General Everyday Information
What I Find When I Walk My Dog
Walking with my dog, Rex. I find a lot of crap, and I pick it up and take it home!!! At least my wife [...]
Rubber Tree Wands
Snake Wand from Rubber Tree The rubber tree is grown on plantations so it is often called plantation hardwood. It is native to the [...]
Carver’s Block (pun intended)
Using Circles Carver's block is like writer's block - how do I move forward? When it happens to me, it is usually in the [...]
When Life Gets in the Way
Bone Carving Sometimes life gets in the way. You have great plans, high expectations, and set some completion goals that that are doable but [...]
How to Price Your Pieces for Sale
I wish I could say there is a magic formula, or a set of firm guidelines to help with pricing, but there is not. You can [...]
Organization
My small, but organized, workspace. My work area has a small physical space and I often have multiple projects on the go at once. [...]
Carving Bark
Framed Miniature Tree Spirit Carving bark is special to me. I like to work in found materials so I have never bought bark to [...]
Brazilian Walnut
Brazilian Walnut Brazilian walnut is a very hard and dense wood. As stated on the MacDonald Hardwoods website, it is not actually related to [...]
Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
Using Recycled Materials Reusing items in creative ways has always intrigued me. My father used to save items that had outlived their intended purpose [...]
Carving in Bone
I have been asked how I got the finish on the whale bone carving in my photo gallery so I thought I would discuss bone carving [...]
Why I Don’t Paint a Lot of My Work
To Paint or Not To Paint I like the look of wood grain. Part of carving and sculpting in wood is to use the [...]
Pine Gall Rust
Pine Gall Rusts in Various Stages of Use One day a few summers ago, I was walking my dog in the park and we [...]
How I got here
I started working with wood at an early age, encouraged by my father who taught me how to use and respect tools. My mother influenced me [...]