Most of my creative endeavors, including composing music and writing books, are considered additive art forms. Painting would also be included in this class because each of them builds one thing on another to create a whole. Carving is the only truly subtractive art form I practice. It has taught me how to be a…
The other night I watched a repeat of one of my favorite shows on NPT. It’s titled Tree Safari: A Sculptural Journey and it tells the story of a trip that world renowned woodcarver Brad Sells made to Africa. He was in search of some special wood called pink ivory. The massive trees from which…
Carving has taught me how to be a better writer and editor. Simply remove everything that is not the art. Removing the waste wood from my tree relief carvings requires a scroll saw, pictured below. At the top, you’ll see the mechanism that holds the upper end of the thin strip of blade. There is…
Since the step-by-step tutorial of my current project will be featured in a magazine this fall, I finally bit the bullet and bought some professional lighting for the photographs. The guest room has now become Studio A, as you can see below. The little Canon PowerShot I have is great, but the lighting makes all…
Happy news! I just started a new carving that will be featured in the Fall edition of a Fox Chapel magazine. They are the publishers of both Woodcarving Illustrated and Scrollsaw Woodcarving & Crafts. My carvings have been previously featured in both magazines, and now they’ve asked me to do a full tutorial on the…
I’m very excited to tell you that Heartwood Art carvings got Top Pick in Holiday Gifts That Don’t Suck list on Examiner.com! The author of the column, Judith Yates, also runs the Bohemian Nashville! MeetUp group, which includes a diverse membership of performing and visual artists. It’s a great way to meet other artists in…
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