North Idaho Carver

When painting the wolf I used light washes of acrylic paints on the wolf. Brown tones, gray and white. It takes several coats to bring out t...

I used a Razertip unit to burn in the hair. I started on the rear legs burning in small c lines. I didn't like the way it looked, so I c...

I thought it would be interesting to see the progress of a carving. I started from a block of basswood 2 inches by 5 inches tall by 8 inches...

I had a request to show all the relief carvings that we did as a club project. This is the only picture I have and shows how we displayed th...

The hillbilly is a good beginner project from Gene Messer. They are fun and quick to carve with just a knife and a v-tool. He is carved from...

This relief carving was mostly done last year but was put aside for other projects. It took me longer than I thought it would. I cleaned a f...

At our North Idaho Woodcarvers club get together we had a visit from a scoutmaster. The Boy Scouts are having a national jamboree in July an...