This client, from Minnesota, contacted me about creating a custom elephant sculpture for the new cherry-paneled library he was building …
Category: Architectural
Caterpillar D-11 Bulldozer Carving
The Caterpillar Company is celebrating their 40,000th big dozer and ordered this 3 ft. long D-11 carving to add to …
Custom carved badge – Take the green out of poplar and turn it to gold!
The Maiden Police Department saw some carved badges we created for the Forest Lake Police Station… They then ordered a …
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Custom Cast Gorillas – King Kong
A customer in Georgia who makes custom urban luxury cars for a living is designing a car with the theme …
Custom Carved Handrails
A custom stair builder on Long Island ordered 4 of these handrail turnouts carved to look like a stylized fish. …
Stump Carving – 12 ft. lighthouse
This is a 12 ft. stump carving in beech wood located in Branford, CT. This took two weeks to create. …
Cast Indians painted and installed
Last post I showed the process of creating these models, molds and fiberglass resin casts. They were then shipped to …
Box of HDU scraps = Box of creative exhilaration!
Are you someone who likes to experiment with small carvings? Or someone who likes to work out your ideas on a …
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Fiberglass resin casts for monument signs in Indian Shores, Florida
The town of Indian Shores Florida is creating 5 monument signs and we’ve been contracted to create the fiberglass resin …
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Carved lion face for desk
A customer in Florida is creating a desk out of walnut an he sent me a laminated walnut block to …
Essential tools for sculpting in HDU
Watch this video of the process of sculpting a figure out of HDU foam and the variety of tools used …
Sunburst -Ornamental Carving
A builder got in touch because he had an architectural element on an old building that needed to be replicated. They …
Custom Clay Sculptures and Custom Mold Making
The master blacksmith from Old School Crafts in Mount Vernon MO ordered these life size chimp molds to use in his …
Floral Relief Carving
This is a relief carving that will be installed inside an inset ceiling. This was a collaboration between me and …
Carved Mantel
This customer had a mantel that they gave me to carve some cubs into. Afterward, I applied a matching stain …
Architectural Base
This customer had a 25 lb. jade relief carving and needed a heavy duty base to house it… I used …
Custom Ornamental Newel Post
I have to say this was a real joy to make. I really enjoy this ornamental style of carving. This …
Lion Newel Post
This was a commission by a master craftsman stairway builder. His client wanted a pair of custom lion newel posts …