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Custom Carved Kitchen Sign

This custom carved kitchen sign now resides in my mother’s kitchen. I was asked to tile her backsplash around her counters. After completing this she made a comment, “Now I will have to see what I can do to come up with a new sign to go over my sink.” My dad over heard her say this. He went outside and called to me. When I reached him, he had a hickory board which matched mom’s kitchen cabinets. The edges had already been put through the router to form the edge. He said to me, “well there you to.” Of course I knew what he was referring to.

I custom carved the words into the sign first. Then carved the leaves. If you have not carved hickory before, I’m here to tell you it isn’t easy. Hickory wood is as hard as Oak. Some would say it is harder. After carving/sculpting the leaves into the sign. I inlayed the ivory. Then hand painted the leaves to match mom’s kitchen decor.

Christmas day came and she received her sign. She loved it. She made dad go right home and hang it up for her. Guess that will teach him to give me a board to carve. Thanks dad for giving me this opportunity to create something special for my mother. I hope everyone else likes the sign too. Happy Carving, Deb

Custom Carved W.A.R.A. Fall Shoot Out

You are invited to the second ever art rodeo held in Heber City, UT.  The Western Art Rodeo Association, W.A.R.A. is being held along with the Cowboy Poetry. Western Art Rodeo Association’s Fall Shoot Out is being held this weekend November 3 – 5, 2011!  I’m sure you are wondering what this means. Let me explain, have you ever watched the Pro Rodeo? They have rounds of competition. If you are among the top 3 contestants you advance to the final round or championship round to determine the winner.

Well, the W.A.R.A. is based on this concept. There are two rounds to determine the winners that will go on to the championship round. We use the top 4 winners from each round. These 4 winners move on to the champion ship round. During the final round (or championship round) the winners of the first two rounds take the scores they earned from the first two rounds. Then they compete with their final piece of art for their final scores. This is then added to the other two scores separately, (example: In round one I show an art piece I created. I win round one with a score of 86. In round two I take 2nd place with a score of 78. I move onto the championship round with both of my pieces. I get to use the scores from both of my first and second rounds but they are judged individually. After judging my final piece in the championship round and receiving a score of 87. This score is then added to both my first place and my second place exhibits separately. This gives me a total of 173 for my first place piece from round one.

Round 1 =  86

Championship =  87

Total                      173

Then the score is added to my second place exhibit giving me a score of 165). Who ever has the highest combined score of the rodeo wins the competition!

Round 2 =  78

Championship =  87

Total                     165

So, there is a chance one person can win first and second place of the Western Art Rodeo Association’s Fall Shoot Out for 2011.

I hope you will consider coming to watch the competition and to see all the art exhibits. Not to mention listening to the Cowboy Poetry. The W.A.R.A.’s first ever event was held last April at the Sundance Resort, Utah. It was a fantastic event. Over a hundred pieces of art was judged. There where people from all over the country there. Artists from the east coast as well as the west coast was in attendance. The art that was on display was breath taking to say the least. The only way to describe the art is to tell you to come and view it yourselves. There are also demonstration’s and classes designed to help you learn what art is about and how to judge a quality piece for yourself. You can see how many of the pieces of art are made or join in a discussion with the artist on how he/she came up with the idea to create their pieces of art. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to see and talk to some the world’s master artists. There will be oil paintings, water color paintings, bronze sculptures, wood carvings, sculptures, egg sculptures, gourd carvings to mention just a few types of art that will be on display. Come talk to the artists, watch the competition. Be a part of a growing art association!

The doors open at 5:00 -m 9:00 pm Thursday night for the general public. Friday morning doors open at 10:00am and go to 9:00 pm for the general public. The first round of competition will start on Friday at 5:00 pm. Second round will be Saturday at 1:00pm with the championship round is on Saturday at 5:30 pm. Doors close at 9:00 pm Saturday. You can purchase advanced tickets at http://westernartrodeoassociation.com/upcoming-events/tickets for the W.A.R.A.’s Fall Shoot Out. Tickets for the Cowboy Poetry can be purchased at: https://www.ezticketlive.com/checkout/event_view/asp?id=28.

I hope you will all come and visit with me. I am signed up for the competition. It would be great to see you all there and have your rout for me!!!! The audience is encouraged to participate in the judging. See everyone there!!! Deb

Custom Carved Mule Deer Magazine Article

I would like to thank the Mule Deer Foundation for the article written about me in the September/October 2011 MDF magazine. It has been my pleasure to custom carve the guns for the MDF fund raisers. I look forward to carving the next gun stock for the MDF. They will be raffling off my next custom carved gun stock this coming February 2012. At the Sportsman’s Expo in Salt Lake City, Ut.

From designing the pattern, to creating the designs. To custom carving/sculpting the gun stock and then hand painting the gun stock to enhance the design. It is such a unique experience to watch it come to life. I know I will never get use to seeing my work take on a life of its own. It is something I will never get tired of. Still, to see the happiness in a customers eyes when I place their custom carved gun stock into their hands. It’s priceless!

I have included a copy of the the full article here for everyone to read.

(Please note, when you click on the image above to view the full article. You can make it even bigger if you click on the “X” in the lower right hand corner of the image.) If you would like to read the full article more clearly, please read the September/October 2011 issue of the Mule Deer Foundations’s magazine.

Thanks again to the MDF for this beautiful article. I look forward to custom carving a design for you! Happy Carving! Deb

Custom Carving Class

L to R: Deb Lindsay’s, Doris’ & Jane’s

L to R: Deb Lindsay (Me), Doris & Jane

 L to R: Craig Hone, Doris, Jane, Jeff Wolf & Deb Lindsay (Me)

The class was a total blast! One I would recommend to anyone wanting to learn to sculpt or carve. As you can see by the pictures, we very fortunate to be taught by one of the best, internationally renowned master wood carver, Craig Hone and internationally renowned bronze sculptor, Jeff Wolf. These two men are the world’s best teachers, very patient and knowledgeable not to mention friendly! I look forward to taking more classes from them in the future. Thanks Craig and Jeff for a wonderful and educational experience.

Custom Carved Kitchen Signs

This custom carved kitchen sign was created for my mother. I recently helped her tile her back splash in her kitchen. After doing so, she decided she needed a new sign to go above her kitchen sink. My dad winked at me and then called me to come out to his garage. He handed me a piece of hickory that was already sculpted on the edges and said, “Here ya go!” I don’t remember if I had asked him if he had a piece of wood or if he just gave it to me and expected me to carve something neat on it.

Either way, the sign was made. I have inlayed composite ivory for the lettering. Then the leaves where custom carved/sculpted into the hickory wood. Last I hand painted the leaves to match her decor in her kitchen. I wonder just how long this sign will hand before she asked for another one?

Christmas day came with a big surprise for mom. She loves her sign and made sure to have Dad hang it up the minute they got home. Thanks for allowing me to create something special for you. Love you mom. Deb

Custom Carved Wooden Plate

I decided to try something different this time. This is a custom carved wooden plate I have carved or engraved for my parents anniversary. The plate is of the Martin Handcart Company. It depicts the struggle the pioneers endured while traveling to the Salt Lake valley and on to Oregon. Many of the pioneers used handcarts because they could not afford a horse and wagon. There where many pioneers that could not find a horse and wagons to purchased for the trek. Many pioneers had to use handcarts or carry their possessions on their backs. The handcart shown is a replica of the carts used by the pioneers to transport their possessions. The clouds resemble the rocks below for a reason. In my rendition this tells the world Christ is not that far away from us at anytime. “Have faith you will make it!” The ridge I have chosen to carve or engrave is called Rocky Ridge, in Wyoming.

The plate measures 14″ inches in diameter. This is the first plate I have created. Art enthusias’ will enjoy the detail and the meanings. This piece is depicted from the Pioneer days. Art collectors alike will enjoy this beautiful work of art. I hope to carve many more throughout my career.

The plate has been custom carved or engraved, and hand painted to bring out even more of the detail. Your comments are greatly appreciated. I enjoy receiving them.

History of the Mormon Handcart Company

Mormon handcart pioneers

A statue commemorating Mormon handcart pioneers on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah Read the rest of this entry »

What Is Relief Carving?

It has come to my attention I have never explained what relief carving is or the different types. So, I thought I would do my best to explain this to you. Here goes…

There are actually several types of carvings. The type of carving I use is called full relief carving. This means I have a smooth piece of wood, like a gun stock, that I carve part of the wood away. The end result is the place where the picture is and there is no part of the original gun stock left in the area of the picture. In other words, the front side of a picture in 3D. There is 2D carving, or semi relief carving, which is a carving you would get if you left part of the original wood in the picture. You usually will see this from carving which has been completed by a laser. You do not get much shaping, (deminsion) to your picture/carving. There is also full round carving. This would be when you take a block of wood (say 4 inch by 4 inch) and carve the entire animal or object out of the wood. Like carving the complete elk, legs and all. Like the status of animals, etc. Here are a few of examples.

(Full Relief Carving)

As you can see this gun stock of a moose. I have used the full relief carving method to carve this gun stock. There is nothing left of the original gun stock in the picture. There is, however, the original gunstock outside the design.

(Semi Relief Carving)

Yet on the wood carving of the horses head, (shown above), there is still part of the original plate left in the main picture design. This is knows as semi relief carving.

(Full Round Carving) – ( This carving is a Craig Hone original)

With full round carving, (shown in the picture above) there is nothing left of the original outside portion of wood. The difference is you have all sides carved with the full round carving, only one half of a carving is left with the full relieve carving method, and with the semi relief method you still have part of the original wood in the picture.

After I have carved my design, I sand the project. Then I hand paint each carving. To me this helps to define the carving even more and it helps to bring the carving to life.

I hope this helps you to understand the types of carvings as well as just how unique each type of carving is. If you have any questions about this or have a question about something I have talked about on one of my posts. Please feel free to ask me in the comments below. I would be happy to explain it to you. If I don’t know something I will find out for you and let you know.

Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate your comments and feed back. Have a wonderful summer! Deb L

Gunstock Carving Ruger M77 Mark II 300 Mag

Here is the before picture of the next gunstock to be carved. I will be carving an Alaskain moose on the stock with the fish scale on the grip and forend. As I’m sure you are aware, this gun is meant to bring down large game. For this reason I have chose the moose to grace the gunstock. I believe this will make this gun a very unique custom gunstock carving. Again, I have found some interesting history about this gun. I have listed what I have found below.

The Ruger M77 is a bolt-action rifle produced by Sturm, Ruger & Company. It was designed by Jim Sullivan during his three years with Ruger. The rifle features a traditional Mauser-style two-lugged bolt with a claw extractor.

Design details

From the beginning, the Ruger M77 was intended as a modernized Mauser 98, though numerous changes were made. Bill Ruger wanted to use investment casting in place of a forged receiver. The Sullivan-designed bolt dispensed with controlled-round feeding and instead used the simpler plunger style of ejector. A two-position tang safety and redesigned trigger system were also designed from scratch. Read the rest of this entry »

Gunstock Carving Winchester .234

Custom Carved Gunstock

Well, the day of unveiling has finally arrived. Thank you for waiting so patiently to see the gunstock carving on the Winchester .234. This gun has proven to be quite interesting to carve. The gunstock has been custom painted to enhance the detail. All of the custom gunstock carving I do can be hand painted or left natural. The leaves on the forend wrap around the gun along with the basket weave. Giving the gun a richer look and feel. Gunstock carvings not only add to the beauty of the gun. Carving a gunstock also increases the value of the gun considerable.

This gun, as well as, many others will be available to see or purchase September 25 & 26, 2010. I will be at the South Town Expo in Salt Lake City, UT, during the Crossroads of the west gun show. I hope you will come by and say Hi!

Thank you for visiting my web site. I do appreciate all the feed back you leave here on my my web site. Please feel free to refer your friends and relatives. I look forward to seeing you. Deb

Federal Firearms Law Rebellion

Below is an article written about the Federal Firearmes Law Rebellion. It was send to me that shows just how the Federal Government or FFA is trying to regulate our federal gun laws even more. Gun regulations are becoming tighter and tighter. Do we allow the government to regulate our gun laws in each state? Are we allowing ourselves to be take over our country even more by the government? Please read this and let your congressmen know how you stand on this issue. If we do not stand up for our rights. Who will?

HOMELAND REBELLION

Another state to feds: Take your gun regs and stuff ‘em

Local governments in massive revolt against rules ordered by Washington

Posted: March 10, 2010
9:24 pm Eastern

By Bob Unruh
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