ESSENCE OF WOODWORK

Posted By admin on March 7, 2010

These sculptures are carved by Michael Il’yaev ( Михаил Ильяев ) from Moscow, Russia.

Michael are Honored Worker of Culture of Russia, the circus and variety artist – an acrobat, a dancer.

Portraits created by Michael Il’yaev are purchased by museums in Russia, the USA and Argentina.

He is a member of the Presidium of the Guild “Wooden craftsmen” of the Moscow Chamber of Crafts.
He has the title “Master craftsman of Moscow”.
He is a honorary member of the Italian society “Open the door to Europe”.
He is a author of books “Having touched a tree with a cutter”, “Lessons of woodcarving”, “Cutters Catalog” and “Thank you Erzya”.

More of  His work can be seen here and here
And here You can watch the videos of   The secrets of creative longevity from Michael Ilyaev.(in Russian language)

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Posted By admin on March 6, 2010

You know you’re a woodworker if/when:

1. You can’t sleep because you know in the morning you will finish your most challenging project yet.

2. at least half the vacation photos are of trees and the wood paneling from the cruse ship.

3. You wake from a dream about building a project and go out to the shop to write down the dream and start pulling the wood, and then go back to bed.

4. You dream about tools, sometimes even daydream.

5. You buy a double wheel grinder to sharpen. Then you buy a slow speed grinder to sharpen. Then you buy glass plates and sticky sandpaper to sharpen. Then you buy Norton waterstones and Veritas jigs to sharpen. Then you buy a WorkSharp 3000 to sharpen. And you don’t feel bad about any of it.

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Posted By admin on February 27, 2010

These guitars are carved from wood by Grey Van Kuilenburg.

Besides woodcarving he is artist in many ways: he is a vocalist,he writes music, lyrics, poetry, he draws and he is a skillful tattoo artist.

As he has said about himself:
“I am an artist in many ways (all ways?)”
“…. if it’s artsy, i probably do it.”

On his web page he said that he made those guitars for people for a fee. He really must have a lot of free time because such work is very time consuming.

If you are interested in seeing more of Grey Van Kuilenburg’s artwork please visit his site:

http://www.myspace.com/greyvankuilenburg

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Posted By admin on February 24, 2010

These carved wood sculptures are made by Caril Chasens from Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada.

She said:
“I believe in wood as a medium for the 21st century. Its grain, complexity and flow resonate with natural and human systems. Wood responds to the density I look for in my work.

I like to claim that I cast the stuff in molten wood.”

If you would like to learn more about Caril Chasens and see more of the artists work, visit her website: Sculpture in Wood and presentation on woodworkersauction.com

“Floating Horses”

sculpture “Treehugger” by Caril Chasens

sculpture “Hominidium” from birch burl

“Artifact” by Caril Chasens

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Posted By admin on February 21, 2010

These bowls and hollow vessels are turned by Gianfranco Angelino from Napoli, Italy.

His work can be seen in:
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Politecnico, Milan, Italy
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbour, MI
Woodturning Center, Philadelphia, Pa
and online on web page del Mano Gallery

“The Sun Ark” by Gianfranco Angelino

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