Beaver's brother Tony Dow now an abstract artist

By JOHN ROGERS | Associated Press  Source: Click Here

TOPANGA, Calif. (AP) — He is, and likely forever will be, best known as good old Wally Cleaver, the big brother who had to bail out a goofball sibling facing one dilemma after another on the classic TV series "Leave it to Beaver."

For the last dozen years, though, Tony Dow has been carving out a new career, as a sculptor with pieces that have shown at numerous venues, including what is arguably the world's premier art museum — the Louvre in Paris.

Steve Aguanno's Find

Below is the information Steve Aquanno supplied on the carving catalogs he found

http://www.leevalley.com/us/

E-mail
customerservice@leevalley.com
Phone
To Place an Order Customer Service From USA:  1-800-871-8158  1-800-267-8735 From Canada:  1-800-267-8767  1-800-267-8761 From other countries:  1-613-596-0350  1-613-596-0350 Our telephones are staffed Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday (Eastern Time). Answering machines are used outside these hours.
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From USA: 1-800-513-7885 From Canada: 1-800-668-1807 From other countries: 1-613-596-6030 Our fax machines are on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Letter Mail
From USA: From Canada and other countries: Lee Valley Tools Ltd. P.O. Box 1780 Ogdensburg, NY 13669-6780 Lee Valley Tools Ltd. P.O. Box 6295, Station J Ottawa, ON K2A 1T4

Catalogs: FREE https://www.leevalley.com/US/home/CatalogSelect.aspx

An Introduction To Pyrography

And so it happened that we stumbled upon the magical world ofPyrography – the art of burning images into wood. If you’re new to this technique then prepared to be mesmerized. Not only is the work quite beautiful, there’s plenty of new equipment to be discovered and techniques to be explored  Read the rest,  click here…

Tampa Bay woodworkers come together give veterans proper burials

By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer

Tom Jones was disturbed.

As he sat in his Land O'Lakes home this spring, he listened to reports of a Florida veteran who was buried in a shallow grave inside a cardboard box.

"It felt so disgraceful," said Jones, a 64-year-old Army veteran.

He took it upon himself to ensure that no veteran would ever again be buried in such a manner.

The amateur woodworker started crafting wooden urns.

The first two were simple, but well-made. He took them to his Tampa woodcrafting club, of which he is vice president, and to a club in St. Petersburg to enlist support.

Club members loved the idea.

Club members have now made 17 boxes. Jones hopes it is just the beginning.

"It's our hope that we'll get woodworking clubs around the country to do this," he said.

From Light to Wood...

Woodcarver Ed Sesack On His Artistic Projects
Ed Sesack was interviewed by FiOS Push Pause series, see the results CLICK HERE

Draw Better Patterns

Fun With A Pencil is an online pdf file "an E book of sorts" an out of print book, that will take acrobat reader to view, but the book is revered as among the best educational, instruction art sketch and a great aid in teaching cartoon drawing, which lends its self directly to pattern making for carving. this book pops up online occasionally then its gone, about the legality of the book as I under stand it if its out of print its public domain, download yours CLICK HERE.

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.