Just a little bit about me.
My name is Mickey Hudspeth and my hobby is woodworking and carving with a little golf thrown in. I am a retired Electrical Engineer and have been a hobbiest woodworker for 30 plus years.
I take on a variety of projects that includes just about all areas of woodworking as well as making many of my shop tools. Many of the projects are turned pieces such as wood bowls, boxes, chest, and other crafted wood objects. Several eons ago, I felt the turned pieces needed something other than a highly finished smooth surface. Chip carving provided the enhancement that I was looking for so I started chip carving most of the other wood pieces such as jewelry boxes, birdhouses, clocks, etc. with equally satisfactory results. To learn the process, I studied under the Master of Chip Carving - Mr. Wayne Barton at his Alpine School of Wood carving. This was an outstanding course where you learn everything from how to sharpen your knife up to completing detailed carvings and pattern designs. I am a longtime member of the Woodworkers Guild of Georgia - an organization that has all levels of woodworkers with a mission to promote the understanding and art of fine woodworking. I am not going to go into detailed woodworking on this Web Page as this would be too broad of a subject to undertake. From time to time, perhaps I will go though a special project in basic woodworking(a bowl or jewelry box). I can however, provide visitors with a good idea on how to get started in Chip Carving. Try it - I believe that you will like it!! Just remember - it is an art and it will take practice and practice and more practice.
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mhudspeth@bellsouth.net