David Fisher, Carving Explorations

4 min read 2023-01-01 20:06:24

Bowl from a Plank: Part 2

Back to the “bowl from a plank” that I started in this post a couple weeks ago. After preparing the blank and laying out the hollow and rim, I

1 min read 2022-12-23 04:39:25

I couldn’t help it. As a kid, when I was handed a Christmas package that seemed likely to contain clothing or some other uninteresting stuff, I

3 min read 2022-12-12 03:40:21

Sourcing, storing, and/or processing green logs can be a challenge for some people based on location and other circumstances. There are ways around

6 min read 2022-11-30 19:12:21

A whetstone is no carving instrument, And yet it maketh sharp the carving tool; And if you see my efforts wrongly spent, Eschew that course and

1 min read 2022-11-24 08:38:28

From a country road near Fredonia, Pennsylvania. November 20, 2022 One thing about late Autumn, it displays the stubborn simplicities of the earth.

4 min read 2022-11-19 22:08:02

The first stack of firewood out back. It has been a busy fall filled with too many things to mention. One thing that has been keeping me occupied is

5 min read 2022-10-19 04:13:56

The treetops had been on the ground since the logging crew left the woodlot over a year ago. I climbed over brush and through the jaggerbushes that

3 min read 2022-10-09 08:00:27

Tree-U-V Alphabet Board #1, Basswood and oil paint, 13 1/4″ x 6″ x 3/8″ I had wanted to carve an alphabet board for a long time, and I finally

2 min read 2022-09-27 02:51:19

The ducklings liked the new island so much that they decided to live there. All day long they follow the swan boats and eat peanuts. Robert

2 min read 2022-09-20 08:18:25

I’ve made a number of these hen bowls now since the first one six years ago. Different wood species, some painted, some natural. It’s been

3 min read 2022-09-07 06:34:59

There’s a hen bowl in that big chunk of butternut. I’ve made some of these bowls (call them hens, roosters, fowl…) using various log

2 min read 2022-09-03 21:46:39

Circus by Drew Langsner Drew Langsner is an adventurer. A few years after earning his M.A. in painting and sculpture, he and his wife, Louise,

3 min read 2022-08-31 08:37:46

Earlier this month, I wrote a post about two walnut bowls, and there was a question in the comments about dealing with the tricky area where the

1 min read 2022-08-23 08:17:35

Anja Sundberg and Owen Thomas. Back in 2019, I ventured to England (Spoonfest) and Sweden (Täljfest) and had an amazing experience of learning,

2 min read 2022-08-14 06:55:20

Like many places, we have a lot of maple trees around here. Such wonderful trees for shade, syrup, or playing with the samaras, or “propellors.”