Wood Carving Illustrated - Issue #23 - Summer 2003

Tool Holder
Lynn Diel designs and builds his own inexpensive tool holder
and you can too.

Apple Key Rack
Here's a fun, quick and functional project for a rainy day.

Product Review
The Flexcut™ Craft Carver set is compact and ideal for entry-level, intermediate and even professional carvers.

Hillbilly Head
Harold Enlow walks you through his step-by-step Ozark's caricature.

Woodcarver of the Year
Meet WCI's 2003 recipient, Desiree Hajny.

Stylized Carving
This area of carving—where the emphasis is on form over detail—is
one of the fastest growing. Visit with and experience carvers of this style.

The Patterns of Lora S. Irish
This Fox Chapel Books author creates an original pattern exclusively
for WCI readers in this magazine and in future issues.

A Master of Acanthus Carving
Born in Norway and trained there in this classic style, Hans Sandom designs and decorates a variety of wooden pieces with this popular motif.

Acanthus Sign Board
A gorgeous sign board can display your carving skills in your home
and be a great decorative item.

Carving the Nose
Frank Russell shows how to make your carvings a winner by a nose.

Casting Part II
Dave Stetson demonstrates how to advance to a more difficult
carving to mold and cast.

The Native-Style Carvings of Ray Mighells
He draws inspiration from the work of Native Americans and
First Nations Peoples.

Black Bear
Wanda Marsh's painting instructions go hand-in-hand with this project.

Chairpersons of Congress
Volunteers such as Larry and Carol Yudis keep the annual
International Woodcarvers Congress in session.

Wood Review: Jelutong
Woodcarvers find this relatively light wood—with its soft but firm
texture and medium density—exceptionally easy to carve.

Duck Decoys
World Champion Tom Matus shares his tips and techniques
for creating a working drake mallard decoy.

Regular Columns
Editor's Corner
Letters to the Editor
News & Notes
Tips
On the Road
Calendar of Events
Classifieds
Advertisers' Index

Roger Schroeders success as a writer began when he gave up trying to write the great American novel. Instead, he turned to writing about his hobby: woodworking. Sharpening his skills and his photography and expanding his interests, he went on to author 16 books and nearly 200 magazine articles. Ranging in scope from woodcarving to house building, the books include such titles as How to Carve Wildfowl, Carving Signs, Making Toys, and Timber Frame Construction, which has over 77,000 copies in print. Founding editor of Wood Carving Illustrated, Roger is past president of the Long Island Woodcarvers Association and active in the Long Island Wood Workers club. He is a retired English teacher who specialized in teaching writing and research, Roger currently lectures on topics such as how to make wood into furniture, houses and sculpture. In the remaining time, he is an amateur cabinetmaker who enjoys constructing Victorian reproductions, and is an amateur carver who has won a number of blue ribbons for his natural wood sculptures.

Frank Russell lives in Vermont where he owns and operates the Stonegate Woodcarving School with his wife Caroline. You man contact the Stonegate Woodcarving School at 47 Stonegate Road, Cambridge, VT 05444, phone 802-849-6692, or visit their website at www.woodcarve.net.

Dave presently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, and has been a full-time woodcarving instructor, artist and show judge since 1996. He has won countless awards for his carvings across the country. He is available to teach seminars and has created a number of original design wood roughouts and casted study aids, which are available for sale.

Wanda Marsh began carving in 1993 in her native Texas. Many of her inspirations have come from watching the bird feeders she has placed outside her windows and the flowers that she has planted in her yard. Not to be limited to her own yard, she may even see something while traveling that sparks an idea.

Lora Irish is an artist who runs an internet carving studio with her husband at www.carvingpatterns.com. She is a frequent contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts and Wood Carving Illustrated and the author of Great Book of Dragon Patterns, Great Book of Fairy Patterns, Great Book of Tattoo Designs, Great Book of Woodburning, and Wood Spirits and Green Men. She lives in Mt. Airy, Maryland.

Desiree Hajny is the winner of many national and international awards for her carvings (13 "Best of" shows and 90 first-place honors), has been the featured artist for Sculpture Forum and Wildlife Art News, and is a contributing editor of Wood Carving Illustrated magazine. She lives in Eckert, Colorado.

Chuck Solomon is a terrestrial ecologist and works primarily with endangered species in the Central Valley of California. He has been teaching carving classes and participating in carving competitions for over 15 years. He has won more than 100 ribbons at shows in Colorado, California, Alaska and Canada, including Best of Show and Best of Division. Chuck has also judged several shows in Colorado. His work consists primarily of songbirds, waterfowl and mammals, both realistic and interpretive.

Chuck currently lives in the Sacramento, California, area where he works, carves, teaches classes and is an active member of the Capital Woodcarvers Association and California Carvers Guild.

Dave Hamilton is an ecologist by profession, working primarily in the area of wetland ecology. He has been carving and competing in shows for almost 20 years. While Dave enjoys carving a variety of bird species, he specializes in hummingbirds and in the wading birds common to the wetlands he works on professionally. He also enjoys carving stylized pieces and reproductions of antique decoys. Dave lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he carves, teaches classes, and is a member of the Northern Colorado Woodcarvers.

Tom Matus is a world champion wildfowl carver and an instructor and judge for the Ward World Champion Wildfowl Carving Competition. He is a frequent contributor to Wood Carving Illustrated and the author of Duck Decoys: Classic Carving Projects Made Easy and Antique-Style Duck Decoys. He lives in Boise, Idaho. For more of Tom's work, visit his website at www.tmdecoy.com