These crayon carvings made in the likeness of the superstars of football are unbelievably cool. Diem Chau carved 66 crayons, in sets for some World Cup press kits. I can’t even imagine the process… I break crayons just coloring with them! Her site, The Pleasure of Tiny Things has great photos of each player, and […]
Ready For The House made these awesome owl carvings in a friend’s tree in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. I think it’s a great way to decorate the raw cut area that is left when you have to trim large branches from a tree.
While I was at the Handmade in Hawaii event this weekend, I found crafters making surfboards from scratch.The wood they were working with is from the Breadfruit tree, and was quite the score. People here avoid cutting these rare trees, but the crafters found this piece in a brush pile in someone’s yard. They scavenged […]
There are woodcarvers, and then there’s Gary Tatman, of Glen Burnie, Maryland. Gary explains his incredible work on Hemmings Auto Blog: You’re correct in your assumptions- these carvings start out as a block. I use the Internet motorsports archives to obtain enough photos of the project car for detailed areas such as interiors, engine compartments, […]
Terry Trier has written a good tutorial on carving this classic whimsy from a single piece of wood.
Court Thrones for the Kingdom of the West
