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May 27, This past weekend I attended the NorthEast  CCA CarveAlong hosted by the Mystic Carvers at the W Alton Jones Campus. It was a fantastic weekend! The CCA Instructors were Harley Refsal, Pete Ortel, and Joe You.
  The sessions were wonderful, the evenings listing to presentations and sharing and carving and sharing, and the meals and accomodations were so very nice.  I can't imagine anything  being better except perhaps more hotel like sleeping accomodations,... Read More

Here is the photo link I mentioned I would try to include in my next journal entry.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lowvillecarver/20080527San tawDeer

There are other carvings out on my web albums but his is my progress to date on this guy.   Comments more than welcome as long as they are not just feel good things.   Patti

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What a fun but tedious carving this has been.   Problems galore but very interesting and lots of learning along the way.   Yesterday finally decided enough is enough...when do you really know when it is "done".   When you start looking at other wood and wondering what else you could be doing instead of picking away and second guessing yourself on this carving.   So got out the paints and went at it.   Spent most of the day on it, on and off, ... Read More

Carving Safely   Be Alert!!!   Keep a well stocked first aid kit nearby as eventually you will cut yourself.   Keep you’re your tools sharp and in good condition.    Remove unnecessary items from your workspace.  Use carving gloves and tape to protect hands and fingers until you have the experience to go without them.  Pay attention to the direction your tool will take if it slips.  Protect your fellow carver when carving in clo... Read More

    Not much happening in the carving arena the last couple of days... well, not much obvious anyway. I have a couple of interesting things happening this weekend that I will be able to report about in a couple of days...
    Today, though, I wanted to work some more on the wolf that I started and have been posting pictures of. I read through the next step of the instructions and saw that I had to carve... eyes.
    *gulp*
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