Santa Carving

The first carving book I purchased was "Carving Santas by Ron Ransom. Cobb life magazine has done an article on Ron and I have added the link below. If you carve santas you have probably seen Ron's books. They are perfect for beginner carvers because they are fairly simple to carve. To this day I still pick up on
his books (I have at least 6 or 7) and carve one that I have not done before.

Have a look at the article and I have several of his style carvings in my gallery.

http://www.cobblifemagazine.com/detail/719.html?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=ron+ransom&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=&town_id=&page=

Merry Christmas

Shirley and I would like to wish everyone a "Merry Christmas" and a "Happy New Year".

Niagara Woodcarvers 31st Annual Show & Competition

Here is the link to the Niagara Woodcarvers 31st Annual Show & Competition:
http://www.niagarawoodcarvers.ca/show.html

Here is a link to a photo gallery of the 30th annual show photo gallery:
http://picasaweb.google.ca/dougie8158/NiagaraWoodcarvers2009CarvingShow#

Hope you enjoy the photos and come out to the next show if you are in the area and even enter a carving in the competition.

A Few Ornaments

These are ornaments I have carved for Christmas. I am just learning how to carve faces and have a long way to go but having a lot of fun learning.

New to Blogging

This blogging is all new to me so bear with me until I learn a little about it.
I have added a link to my Picassa Carvings Gallery. That will be it for my first post.