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CARVINGS

I enjoy carving wood, plaster, Ceramic and stone, Carving is my most natural medium to work in .It comes easily to me with little effort. Carving its self, takes efforts in the physical sense .Most of my carvings begin with simple line sketches right on the object I’m carving. While carving I see the object as if its already completed and its just a matter of completing the steps in my mind and removing layers of space until the image forms . I prefer to use old used items rather than stock wood, I look for yard sale and flea market finds, old tables, benches, dressers, marble tile & book shelves. A nice well worn table top can become a wonderfull carving to hang on the wall. Below are a few samples.

FURNITURE DETAILING

I began to detail furniture ( painting & woodburning )simply because I wanted to have decorative items in my house that I enjoyed looking at .So I picked up a cheap wood burning tool at Wal-Mart & experimented on a few wood slabs. They turned out very nice and were soon sold. One thing leads to another, and I was soon scouting out flea markets & yard sales for my next project. I love to take something old & bring it to life again. Below are a few samples.

CLAY SCULPTURE

Clay of any type is a great medium to work in, it's very forgiving .Here you can view several polymer clay sculptures that I have made. The medium it's self is very versatile; you can get the clay in a wide range of colors, blend your own colors or paint it after it is cured. You can add fillers to the clay like you would to paint and get very interesting effects. If this looks like something you would like to try Click Here .Below are a few samples .