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.