A Smile...

 Whats the difference between a novice and professional wood carver? 
A: The amount of scar tissue on their fingers and hands.

Ed Sesack helps "Eagle"

Earlier this summer I received a request for help is restoring a statue of Christ. I found out it was part of a project undertaken by Philip Massaro, Jr. for the completion of his level as Eagle Scout.

 I forwarded the request for help to another Eagle Scout, Ed Sesack and he volunteered to help Philip out. Philip was refurbishing a shrine to the Blessed Mother at St . Philip and James Church in St. James, NY.

Ed Sesack worked on the restoration of the Christ figure. as can be seen by the pictures below is was challenging.

The fully completed project can be seen at:
Saint Philip and James Church
359 Clinton Avenue, St. James, NY

(631) 584-7896 ‎ · sspj.org

Wood Carving Tip

NEAT WAY TO HOLD YOUR INSTRUCTION SHEET SO IT IS NOT IN YOUR WAY!

Ed Sesack participated in a story about wood carving on Long Island

 See it

Monday,  13 August  2012   

air times: 11AM, 12:30PM, 4:30PM, 9:30PM; 

FRI 11AM;  

SUN 8:30AM, 8:30PM

Woodcarver Ed Sesack 4:13 Syosset, NY title: From Light to Wood

Push Pause L.I. on FiOS1/501 will air new shows each weekday at 12:30AM, 4:30PM, and 9:30PM.  For a complete listing of shows airing weekdays and weekends, visit the website: http://www.fios1news.com/

Selected Push Pause stories are available on FiOS1news.com/Long Island. You can now access the Push Pause shows via the website, on Video On Demand (VOD), and see repeats of the show on channel 1/501.  

It will air on Channel 1/501.

WOOD BUTTER!

Wood Butter?  What?  You’ve heard of regular butter, peanut butter, almond butter, apple butter, but wood butter?  Sounds tasty, eh?  Well, you probably don’t want to eat this stuff.  Have you ever eaten dutch oven mutton?  Actually , it is one of my favorite meats but it has to be almost burned to a crisp.  It’s pretty tasty but you need one of those rubber spatulas your wife uses in the kitchen to scrap the grease off the top of your mouth.  Hey, I didn’t say it was healthy, just good!  I’m sure wood butter wouldn’t be as tasty and you would definitely have to use the spatula after eating it.

All kidding aside, wood butter is used to keep those wooden spoons and bowls in your kitchen treated so they sparkle and shine and don’t dry up and crack.  I’m sure some of you have built a cutting board and used mineral oil on it.  Well, wood butter is an even better treatment.  My daughter brought the recipe to my attention and pinned it on Pinterest.  Click here for the recipe!  This is a great treatment for woodworkers who want to put a shine and preservative on those turned bowls, cutting boards, or other woodworking projects.

Please note:  Housewives, I assume no liability for your husbands making and bottling this in your fruit jars in your kitchen.  You might want to help him out.  Source: CLICK HERE   

Wood Butter Recipe : Click Here

Quotes...

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.
                                                   -Charles Kingsley

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Anybody can become a woodworker, but only a Craftsmen can hide his mistakes!
                                                   -Walter Blodget
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Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.
                                                   -Brigham Young

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It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
                                                   -Emily Dickinson

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He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.
To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
                                                   -Abraham Maslow

Soap Carving from Ivory soap:   CLICK ON PICTURE BELOW

Source: https://www.facebook.com/Ivory

Wood Worth Seeing!

Woodcarving Exhibit

During the month of June there will be a Woodcarving Exposition featuring many woodcarvers, and in particular Helmut Schilling of the Long Island Woodcarvers Association. If you have the time check it out!

Brentwood Public Library

34 Second Avenue
Brentwood, NY 11717
 631-273-7883

LIBRARY HOURS

Monday-Friday 9AM-9PM

Saturday 9AM-5PM

Wood Carving Illustrated Index

To get your copy of the Wood Carving Illustrated Index click on the link below:
CLICK BELOW \/
Wood Carving Illustrated Index - Free

Thank you Yorkarvers of York, PA!

This is a video I think you will find interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxVElGPpG48&feature=youtu.be&a

keep carving...Ed