo of “Zeke” on their forum, and through that was introduced very quickly to a number of outstanding carvers…and, clearly, outstanding people given the nice welcome they gave me.

The web site is set up very well and there’s a wealth of information and photos to access.  I’ll start putting a number of links on this page so that you can get at some of the blogs and web sites that other carvers have created.  You’ll be impressed…and motivated to either start or do more carving.  I know that my head is full again with ideas of things I’d like to carve.

In other news…the carving portion of my bark carving is completed.  Basically, I’ve hollowed out the windows since the last photo that I posted.  I’ll get to putting some urethane on it over the next few days and it’ll be ready to hang on the wall.

It’s already made quite a hit in the family and I’m sensing in conversation that the dear women in my life are quietly putting in their “purchase orders”.  I can tell that this bark thing is going to be competing for caricature carving time…I’m glad that I got to finish the Corporal!

One Thousand Hits, Fifty-five Years…and Counting!

Wow.  Has this blog ever been a lot of fun.

My daughter used her web savvy this past Christmas to set her less than web savvy Dad up on a blog.  I’m glad she did because this has been fun.  Plus, I have a 1000 hits as of today.

When you visit, don’t be afraid to leave a comment as I’d like to hear what you’ve been carving or crafting.

In other news…my same daughter sent me this birthday card, featuring best wishes from the Corporal.  Just so there’s no confusion, I was not born in 1812.