Sunday, December 14, 2014

Well, the Christmas Show is over and we are recuperating from 24 hours of selling. What an experience. It was good for us, but we will always want more. I did meet a load of great people, talked to many who wanted to learn how to carve of knew someone who did want to learn, and I may have picked up a few commissions. We shall see.
     Here are a few carvings I finished in the past few days. This first one was for our annual Idaho Woodcarvers Guild Christmas part gift exchange. He is a shelf sitter, about 5 inches high. I had some time at the Christmas Show and competed him down there. I really like him and hope to do some more. I will be teaching a Community Education class in Boise in February on shelf sitters.


        


This minion is a carving I did for a class I will be teaching at the Woodcraft store in Boise in January. He drew a lot of attention at the Christmas Show, with many wanting to learn how to carve him and others wanting to buy him.


This group of carvings is a set of ornaments I carved for the parent of one of my students. She buys Christmas ornaments every year for her kids (as do many of us; we are still doing it even though our kids are grown) and wanted ones that reflected the activities of the kids. I hope they like them.


Until next time, see you around the carving table.