An explosion of creativity has made its way into quite a few carved combs. The 2022 Carving on the Edge Festival workshop was sold out. I’m selling those combs already carved (photos below). I’m also willing to carve some copies of those already gone to new homes, although they are never quite identical, as I always get carried away!
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A fun project these past few months. I had originally carved this first one a few years ago. Kept it at the back of my head for a future workshop.
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Total fun, much sharing, teaching, learning, and laughing. Beautiful artwork, beautiful artists. Rekindling friendships. Beach walks. And of course, who can’t fall in love with Tofino.
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Guess it’s not really a hummingbird “mask”, although it did evolve from my apprenticeship of carving a hummingbird mask. That learning session was at the Carving on the Edge Festival, with Qwaya Sam. The festival is now a bi-annual event, this year, hopefully, if the universe gets a dose of wellness, September 08-20, 2020 in Tofino BC.
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Combining my two loves: Tessellations & Carving
Sketched this Manta Rays tessellation five years ago. Love its simplicity. One single line connecting the center of an equilateral triangle, repeated in 60 degree increments to the three corners of the shape. This tessellations falls into symmetry system P3. I have many more articles about tessellations on my other blog, www.tessellations.ca. It is a fascinating garden to explore.
Close to a dozen masks carved since Qwaya and I first crossed paths at the Carving on the Edge Festival. We have carved many hours together, teaching each other some new tricks, techniques and tall tales. The first project? I crashed his work area at VIU, Vancouver Island University, he was carving a 34 foot totem pole. I innocently thought I could help.
Flashy little critters. The Rufous males and especially the rarely seen Anna’s males. I have started incorporating beads on the gorgets, for the males – an all-over shine and, for the females – a spot of red on the throat patch (gorget). Developing my technique as I push my creativity, each time learning, expanding, trying new ideas.
Champagne Design — Carver 