The aim today was to complete the double helix pattern framing the drummer, after I’d made a good start yesterday. It proved to be a bit more time consuming than

Back to the first tree trunk today, and a pair of swallows underneath the drummer; the birds will be holding ribbons or streamers that twist together and form a running

A busy weekend at the Burton Agnes Michaelmas Fair, helped by the bright (although quite blustery) weather. An early start on Saturday to arrive at 8am meant we had a

A couple of days off while we attended the Musicport Festival in Whitby, seeing, amongst others, the God of Hellfire himself ~ Arthur Brown. Of course, whilst at the seaside

I got to work on the head, giving the guitarist a dreamy expression, as though lost in his beautiful melodies! The hat and the hair was to match the drummer’s,

The same process for this one, off with the bark and then a drawing to guide the carving.    This trunk is marginally bigger than the first, but I still

The second day on the first tree, and the drummer is finished; there will still be more to go around him, such as the musical score and double helix pattern.

It’s often the case that customers only have a vague idea about a design when they are commissioning a carving; not everyone can think in these terms, or can picture

I carved two oak panels for Steve (a customer near Bridlington) some time ago, and he has kindly sent me a photo of this cosy scene ~ showing the panels

A fantastic day all round in Driffield, East Yorkshire, where nine mostly home-educated children and parents had the first of two carving sessions. A lovely warm Autumnal day, with a