Brian Mc Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Hello, my name is Brian McKinney, I am 28, husband to my awesome wife Mary Beth, father to my two great children (2&1/2, and 1&1/2 we wasted no time ). I began carving about three years ago. I began with soft wood, and exacto knives, and about one month two bottles of poroxide and countless bandais later I was hooked. Within two months I ordered my first real set of carving knives, and preceded to carve my families Christmas presents. I also began to stone carve during this time, and found that I enjoyed it as well. It was not until I had discovered antler that I truely got into small carvings. I had never completed anything larger than 10 inches in height prior to that time, so I suppose I have never carved large pieces. This has all been trial and error for me, trying different techniques,and styles attempting to see where I fit into it all. In this I have a love of scrimshaw, a passion for attention to detail in 3-d and relief carvings and an interest in carving chert I find on the local beaches left behind by Native Americans. I will do my best to have examples of my work posted asap, but I do have examples at smokedeckcreations.com. Thanks for your time Respectfully, Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Hi Brian, Welcome here, hope you will enjoy. Take care Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Hi Brian welcome to the forum gus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Mc Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Hi Brian welcome to the forum gus Gus, Thanks for the warm welcome Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Mc Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Hi Brian, Welcome here, hope you will enjoy. Take care Christophe Christopher, I think I will enjoy this forum very much. I have nothing locally to utilize for increasing my knowledge, so to find a place where artists of this calibur is great. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas M. Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Hi and welcome here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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