I'm going to be on TV!

Hello Gang, I went and did a interview with a local TV station (WAFF 48) about my carving. It was a neat process, they took about 30 minutes of footage, interviewing me and shooting my carvings. The whole segment won't be more that 1-2 minutes, so I can't wait to see what it looks like. We shot the interview at Matt's shop (thank you Matt!) and probably some of his carving will be in it too. I will post a link to the interview when it is up.

Matt and I carved with our carving group this morning and a good time was had by all. I started another wood spirit, not sure how he will turn out though, trying some different styles of hair.

Here is picture of the group I took with my phone, good looking bunch! Gonna do a Video blog cast tomorrow so stay tuned!    Gary Mc

First carvings of 2012

Hello Gang! Here is a couple of woodspirits that I have done in the new year. I hope you like them! Also I have some news.

Friday the 13th, I am going to be interviewed by a local TV station about my carving and carving in general. We can always use publicity! I hope you all are carving and having a great time! One more thing for the rest of the month, any one who has purchased one of my video and would like to purchase a different one , I will give you $5.00 off ( except the eye video, I will give $2.00 off that one). If you are interested email me or use the contact page here and I will send you a paypal invoice.

I Hope to shoot a Video podcast later this week.

GaryMc

1st Video Pod cast of 2012 - #011

Hello Gang, I hope ya'll had a great New Year's eve, I did! Well, this year I hope to do a lot better at posting to the blog and doing the Carving Video tutorials. I plan to start shooting the next one this week  (Native American). Matt and I are excited about this year and what we are going to carve and the places we hope to go this year. I would love to have feedback from ya"ll this year and want to thank all of you that have supported this site and bought the videos! I intend to add some features in the coming months including some Reviews of carving tools and such, so stay tuned and tell your carving friends to check us out here also.

Happy New Year!

GaryMc

Hello Gang, Merry Christmas! hehe

Well, I know it has been a long time since I have posted here. I thank you for all the comments and emails asking about me. I am alive and well (still tired!), but I am going to crank this site back up starting today. I hope to have the time soon to start another Video Tutorial and get back to doing Video blog posts also.

I want to tell ya'll how proud I am of Matt My partner and friend! He entered his first Carving compitition the first of November at our Carving show (North Alabama Wood Carver show). As you may remember Matt has been carving a short period of time. He entered a spoon that he carved and won a 2nd place ribbon! Way to go Matt! I only had one entry my self, a small greenman. I got a third place ribbon with him. We had a Great show and had a great time also. I got to meet Steve Brown and talk to him some and talked to a great many Carvers at the show. I didn't take any pictures, except tow of Matt and his soon (see them below). 

I know everyone is busy carving Christmas ornaments this time of year, and I have a few of my own to finish for friends and Kin. I hope this season finds each and all of you healthy and hale and your families also. More to come......

 

Sorry it has been so long!

Hello Gang, sorry it has been so long since I last posted! Life happens you know. I recieved an email from a reader of this site and he was angry at me about not posting. I have to admitt that he and all of you have the right to be angry. But in my defence I will tell you that I am not retired and have a day job. I work as the superentendent of a Cemetery and work outside all day. It has been extremely hot here this summer and the heat has been getting to me this year. I am 60 years old and Diabetic and I don't handle the heat as well as I used to. I come home burned out and burned up every day, and just crash. On top of that, I have been without one of my men for the last couple of week and that dumps more workload on all of us. We really don't have enough men when all are there, so with less, it really messes things up. 

Anyway, I hope to be more active here, but I ask your patience and understanding, it will cool off soon I hope!

Here are some pictures of some carvings that are almost finished, just need to paint them or whatever, I haven't even had the energy to do that.

Well, I hope you have a great week and I will try to post a Video Blog today or tomorrow!

GaryMc