I have been a carver just about my entire life from the time I used a dull steak knife to carve things from a bar of IVORY SOAP right up to custom making made a fine detail knife from a turn of the century file that has lost all it "teeth" but not the quality of the steel...Getting retired a few years ago has let me pursue a lifelong ambition to be my own boss and make decisions to create exactly what my mind sees, and hopefully someone will like it enough to buy it!!!!.
I have always loved to create 3-dimensional work, and now being retired, I am throwing myself into creating unique custom signs carvings and whimsical creations to sell at craft fairs up and down the East Coast. I did craft shows for the past 5 yeas here on the East Coast, but recent shoulder surgery has made me rethink all that is involved with that business,and I now work entirely from home. I get tremendous creative satisfaction when I get contacted about custom signs or creations and recently I have started to make Automata...hand cranked carvings that move and react to the motion of cams, levers and gears. I will be posting the finished pieces here soon.
Every piece of my work is made using antique or home made knives, chisels, planes or spokeshaves and every letter I have carved is laid out purely by eye and hand....no computers or powered carvers.