woodezine - Volume III - Issue I - January 2005

Carving Tidbits
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Beautiful Bali Carvings
Randy Crumbliss has always been fascinated by different kinds of wood - the colors, textures and grain patterns. He has been working overseas for the past twenty years in the petroleum business and has been lucky enough to meet and work with some of the finest woodcarvers in the world - in Benin, the Congo, Indonesia, Nigeria, Russia, Siberia, Thailand and Vietnam. He now lives in Bali, Indonesia.

If you visit his site, you'll be treated to views of some excellent work - mermaids and animals and other free forms. All of the pieces are for sale.

Visit Randy online (www.worldofwoodcarving.com)

  

Three wolves by Randy Crumbliss

 

Totem Pole Carving
Canadian carver Voldemar Simanis is located in Victoria, British Columbia, where he carves (among other things) full-size traditional totem poles - either replicas of historic pieces or custom designs. His large and small scale carvings are sold to customers from Finland, the U.S., Germany , England, Japan and all over Canada. In addition to totem poles, Voldemar carves fireplace mantles, furniture, accent pieces, log and timber structural members and plaques.

To see more examples of his work, visit him online (www.carver-simanis.com)

Historical Carving Exhibition Online
From the collection of the National Gallery of Art comes a superb online gallery of American woodcarvings, primarily from the nineteenth century. "The selection is organized into five groups that are typical of this craft. These categories, though by no means all-inclusive, are ship carvings, shop figures and trade signs, circus and carousel carvings, weather vanes and whirligigs, and dolls and birds. Nineteenth century American woodcarving is part of our folk tradition. Even though some carvings reflect other sources, they are still American - an expression of the time and place from which they came and of the craftsmen who produced them."

To take the five-room tour, visit the NGA online (www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iadwood/iadwood-main1.html)