Wood Carving Illustrated - Issue #22 - Spring 2003

Product Reviews
The Oar Sharpener produces razor-sharp results; the Veritas® Carver's Bench is suitable for a host of carvings

Paint Tote Case
This inexpensive project eases storing, organizing and
transporting your favorite colors.

Carving a Folk Art Turtle
It's a fishing decoy that can also be a nice piece of folk art!

Sighting the Hole
The not-so-subtle expressions of golfers and their stances
score a hole-in-one with caricature carvers

The Joys of Carving
Meet Ralph Rogo, whose work reflects his sense of humor

Carve and Paint a Loon Pin
Even a beginner can make an attractive gift

Burning Basics for Bird Carvers
Realistically speaking, woodburning adds a feathery touch

A Cast of Characters
The Caricature Carvers of America holds its first national competition and creates a set of study casts

Bringing Folk Art to the Masses
Mary Michael Shelley tells stories through her relief carvings

Noah's Ark
Carvers and clubs climb aboard popular project

Casting Part 1
An introduction to reproducing your carvings at
a reasonable cost

China Cat
Tom Azevedo carves a natural finish feline

Wood Review: Bald Cypress
Many carvers seek the knees of this wood for sculptural
pieces such as spirit faces

Tool Review: Two Cherries Micro Tools Put to the Test
They keep their edges like other top brand full-size
chisels, gouges and V tools

Carving Horse Portraits in Relief
A pattern from the Fox Chapel book by Kurt Koch

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

A self-taught artist and avid woodcarver, Jack Kochan has been carving nearly twenty years. Though primarily a wildfowl carver, he is adept at many styles of carving from relief, to caricature, to realistic and covers a broad range of subject matter. Born and raised in the rolling hills of Berks County, Pennsylvania, he grew up with a deep appreciation of wildlife and nature. Much of his work reflects the adversity, tranquillity, and sometimes the comedy of nature itself. A thorough understanding of anatomical structure helps create his many lifelike pieces. He also illustrates for Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine and has been a contributor to several articles. Jack resides in Leesport, Pennsylvania with his wife, June.

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.

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.