bits & blogs
Fucus. This is the first time I’ve carved seaweed. On a December walk on the beach, before the ice formed, I found myself taking closeup pictures of patterns in the sand and then seaweed. I decided to try carving it and had this piece started before the day was out. Because I designed it to […]
Small Details. My favourite part of carving mushrooms is adding the gill detail under the caps. You can only see it if you look closely, and it feels like it’s a little secret that only you know about. (And maybe the fairies and elves that live under the mushrooms.) Carved from caribou antler, these mushrooms […]
I’m getting ready! We ( @charlottetownfarmersmarket ) have a new temporary space, starting this Saturday! And I’m busy giving all my old ( they weren’t in the fire) crates a makeover, and making new jewelry displays. We will be at 614 North River Road, regular market hours 9-2. This is where you will find us […]
There are a lot of unknowns since the Christmas Day fire @charlottetownfarmersmarket I don’t yet know fate of my inventory there. And while the Board and the Executive Director are working tirelessly to find us a location to call home while the market is restored, we don’t know how long that will take. But in […]
It would be hard to estimate the number and styles of whales I have carved. Whale jewelry. Whale sculpture. Whales carved in exotic wood, moose, caribou and deer antler, beef bone, and recently carved from plywood and then charred. Small whale pendants and multiple large whales on a 4 foot base. Whales mounted on drift […]
I don’t know how I got started carving tree frogs in antler, but I am somewhat amazed when I go through old sketch books and see how many I have carved in the last 30 plus years. Climbing frogs, hanging frogs, single frogs, pairs of frogs, trios of frogs and once because I had the […]