SOMETHING NEW

Sorry I have not been active of late.. more health problems

I think this one will explane it better..

have a nice day and keep

"whittling"

Will

COOL HAND LUKE

Cool hand Luke

basswood

4 inches tall

with a wax finish

                                                                 "ON THE MOVE"
                                                      compeled on the 26th of May 2011 

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST WRITE

A LITTLE HUMOR

A little humor to hold you over until I can get my 4 inch face page straightened out.

ENJOY

THE THREE MINUTE OWL

 Here is the little owls that I do. The first year that I did them was 2005 when I had a problem(unknown at the time).. but I lost weight and no desire to do anything.. this lasted for 9 months with visits to my primary doctor every two to three weeks..and we would try something else for a couple of weeks..and on and on , until June of the following year. I did the JIM  RAHM style (type 1) and did around 1,400 . It was the only thing I carved during that time.

                                                 The JIN RAHM TYPE 3 MINUTE OWL

                                   I started making this take after a number of years THE TYPE 2

Jim only taught  eye to eye..and knife to wood...NO PATTERN.. years later a good friend of mine , John Lukens came up with this one and I used it in a class in Longview with the club as that were attending a LEWIS and CLARKE function in the park and wanted something to give to the kids
I used all scrap wood.. and cut to whatever size I could get out of it BUT nothing larger than 1/2 inch and  most of them smaller. IO never really use a pattern and only made a few pencil markings for the firs 25 or so.. since the wood was not always the same size it was faster just to  carve away with the knife.. Later I started to use a small V tool to do the claws and a small #11 to do the eyes.. as it was much quicker... ENJOY...

Over the years I have just carried them around in my pockets and given to almost everyone I encountered.. at the bank,store,doctors office, and car dealers .
Oh..the problem I had.. "it was from a blood thinner they had put me on."
so if you are on AGGRENOX and have a head problem(or headaches) STOP.
I called my doctor after talking to a friend.... and he said  "Stop for a week and then give me a call".. I skipped to pills and was up and running the next day..

FINDING A NEW IDEA TO CARVE

Got this idea for a Christmas Ornament from

from a card from the year before. I always go through

my cards and hold a few and take to the shop for

further study.

Or you can just create  a carving from a cartoon

I have the original cartoon on the back

 This was also taken from an old

Christmas card

 and this one also.

This was taken out of political cartoon

in the newspaper.

JUST A FEW OF THE PLACES TO FOR NEW IDEAS

another source I use is these junk catalogs you receive

with shirts with sayings on then.. just stay alert

and you will find many new ideas..

KEEP LOOKING and LISTENING

WORKBENCH

My Bench when I left the shop

yesterday at 1600 hours..lots

of painting ahead..

The three incher's (I think there

are 6) will go into my med (recycled)

medication bottel's

NEW KNIFE ,a new LIFE with the wood.