John Little brought his latest carving along to the the same Wormshill session as the AGM. These photographs should it outside in the sunlight, though it should really be on the bank of the local stream.
Category:Carvings
Introducing John’s Kingfisher
Dennis’ latest work
Dennis brought his latest work in to Wormshill over the weekend:
New work from Glen Martin
I’ve received photographs of new work from Glen. The shelf sitting Santa is a Peter Benson design and the apple netsuke is based on another of Peter’s creations. These serving boards are my own designs and are made from wood rescued from a skip some years ago by Frank Mace.
David’s Barn Owl
This Barn Owl was recently carved by David Howard at the Wormshill sessions. It’s been finished with watercolour paints and an acrylic satin varnish and has gone off to a new home on Scotland.
Mary’s stick carvings
This work has been made by Mary Hansford. It’s involved quite a bit of work, some of which was at the Wormshill sessions. It was well worth it in the end though!
Dennis’ family
Dennis Smyth has been working on the production of a set of folk carvings and brought the full set into the Wormshill carving session at the weekend. It is quite a set, as these photographs show. It is the result of about a year’s work, initially working from a book.
Lockdown carvings by Ray Dean
Glen asked me to put these photos forward for inclusion on the Kent Woodcarvers website as they are quite different to other members’ carvings. They are mathematical geometric shapes called oloids which have one surface and two edges, which ideally should be knife edges. The story behind these carvings started with an article in the …
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Wood Warlock Work
I’m Dick Baugh from the Hamlet Wood group. I see from the newsletter that you have requested pictures of recent work so have taken the liberty of attaching photo’s of a couple of projects commissioned during the lockdown. One is a carved mantle for a cottage in Harrietsham and the other is a house sign …
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New Maori necklaces from Glen
I’ve attached a photo of a couple of necklaces based on traditional Maori symbols. The hei-matau or fish hook represents strength, prosperity, abundance, fertility and respect for the sea. The pokorua or twist represents the journey of life, love, friendship, loyalty, eternity and the joining of two people/cultures.
