[Woodcarver] What have you been working on?

[Linehan718 at aol.com]

Sometimes I feel like I slow down a bit in the summer but looking back on  
things I think I have stayed rather busy carving-wise............Well, this  
summer I attended the Newr, did a tramp art box, scrimshaw medallion and a  
dennis thorton caricature of a chickenhawk, all things that I had never tried  
before. I think they all came out pretty well.  while I liked the  tediousness of 
the scrimshaw work(I guess due to the historical aspects), the  tramp art box 
got to me and I had to struggle thru it.  I guess it is for  the same reasons 
that me and chip carving don't agree..... and have been  teaching classes 2x a 
week for the nyc parks dept, going on my second year  now. we do all types of 
things, whatever my students wish to tackle and I  give guidance and prepare 
their wood and cutouts, teach them sharpening and  advise them as to their 
techniques and finishing.
 
  I have also been working with an antique wholesaler and currently am  
restoring an 1840 gothic table in walnut which I will put together a pictoral of  
when finished, should be sometime this or next week, involved lots of gothic  
tracery carvings to replace missing parts, recently finished up restoring a  
mahogany 100 year old table with classical shells, leaves, lions heads,  lions 
paw feet.  That came out great!!! Keeping some old carvers work  alive for the 
next generations to enjoy is very inspiring and educational for  me.
 
On the more personal front, I recently came across a wonderful pic of  my 
great-great-grandfather circa 1900 in which he is wearing a top hat, long  
double-breasted overcoat with chest medal, cravat, wingtips  and leaning on a cane 
and have just started an 18x10" relief portrait  in walnut.  This one is near 
and dear to my heart and hope to do it  justice.
 
 
Maura Carving in NYC
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