Joey G. Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Hello My name is Joey I began working on houses when I was young and worked my way up to running a small custom cabinet shop for the last 12 years or so. Now I find myself as a stay at home father with a lot of time on my hands (but in five minute increments, LOL). I bought a chip carving knife when I was in my 20 and tried it a couple of times. I felt like I should be able to make a couple of cuts and have a completed carving. Needless to say the knife spent years floating around my tool box. Well a year ago my wife and I bought a new house and she was generous enough to give me the garage for a small wood shop. I began making little treasure boxes for my kids doing line carvings of animals in them. Sorta like chip carving style but more free hand. I know there is a name for the style but I can't remember it at the moment. Over the past week or two, I started carving wood spirits. The old man in the wood onto sticks I had in the shop. I found I really enjoyed the peace I found in taking out those little shavings to create something. It is completely different that the power tool approach I used for so long in the cabinet shop. I joined this forum ( the first forum I have ever been on) to hopefully meet others who feel the same about carving, and hopefully learn from others with more experience than I have. Thanks for the time you have spent reading my little intro. I know how valuable time is, and am grateful for yours. Yours truly, Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ruslander Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Welcome Joey. We'd like to see some photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Hi Joey, We all seem to have a passion for removing bits and pieces from some sort of material. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Hi Joey, Welcome on board, like Mike I would like to see picture of your work Take care Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel B. Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 hey joey im new as well. and its the same about this being the first forum that ive been on. looking forward to seeing your work daniel b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey G. Posted March 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 I posted one picture of my first carving which is still in the works. I do have a few pictures of some boxes I have made that I would like to post but I need to figure out how to crop the pictures so that the file size is not to big for the forum. As soon as i get this figured out I will get them up. Thanks for the warm welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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