Central Cincinnati gallery, i was so jazzed when they invited us in (our third time showing work in a gallery) The store owner has a long history in the Cinci art scene..to be accepted into a show of hers was.. kinda staggering. My thanks to her, and the store is a fascinating place to explore.

Located in Downtown Cincinnati. Eclectic Diverse, and High-End, It opened in Feb. 2007 and so far has been doing wonderfully.

A Cincinnati non profit arts center and gallery. They saw my work, invited me into the guild, and i volunteer there a lot. If you’re ever near, drop by, there’s a lot of fascinating stuff there all the time. (our first time in a gallery was here)

A spiffy Printmaker in Boston. She and I work together on some prints, and manage the Printmaker’s Periodic Table of Elements project together. She doth rock.

Carving is kinda a new art to me, at least, in wood. So i tend to fiddle a bit, and practice a bit in various woods before i tackle “real” projects.. trying to get the feel for the wood, for each is different. poplar is supersoft, but the weak fibers “feather out". oak, takes a lot of effort to carve, but picks up a perfect surface if you learn to understand the grains. walnut and ash..oily, hard to cut, but glides so well, and burnish so well.. sassafras, the open grain of oak, without the strength, maple an interesting mixture of good and bad traits..

so far the only wood i *hate* is pine. So here’s a few images of stuff i’ve tinkered with..rough sketches and doodles.

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