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hello everybody my name is David Pinzon, i'm from colombia, and i began to carve 4 year ago, its a really hard life, I carvethink in every, golf ball, billar balls, wood, bone, bronze, stone,plastic, but its really dificult, in my country, it has lost the art,they only interests in the conseptual art, for that reason and carver like me have to fight alone, actually i cant carve, i have problems in my arns, bud food , I making changes to get back to carve... Read More
Wow.. time flies and another year has passed by. Though I didn't accomplish a great deal of carving, I did some. Took one class from Trudy carving my 1st bottle stopper. Carved a bark house for my land lady's 89th birthday gift. Put my 1st face in bark with the little Santa. Finished a Jon Nelson Santa for my sister, and 2 boxes I'd purchased from Sheila Hunter. My experiment with them was using the nail polish they paint decorations on finger nails with to color the... Read More
I learned several weeks ago that one of our very talented members had passed away. Hal Harsin belonged to the same carving club as I and I feel blessed to have known him. I have made him the featured member and will leave his pages up for awhile. I hope all who read this will click on his picture and visit his site. He was not only a very talented carver but also woodworker. He enjoyed almost all aspects of woodworking. I remember that he brought in for show a... Read More
One of my major "hangups" is painting my woodcarvings. I have seen several carvings which were painted by long time carvers and the carvings were beautifully painted. Shadows in the right places, highlights as well etc. etc. I have 2 carved busts which I carved and had the help of a well known carver and painter. What a difference. I am a bit color blind and depend on the labels on the paint bottles for help with the colors. I do want to do a GOOD job in painting my carvi... Read More
Jan. 20th 2006 was a day that changed my ability to carve for years. I snapped a wrist cartlidge moving furniture and then medical practice spent another 2 years messing things up and trying to fix them. It's so nice to be able to say that I believe carving will once again always be a part of life. Once I had the pain under control and some ability back, there was still a long way to go to regain my imagination. Last year I carved this house - (60hrs as I was jus... Read More
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