David Fisher, Carving Explorations

Thomas Craven-Bartle, a carver who lives in southern Sweden, emailed me recently with news from a visit to the Bjäre Härads Hembygdspark (open air museum) in Båstad, Sweden.

Lunch break conversation at Pete Galbert’s school/shop can be as educational as the class itself; George is even taking notes.

June is here and the birds and flowers are bursting with enthusiasm.

It stopped raining long enough yesterday for me to hack away at a cherry log in preparation for my demonstration/presentation at the Hand Tool Haven event.

After the relative stillness of winter, everything seems to be in motion now.

Last summer, I published a post that featured shrink pot references from the book Woodworking in Estonia by Ants Viires.

These three shrink pots and a bowl were all made from trees/branches that fell in the woods around the house. 1: 6″ high x 3 3/8″.

You might recognize this book box from my most recent post.

To make a shrink pot, regardless of form, you’ve got to bore at least one hole through end-grain.

My intermittent spoon carving has resulted in six more spoons available for purchase.