Too busy to post

Here are my latest. I have just forgot to post lately. My apologies to those who were wondering where I went to. Still here. Enjoy.

 Bark faces. Examples for a class I will teach in December.

Puppy in a stocking ornament. This is also for a class at Woodcraft in Boise.

Santa is a football fan, wearing his favorite colors. This is on his off day.

This cowboy bust turned out really well. I enjoyed carving him. Head and bust are two different pieces.

This bony o.' Cowboy was a pleasure to carve. He is based on a Harold Enlow pattern. I like him. Hope the buyer does as well.

Anyway, I hope to be more attentive to my blog. But if you prefer, I post most of my latest carvings on Facebook or Instagram. See you there, or here, or around the carving table, or in a class, or...............wherever.

Article and teaching

I am extremely pleased to have another carving article in Woodcarving Illustrated magazine. This article is a carving project (step-by-step) on how to carve my sports bears. This is my 2nd entry in the magazine and I hope to have many more.

If anyone is interested in having me come teach a class to your carving club, or for just a group of  carvers, I am available. My contact information is in the magazine. I can be reached at boiseowens@gmail.com

I will also be teaching a class for the Salem, Oregon carving group, the Capital Area Woodcarvers on August 9-10 of this year. It promises to be fun. I taught there last year, and am returning with new projects. I have some projects such as my "First Date" project, my "Leaning Hobo", my "Sports Bears" (see above), my "Coat of Many Colors" (Joseph from the Old Testament), my elf carving and my "Baby it's cold outside" (snowman wrapped in a quilt) carving. I will also bring a few of some other rojects I have coem up with. But I am working on quite a few other carvings as well. Many of them are just ideas, but I will soon begin to work on examples of  each of the ideas I have in my head. Hopefully I can get some carving classes for clubs to call me about. cross my fingers.

Thanks for listening. Stay safe and happy carving.

Teaching

     We just got back from teaching and attending classes at the Tri-Cities Woodcarvers Club Rendezvous in Kennewick, Washington.. We always have a great time there every year, learning new techniques, greeting old friends and making new ones. Due to lagging attendance and interest, numbers were down from previous years and revenue dipped a little, but all in all we had a great time.

I will be teaching more at the Woodcraft store in Boise, as I am now also teaching intermediate carving classes along with the beginning carving classes. Woodcraft agreed to teach beginner classes every other month and intermediate classes every other month. So the beginner and intermediate classes will alternate months. Beginning in July, I will teach a fantasy door class as a beginner class, then cottonwood bark faces in August, then a ghost Halloween carving in September, then a face study stick in October, then a dog/cat stocking ornament in November and a gnome in December.

I have outlined about 24 beginner classes, 14 intermediate classes and 30 or so weekend long classes. If you know of any carving club or group that wants me to come teach a carving class, contact me and I will set that up with them. I love teaching and always feel I give a great class for both beginners and intermediate carvers. I look forward to working with any group that wants a good teaching experience. Thanks.

New series of Youtube videos

If you are interested in learning how to carve, check out my latest Youtube carving video series.

On Youtube, check out my channel:  Eric Owens Carving

Thanks.