[Woodcarver] New list member

[Jay Henson]

Hello,

I just found this email list during the past week and was happy to 
see it. I've done a variety of wood working over the years. Got me 
through college and grad school. I'm basically a whittler who enjoys 
picking up a piece of wood and carving things for family or friends. 
I did work for a scale miniature furniture company a number of years 
ago and found I had a knack for carving miniature Queen Anne chair 
legs and miniature duck decoys by eye. I enjoy making static ship 
models of 18th and 19th century naval vessels and am investigating 
doing some miniature ship figureheads..

I recently stumbled into chip carving and have been attempting to 
learn the techniques from books and DVDs. Just worked up to my first 
simple practice rosette (which looks like a first attempt), but I got 
hooked pretty quickly on the variety of things that can be done using 
the techniques of chip carving with relatively few tools. Hope there 
are some others on the list who are also interested in chip carving 
and willing to discuss it. I'm sort of working backwards with wood. 
Did most of my early miniature work in cherry and walnut and now 
using basswood and other softer woods.

Wood carving is a great diversion from my job which is working in IT 
as a systems manager, etc. at a nearby university. Definitely a good 
change of pace.

Regards,

Jay Henson
jay at thewaytech.com