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EIGHT SIDE BOWL

This piece has been a real winner! Not only did it win Best of Show at the Southeastern Wood Carving Show in 1995, Wayne Barton selected it to be on the front cover of his new book entitled "The Art Of Chip Carving". And on top of that Wayne gave me several pages in his book. This piece is all basswood with walnut dividers between the panels. The top knob is walnut. The top does lift off to reveal the bowl interior. Overall height is about 13 inches. Each of the panels are 4 inches wide. The hours to complete was approximately 100. The finish is 6 coats of spray-on polyurethane with light steel wool smoothing between each coat.

TEMPLE REPLICA

This piece has been a blue ribbon winner! It is a rather weak replica of the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. While the overall shape is close to the real thing, I did take some liberties on the outside arrangements and the carving. The white wood is basswood. The base is walnut and has an inlaid basswood rosette. The lid lifts of to reveal the bowl interior. The overall height is 16 inches plus 2 inches for the knob. Widest diameter is 12 inches. Estimated time to complete about 100 hours. Finish is 6 coats of spray-on polyurethane with fine steel wool sanding between each coat.

TOWER CLOCK

This was a massive building project as well as a major chip carving. The clock is 24 inches high and has 8 inch diameter dials on all four sides. Each set of hands are driven by an internal quartz clock mechanism. The wood is basswood. There is a walnut ring containing a rosette inside on the lower platform. Estimated time to complete was 120 hours of which 80 percent was in the carving. The finish is 6 coats of spray-on polyurethane with a fine steel wool sanding between each coat.











SHEET MUSIC CHEST

This piece has been a real winner! At the Woodworkers Guild of Georgia's annual show in 2001, it won first place in the Masters Division, Best of Show, and Peoples Choice. Needless to say I am pleased! The chest is made entirely of basswood and has 10 drawers sized for sheet music(9x12). Each drawer is 1.5 inches high and has full extension captive wooden slides. The overall size is 18 inches high, 16 inches wide and 12 inches deep. Finding a song that would fit on 10 drawers was a problem but I believe America really fits it nicely! The sides of the chest have panels that are heavily chip carved as you can see. Again, I used the computer to design this pattern. The laquer thinner/Zerox technique was used to apply all of the carving patterns to the chest. After the chest was completely finished and sanded, it was taken apart for carving. Best estimate on this piece is about 150 hours. The finish is 6 coats of spray-on polyurethane with a light steel wooding sanding between each coat.

RELIQUARY

This piece was a real design challenge with the vertical doors and carving. I got the idea from a picture of a reliquary of ancient times. The pictue had a lot of stuff I could not replicate, however I did capture the overall shape reasonably well. According to the book, the original reliquary contains the skull of St. Dominick. The piece is made of six laminated panels with two of them being the doors. Each panel is laminated with Basswood and Butternut with Butternut being the dominant wood. The basswood shows in the cutouts on the panels and gives a slight contrast. The fun part is that you have to carve the basswood before you laminate with the butternut. The inside of the piece is lined with a heavy dark purple fabic. Strong magnets hold the doors closed. The outside is finished with 6 coats of spray-on polyurethane with light sanding with steelwool between each coat. The overall height is 24 inches and the approximate diameter is 10 inches. It won a second place at the Dollywood Woodcaring Showcase and also a second place in the Master Division at the 2001 Woodworkers Guild of Georgia show. The bracket show in the photo is to support a book or bible if desired. Best estimate on this piece is about 150 hours.

INLAYED BOWL

This is a stave constructed bowl however to get the effect of inlaying, each stave piece was made as a sandwich of two basswood plates with a sheet of walnut veneer between. In the turning process, you carefully turn down the diameter until you reach the internal walnut veneer. Due to the oval shape of the bowl, the walnut shows through as an oval. The top ring and the base are walnut - stave constructed. Estimated time to complete was 80 hours. Finish is 6 coats of spray-on polyurethane with fine steel wooling between each coat.

JEWELRY BOX

Another fun project! This is a Basswood and walnut Jewelry box with dimensions of 10 inches wide by 7 inches deep and 4 inches high. It is lined with a bright red fabric. The top and sides are chip carved. Warning - make one of these and you will have to make at least 6 more to keep the daughters-in-law, and Grandchildren happy. Boxes seem to take a lot of time to build and carve and this one took about 40 hours. The finish is 6 coats of spray-on polyurethane with light steel wooling between each coat.

Chip Carved Serving Tray

Great Chip Carving project! The Serving tray is made of Basswood with walnut ring. The long dimension of the oval is 22.5 inches and the short dimension is 14.25 inches. Since this is a rather large piece, the basswood bottom floats in a dado to allow for wood movement. The hardest piece to make was the walnut oval. I had to glue about 8 pieces together and then use a scroll saw to cut out. A router was use to round the corners. The chip carving design was accomplished on the computer and has interlocking circles. This piece took about 40 hours. The finish is 6 coats of spray-on polyurethane with light steel wooling between each coat.

Chip Carved Bowl

These bowls are fun. The bowl body is basswood with walnut dividers. It is a standard 8 side stave construction however I did turn a small section on each end. By making this round, it allowed me to use a round top. An indexing section was added to the bottom of the lid to make it lineup when the lid is on. The base is a walnut turning. The overall height is about 8.5 inches and the width is 7.5 inches. The chip carving design was accomplished on the computer and applied with the Xerox technique except for the small turnied areas and these had to be hand drawn. This piece took about 40 hours. The finish is 6 coats of spray-on polyurethane with light steel wooling between each coat.

CHIP CARVED BOX

This chip carved box is made of basswood and walnut. The slanted design really shows off the top carving. A small drawer was built in the bottom section and the carving covers the entire front including the drawer. The drawer and the top section was flocked with red felt. The overall size is 7.5 inches high at the back, 5.0 inches high at the front, 12.5 inches wide and 10.5 inches deep. The sides of the box has chip carved rosettes. I used the computer to design this pattern. The laquer thinner/Zerox technique was used to apply all of the carving patterns to the box. Best estimate on this piece is about 40 hours to carve and about 20 hours to make the box. The finish is 6 coats of spray-on polyurethane with a light steel wooding sanding between each coat.

PLAQUE

Just had to show you that chip carving can make beautiful lettering. This plaque has lettering as well as something we chip carvers call freehand. This plaque took about 20 hours to complete. It is 14 inches wide by 12 inches high.

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