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SIMPLIFIED FLAT PLANE WHITTLING
I've said it before and I'll keep on saying it. "When teaching beginners to whittle, the most important thing is to be sure that they have a successful first experience". For me, this means that...
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More simplified Flat Plane whittling
These are so easy and fun once you cut the blank. I really don't think I need to add the step by step. I am using these as first projects for beginners to learn and practice knife cuts for...
View ArticleDo as I say, not as I do!
When teaching or showing others how to carve, it is important to demonstrate how to safely and properly use the tools. All of us develop bad and unsafe habits when we carve. I think it is critical to...
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Finishing with shaky hands!%#&%@
I guess that many of us when we get older get shaky hands (at least some times). Shaky hands when you carve and try to paint smaller pieces can be difficult. I get shaky sometimes but it has not kept...
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Hospice care givers - Christmas Ornament
This year I was asked to carve some Angel wings for a new friend. This new friend said that her mother had passed away this past year, and she wanted me to carve Christmas tree ornaments that she...
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This years Santa ornament (2018)
Rather than whittling a Santa and attaching an Eye piece to hang the ornament on the tree, I decided to attach Santa to a backing. You can see that my theme is wood, and natural wood at that. The...
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More fast and easy "flat plane" critters.
Some readers know that I like to whittle small. Some also know that I like to introduce potential wood carvers (beginners) to wood carving by starting out whittling flat plane animals. Reasons for...
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UPDATE About this BLOG! Recent changes in my life have caused me to not be as attentive to my Blog as I should and want to be. I am in the final stages of downsizing. I am not on a diet, but the...
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Getting Settled & Ready To Whittle!
These are the first pieces whittled since I relocated to the Florida Panhandle. Here's a photo of my new carving/whittling "studio". This is the front porch, which one can hear the surf from. I am...
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New Whittling from the Beach
Finally settled, at least to the point of whittling. Most of my tools and stuff is still in OHIO, but my scroll saw came down with me. The hurricane took out everything from under the house, up to...
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TRYIN TO GET SOME WHITTLING DONE
I have been in my new house for 6 weeks now. When I moved in all I had was a pocket knife, strop, scroll saw, and some Basswood scrapes. I had several changes of clothes. The house came furnished....
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BACK And Posting!
It has been four months since I've posted, and I apologize. In one of my last posts I mentioned that I was dealing with some changes in my life. What I did not realize was how extensive this can be....
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Christmas is Coming!
Christmas is coming! It may be four months away, but it is coming. Any whittler worth her or his salt will be starting on some Christmas items. For me it's ornaments or pins. When I start getting a...
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Halloween and Thanksgiving Pins
With Fall nearly here, it's time to start thinking about some carved pins for gifting. The Pin that come to mind is a PUMPKIN. The pumpkin can stand alone as a pumpkin for Thanksgiving and/or add...
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Easy and fun sea turtle
I am discovering more and more about life at the beach in Florida; my new home. I purchased a typical "old Florida" house on the Panhandle. By "old Florida" I mean up on eight foot pilings, one floor...
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Dolphin Pendent
When living in Florida, especially on the beach, one must get with the program. For a whittler, this means all things from the sea. Dolphins are sighted multiple time a day just off the beach. They...
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USING YOUR SCRAPS
I have found that it is a good idea to use all of the Basswood that you order. This has become a challenge for me to do. It is a fun challenge. About once a month I sort through my scrap bucket, and...
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IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE POSTED SOMETHING !
Life is like a roll of toilet paper! The closer you get to the end the faster it seems to go!Well sometimes it sure seems that way. The days, weeks, and months do seem to fly by faster. But on the...
View ArticleCONTINUATION of "BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE POSTED"
The other day someone responded to a post that I put up on another site, They reminded me that It's been a while since I posted anything on this BLOG. They did not say it, but I heard it - "was I...
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WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING INSTEAD OF POSTING
Let me try to catch you all up on what I’ve been up to since my blogging came to a stop. I’ll hit the highlights with photos and some dialog. I’ll add some projects photos as I attempt to tell the...
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WHERE I WHITTLE!
My house on the Florida Panhandle has a front screened in porch as well as a back porch. My main whittling station is on the front screened in porch. A key tool is a hand held dust buster.Sometimes I...
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WHITTLING GIVEAWAYS
As part of my therapy to enjoy life I spend a whole lot of time with a pocket knife in my hand. I whittle small items that I can complete and carry in my pocket. These small whittlings are given to...
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WILD LIFE
We do have an abundance of wild life. Some very visible and numerous, others more secretive, and leave only evidence of their being.Deer photo through the porch screen.Evidence of "protected" Dune...
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SIMPLE Stuff - For Any Level of Whittler
Every now and then when my brain is not functioning at a proper level I go to my scrap box and make blanks of the smallest and easy things to whittle. And like it or not, my brain is taking a time...
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