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After a 3-year journey, I recently finished writing my first book on Carving the Acanthus Leaf. Read about it at Lost Art Press https://lostartpress.com/collections/books/products/carving-the-acanthus-leaf or my website https://www.marymaycarving.com/carvingschool/the-acanthus-leaf/ Thanks for...

There are still spaces available for an "open" woodcarving class at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking in Manchester, CT March 12 & 13. This class is open to beginner or experienced carvers and you can work on whatever you want to! Either come with a project, or I can give you...

I'm writing an instructional book on carving that wonderful classic design - the acanthus leaf. Sign up for newsletters to follow along with the progress - eepurl.com/baavSD or sign up at my online school - http://www.marymaycarving.com/carvingschool Hoping to show how to carve 8 to 10...

I now have 187 different instructional woodcarving videos on my online school. Some of the topics include Philadelphia Ball and Claw Foot, Acanthus leaves, most of the details for the top of a Philadelphia Highboy (Rosette, Cartouche, flame finials, leaf detail), concave and convex Newport...

This is written by Ben Hobbs. Just forwarding it if anyone is interested. It is getting close to our fall meeting for the Tidewater chapter of SAPFM on Nov. 1 so I wanted to give a little more information about it.    We will not waste your time, and we have a full day planned.  Fortunately for...

Hello everyone! Sorry I have been absent in the forum lately. Been a little busy. I had a wonderful time at Woodworking in America this past weekend and saw a lot of my SAPFM friends. Thanks to Will Myers for loaning me his beautiful Moravian workbench. I want one! I was offering a 15% discount...

A friend of mine, Tom Timm, is selling off much of his 32 year collection of genuine mahogany - 1 inch to 5 inches thick, 20 to 38 inches wide. He also has walnut and lots of other figured wood. He is located in Summerville, SC. His web site is http://www.customwoodcrafter.com Phone #...

Hello! It's Mary May here. I have started an online video school of classical woodcarving - www.marymaycarving.com/carvingschool. I have spoken to many people who want to learn carving, but are unable to travel to take classes. This online school is my endeavor to teach the art of woodcarving...

Norman Landry, a dear friend, passed away yesterday, August 20, 2011. Norman had a passion for building reproduction furniture and was deeply involved in the Society of American Period Furniture Makers. I am not sure how far back he goes in the group, but I know that he was one of the founding...

I (Mary May) will be teaching 2 classes next week on carving Newport shells at The Woodwright's School - (Roy Underhill's school) in Pittsboro, NC. There are still spaces available. Go to either www.woodwrightschool.com to sign up or www.marymaycarving.com and connect to Roy's link. The...

I have a problem with a project I have going on. I have been asked to carve 12 8-9" tall palmetto trees out of a log of green and very wet oak (red oak, I think). The problem is that the tree was just cut down in August. They want to use this particular log because it was the first tree cut down...

I just finished an instructional DVD on carving the fruit basket - Samuel McIntire style. A plaster casting can be purchased with it. Please check my web site: www.marymaycarving.com and go to "Instructional DVDs". It really is a fun project to carve - such a wonderful variety of carving...

There are still spaces available for the class on building and carving a pedestal tea table. The turned pedestal has 3 acanthus leaves, and the 3 legs have an acanthus leaf on the knee and ball and claw foot. Dan Hamilton, of Beaufort, SC will be teaching the joinery and construction and Mary...

I will be starting a "formal" school starting this fall in Charleston, SC. It is called "Cornerstone Creations, LLC - Traditional Artisan School". It is going to be focusing on traditional hand-tool techniques. I have met many skilled people who are professionals in their field who are really...

Just checking to see if anyone is interested in a week-long (or longer) combined class with furnituremaker Greg Guenther (from Savannah, GA) and woodcarver Mary May (from Charleston, SC). It will most likely be located at Greg's shop in Savannah. What I am trying to find out is what class...

Just a special note to say "THANKS" to Dave Powles for organizing the furniture tour this past weekend in Charleston, SC (and Mark Ogalai for organizing the e-mail communication). I can't imagine trying to coordinate the schedule - you did a great job, and it was a wonderful success. I live in...

I said I had hoped to get both the concave and convex Newport instructional DVDs out in April - well, I have one day to spare! It has been quite a journey with having to re-film once, re-edit twice, and finally...finished! My brain hurts from this computer stuff and I'm eager to get back to...

Hello again. I have a few more classes scheduled for this year. April 23 & 24 I will be at the Woodcraft store in Johnson City, TN teaching the ball and claw and it is turning out that there will be several people taking the class doing their own projects, so basically - whatever you want to...

Hello Ya'll. (I may not be a native Charlstonian, but I'm trying). I am setting up a 2 day carving class January 29 & 30 at my workshop in Charleston, SC. The cost is $125 per day, and the topic is going to be carving the Newport shell, but since there are only room for 5 students, if you are...

Hello! I am starting to sell study casts from my web site. What I have at the moment is the Newport shell - both concave and convex cast in plaster. Let me know what other castings you are interested in for carving, and I'll put them on my "to-carve" list. I am also selling Dastra (Frank...