Conductor

What better way to start a blog on carving than to talk about the one person in my life that truly puts up with my habit...my wife.  Quite often after dinner at night the first word's out of my mouth are "I'm going down in the 'hole' ... " which is what I call my shop since its a small shop in the basement (L-shaped, less than 150 sqft, with two doors).  She truly supports me in this hobby in many different ways.

Over the weekend she has been working on a few things for me for the upcoming days.  Upcoming days?  Yes!  A 3 day seminar with a very talented wood carver.  The focus will be on a whimsical house in cottonwood bark.  So here's how my wife is helping me out ...

I have a really awesome commercially available tool roll that I've been overloading for a while so having another just as awesome tool roll for those times you're just not sure what gouges/etc. to pack rocks.  She also made an apron which will dual as a turning smock since i'm always screwing up my good clothing when turning.  Stay tuned as I will be posting my experience during the seminar!