North Idaho Carver

I started painting the hair and beards of my Santa's like I seen another carver do so. I use watered down acrylic's mainly from Ame...

This Santa is 4 inches tall. I used a piece of tile for a base. I painted the beard first with yellow, mainly in the grooves, then burnt si...

Leroy gave a class on this Tear Drop Santa at West Glacier. It is 3 1/2 inch tall by 2 by 2 inches. I cut the wood round on three sides. I ...

This Santa was carved from a rough out for my wife. She has a collection of Santa's. He is 10 inches tall and carved from basswood. I w...

This Santa was carved from a 2 inch square, 6 inches long, it was cut on a diagonal. I used a coffee lid to mark the rounded back and carve...

This ornament was carved from Cottonwood bark. It is about 6 inches long. The back is slightly carved inward. I dry painted the top edges o...

This Santa is carved from a Moore rough out. It is 12 inches tall. I wasn't able to finish it before Christmas but will able to display...

My last carvings for the year. I needed to cut down a Birch tree because to top was dying. I carved this Santa face from a branch 1 1/2 inc...

This Santa is carved from a 2 inch block cut at an angle  and is 6 inches long. I carved a layered beard and hair. The back is dished out.T...

This is the time of year it starts to get colder and the hunting season for Elk and Deer are here. Also you will see the red and black flan...

This is the time of year I spend a lot of time carving ornaments for Christmas while still working on other carvings. I like this type of o...

When asked what I was carving, I replied " Ma and Pa Santa". I suppose I was thinking of Ma and Pa Kettle in the back of my min...

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Y ear. I let my wife chose a rough-out of a Santa and she liked this one. It will comp...

I had carved this same Santa in December 2010. The block of wood is a quarter inch larger but I carved the Santa thinner. This one is 9 inch...

A lady shared a picture of this Santa ornament with me. She was teaching this ornament in a class. I thought it was unique with the pine co...

I wanted to carve this Santa Tree and out camping was a good time to do this and I was able to finish two bark houses too. The Santa is 5 in...

The season of joy and good will is among us. This Santa combines both caricature and chip carving. In an article in Woodcarving magazine, Ga...

These cheese knives are one of the 3 hour classes we did at West Glacier. We could choose a knife, a spreader or a pickle fork. The knife is...

My first post was underlined and alittle annoying. It is a learning process just as carving. I carved this stick santa from a pattern in Ca...