New Lighting for Tutorial Photos

Since the step-by-step tutorial of my current project will be featured in a magazine this fall, I finally bit the bullet and bought some professional lighting for the photographs. The guest room has now become Studio A, as you can see below.



The little Canon PowerShot I have is great, but the lighting makes all the difference in showing the true details of the work. I'm looking forward to using this lighting for a new video project early this spring too. I'll be recording a lecture on How Thoughts Become Reality based on topics covered in my book The Sage Age - Blending Science with Intuitive Wisdom.

Featured Magazine Carving

Happy news! I just started a new carving that will be featured in the Fall edition of a Fox Chapel magazine. They are the publishers of both Woodcarving Illustrated and Scrollsaw Woodcarving & Crafts.

My carvings have been previously featured in both magazines, and now they've asked me to do a full tutorial on the special techniques I use to get three layers of depth in a blank that is only one quarter inch thick.

I'm honored and delighted to have the opportunity to share the how-to with more folks. Tutorials from previous carvings can be found on this blog, but they don't show the secret technique for creating the depth. You'll have to wait for the magazine for that.

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Top Pick for Holiday Gifts

I'm very excited to tell you that Heartwood Art carvings got Top Pick in Holiday Gifts That Don't Suck list on Examiner.com!

The author of the column, Judith Yates, also runs the Bohemian Nashville! MeetUp group, which includes a diverse membership of performing and visual artists. It's a great way to meet other artists in the 'hood and they also host/list upcoming shows in which members participate.

Invitation for Full Feature Tutorial

I've just received an invitation to do a full-featured spread for Fox Chapel Publishing, which produces Woodcarving Illustrated and Scrollsaw, Woodcarving & Crafts magazines. The feature will be a 3-5 page tutorial on carving trees, much like the tutorials you've seen posted on this blog.

I've also been invited to be posted in a tutorial segment of the premier Russian carving magazine. I'll post links for that when they become available.

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