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Black Walnut

The black walnut wood tag designates content having to do with carving a sculpture out of black walnut wood, one of my favorite types of wood to carve.

Black walnut sculpture left profile
January 21, 2020ByIn, , , , ,

New Work: “Enfold”

A suggestion from the Internet helped me to achieve a beautiful natural sheen on my newest sculpture, "Enfold", in black walnut wood.
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Three Gouge Chisels
March 31, 2019ByIn, ,

Behind the Scenes: Finishing a Wood Sculpture

I don't use sandpaper on my sculptures. Instead, I finish the surfaces using a variety of chisels. Watch this video for a behind-the-scenes peek.
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Black Walnut in Vise
January 3, 2019ByIn, , , , ,

Blocking Black Walnut Log: Part 2

I'm using a vise to hold my black walnut wood piece as I carve a place that's hard to reach. A good vise is like another set of hands!
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C C Griffin Carving Black Walnut Piece
October 26, 2018ByIn, ,

Blocking Black Walnut Log: Part 1

I'm in the studio examining a black walnut log. It's total stream-of-consciousness as I think out loud about what I plan to do.
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Black walnut log
October 19, 2018ByIn, ,

Spongy Areas

Spongy Areas Have to Go! I’m just starting on my black walnut log. There are some spongy areas in the whitish sapwood that I’m investigating.
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First Black Walnut Piece
October 12, 2018ByIn, ,

First Black Walnut Piece

This is a post that describes the beginning of a piece in black walnut wood. It starts at the point of splitting the log in half.
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Recent Sculpture

Carving of "Butternut 2" sculpture. Marble carving with black carved base.
Wood carving of "Cadence" sculpture. Front view.
Right three-quarter view of "Shishito" sculpture
Abstract sculpture in Brazilian soapstone
Alabaster sculpture of a pink grapefruit
Carving of white marble and quartzite sculpture
"Enfold" Black walnut wood carving front view
Alabaster carving of hubbard squash-top
"Passages" wood sculpture

Recent Still Lifes

Right three-quarter view of "Shishito" sculpture
Alabaster sculpture of a pink grapefruit
"Onion" thumbnail size
"Beets and Radishes"