Sunday, December 7, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Vesterheim Auction

Vesterheim Norwegian Museum in Decorah, Iowa.
It can be found at (Vesterheim.org) item is #873
It is carving of a commercial fisherman that is holding
two big slabs of "lutesfisk" which he probably caught
in a special lutesfisk net.
This caving sold for $110 in the auction
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Grandson Owen's First Birthday
Monday, October 20, 2008
Oklahoma City Carving Show-Oct. 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Grandson
Golfing With Dad
A Visit with Marv
The apartment is really an outstanding carving museum.
Joe could not take it all in during the short visit but he made a good attempt.
Carving Classes in Grand Marais, Minnesota
David Brensiger (Georgia) carves a Scandinavian woman in one day.
David Bressiger and Larry Piety carve a Scandinavian man (Ole)on the second day after carving the woman (Lena) the first day.
Above are pictured the finished products after day one. Aren't these some good looking old Scandinavian women?
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Fishing Trip to the BWCA
We camped for two nights on Alpine Lake. It was a great site, with a breeze and we caught fish here also.
We ate these three bass on the second night after feasting on nice walleye the first night.
Joe (son) in the Wilderness Canoe Area
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Dad and Joe head for the BWCAW




North House Folk School



Heading for Minnesota

This is a view of the marina and the North House Folk School where I teach carving classes.
Grand Marais is recognized as one of the great "artist towns" in the USA. It has an active Art Colony, the folk school and many art galleries. Several professional artists make Grand Marais their home.

Sunday, July 13, 2008
Tulsa Carving Show Door Prize
Tulsa, Oklahoma Carving Show, July, 2008
This stylized "bucking bronco" won a blue ribbon. I carved this while sitting on the beach in Florida a couple of weeks earlier. It is carved from butternut wood
This is a lineup of the carving contest winners. L-R Rusty Johnson (1st), Me (2nd), Lynn Doughty (3rd), and Ray North (HM). We had an hour and 15 minutes to carve a cocker spaniel from a cutout blank. There were about 14 carvers that participated.
This is my second place cocker spaniel. We could only use one tool for the entire time. I am pretty sure it was my first dog carving ever.
These are the first three chip-carved plates that I have ever done. I took a class from Wayne Barton in June.