Hans Joachim Cantor was born in 1964 in Germany.
In 1980 he immigrated to Israel.

Hans began practicing carving without any background or school early. He taught himself to sculpt through observation, perseverance and strength of will.
Artist statement: “This art is a therapist, reassuring and strengthens the will and motivation.”

He established his School of  Sculpture in 1999.
In this school are taught all styles of sculpture – based on the student’s personal choice. Figurative, abstract, art, ethnic, and surreal.

According to students of  Cantor, his School of Sculpture is all about artistic work and creativity that combines relaxation with the pleasure of creativity.

To find out more about his work and his school, please visit his website: Kantor – School of Sculpture – Wood Carving

Baby Dragon by Cassie McLaughlin Wollen

1. You watch old movies just to check out the woodworking and furniture used in a movie.

2. You look forward to your spouse’s family reunion, as you know it’s on the family farm where you can go wood hunting while everyone else eats and carries on.

3. You can’t cut and burn firewood anymore without feeling guilty.

4. there are no logs in your firewood pile, just pails of offcuts no more than 3” long.

5. You go out to buy a small piece of to finish a project and come back with enough wood to start another.

6. You try to convince your spouse that the truckload of wood you just bought was a good buy since it was on sale.

7. You’re driving to work on Garbage day, and you drive slowly looking for any furniture you can rebuild/refinish.

8. the tables of your stationary power tools have a hand rubbed wax finish and your spouse’s vehicle has a spray on car wash wax ( I just realized this while redoing the garage for a woodshop).

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Sabiha Mujtaba was born in Karachi, Pakistan but raised and educated in London, England.
She moved to Atlanta in 1981 and start her company “Chrysalis Woodworks” in 1986.
She has studied under several woodworking masters including Sam Maloof, James Krenov, Silas Kopf and Wendy Maruyama.

While adhering to the functional principles of furniture making, Sabiha’s primary focus is on the aesthetic relationship between rigid and flowing forms.
Her work is influenced by her South Asian heritage and by her love of nature and organic forms.

Artist statement:
“My approach to design is usually on an intuitive level, however, once it’s there, I allow it to gel without necessarily investigating its origins.
During this “waiting” period, some osmosis takes place, where this idea collects its own information and I enjoy that revelation process.”

More of Sabiha Mujtaba’s work can be seen on her website:  Chrysalis Woodworks
And here is an interview with her by highlandwoodworking.com

He was born in November 6, 1949, Warren, Pennsylvania.
Silas Kopf graduated from Princeton University in 1972 with a degree in architecture.
He has been making furniture since 1973.
In 1974 to 1976 he was apprentice to Wendell Castle.
In 1988, he received a Craftsman’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts,
and used the opportunity to study traditional marquetry technique at the École Boulle, an institute of interior architecture and design, in Paris, France.
His work is in museums and private collections around the world.

“Kiss my Ass” by Silas Kopf

Some people collect books;  Kopf collects veneers, especially those from trees like ebony which are fast becoming rare.
He helped start the Good Wood Alliance, a group that supports managed forests where the number of trees harvested is balanced with the number nature can regenerate. “I would like to buy wood from certified forests where I know the ecosystem is respected,” he explains.

Artist statement:

“Furniture making is architecture on a smaller scale with a design problem to solve.”
“The most important part is the sense of continuity, the idea of being part of this kind of work that’s gone on for hundreds of years.”

More of his works can be seen on his website:
Silas Kopf Woodworking
And there You can purchase his book  “A Marquetry Odyssey” or DVD, which explores various master techniques that have been used to make marquetry decoration on the masterpieces of Western furniture.

“Silas Kopf ……..a day in marquetry” from  www.mefeedia.com

He was born in 1974 in Georgia, where he graduated from high school.
Vladislav started professional wood carving in 1998.
For making icons Dyadyushkin Vladislav received blessing from His Eminence Bishop Vsekubanskogo and Krasnodar Isadora.

Artist statement, translated from his website:

“ Wood carving for me – a way to decorate household items.
In my opinion, the wood was and remains the most convenient and popular material, especially when You want to decorate Your home.
And in a hundred years carvings will not lose its appeal and not go out of style. ”

To see more of his work, please visit his online store :  www.carver7.ru

Artist statement:

“ I started woodcarving, because it is a source of pleasure, not profit.
I do not remember when I begin to cut wood and I do not know when I will give up.”

Tree species which are used for these works are: maple, juniper and oak.

More of his works can be seen on:
www.rezbaderevo.ru

You know you’re a woodworker if/when:

1. Your wife tolorates you spending so much time on this website, only so she can say “See, I told you,  it’s an obsession!”

2. Your wife asks you what you want for Christmas, and immediately follows it with “But I’m not getting you another plane this time!”

3. Your wife has listened to you talk so much about woodworking that she knows more than most regular guys, and can name all your tools correctly.

4. Your wife reads all your woodworking magazines because you leave them in the bathroom, and chides you when she sees you’re not using proper safety methods.

5. When the first thing your spouse does when she comes home from work, is to stick his head in the shop and call out, “Digit count!?”

6. Your wife asks why did you buy another router when you bought a router last month? Your reply is,” I just got a new real cool router bit and needed a safe place to keep it.”

7. You try to convince Your wife that it is a bigger inconvenience to move the table saw every time  she wants to park in the garage then it is for her to carry the groceries into the house in the rain!!

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Kevin Dunlop started his apprenticeship in marquetry and furniture making in 1980.
He studied at:
Conestoga College – (The Ontario Woodworking Centre) Manufacturing Technician of Wood Products
Sir Sanford Fleming College – (The Haliburton School of the Arts)  Various coarses in drawing and design
Herbert Lappins – Apprenticeship in the art of marquetry.

His pictorial scenes in wood are veri detail, for example the life size “Snowy Owl”  features over 1000 pieces of wood and sand shading to give the effect of shadows between the feathers.

Attempting to express the beauty of the Haliburton highlands and the Algonquin area is the inspiration for the landscapes and wildlife that are found in Kevin’s marquetry.
Kevin said: “The essence of Canada, is not in our cities but a few steps off the beaten path.”

More marquetry by Kevin Dunlop at  www.marquetryman.ca

Ron Fleming is the premier carver of turned vessels and his works are in numerous collections and galleries including the White House. He was an illustrator for over 40 years and has a mechanical engineering background. Initially he was a carver – then a turner and now a full time carver of his turnings. His carving has progressed from carving vessel tops to extensive open leaf and flower carvings extending over the entire vessel surface.

Artist statement:
“Working in wood is formidable. It is the “aliveness” of the wood that translates back to me. It has warmth and a certain life form that seems to live on. The wood guides me through each curve and depth. It tells me it’s name and before I am finished, it has let me touch it’s soul. It is a terrifying pleasure to work in wood. To impact my concepts of man upon a surface is to leave my fingerprint in time. From the mind to the hand to the form – it is personal because it is about the passion I can convey.”
More of Ron Fleming work can be seen on his website:  www.hearthstonestudios.com

Boris Ivanov was born in 1968.

He said about his work:
“In 1990 I started the wood carving, probably by the will of the soul, learned everything myself and continue to learn today.”

In 2002 he had solo exhibition in Narva Art galeree.
And now he`s works are in private collections in Europe and the USA.

Some of his works can be purchased here:
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