Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Marcia Berkall's "Whittlins 'n Wood" offers a variety of hand carved items. Special orders are always welcome. Visit Marcia's web page at http://whittlinsnwood.com or works in progress at http://cahvah.wordpress.com/
Information
Affiliation:
National Wood Carver Association, Maine Wood Carver Association, New England Wood Carvers Association
Location:
South China, ME
Phone:
207-445-4280

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture

 
Simon Chambers

Simon Chambers
Does anyone have / can anyone provide me with....the woodspirit piece in the American Woodcarving magazine Spring 2009 by a chap called Gagac??? I'm in need of it and I can't go through all the hassle I had last time getting one magazine sent to the U.K (it took months and the publisher made lots of errors!!) If it can... be copied and sent to me via email as PDF or similar I will provide my email address to you. Many thanks!!Read More

Sat at 8:53am · Report
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Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture Just got my new custom made carving knife from my favorite knife-makers...Cape Forge. Thank you, Karyn...it's perfect!!!

Source: www.capeforge.com
Norma L. Wing
Norma L. Wing
Thon and I love our Cape Forge knives!
November 19 at 11:44am
Karyn De Punte Sweezy
Karyn De Punte Sweezy
Thanks guys... ..I love making them.
November 19 at 4:54pm
Barb Grove

Barb Grove Glad to see you beautiful work here Mush.

November 15 at 6:13pm · Report
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Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Aw thanks, Barb....thanks for becoming a fan! :)
November 15 at 6:14pm
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture Had lots of fun teaching soap carving at Freshwater Arts on Saturday. Kids are great!

Source: www.freshwaterarts.org
Fall 2009 Class Session Announced Freshwater Arts is pleased to present our Fall 2009 class offerings. Visit the Our Classes page of our site to see the wide variety of classes being offered from mid-October through mid-November and to download registration materials.
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture Deadline...Quality....when there's a choice, I'd rather miss the deadline than compromise the quality of something that will bear my name. Missed the deadline on "Chief Joseph Attean", but it was iffy to begin with. At least I retain my integrity, and that is more important to me.

October 22 at 8:32am
Megan Lalli
Megan Lalli
Yep, hard choice to make. I almost always have this quandary in my line of work. Only, i don't get to miss deadline. So i have to decide which 80% i can get right is the 80% i want right.
October 22 at 9:18am
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Thanks, friends! I just spoke with the fellow who is supposed to have the carving now. His response, "I really appreciate your trying". Glad I told him from the start that it was doubtful...and glad that he is understanding.
October 22 at 12:20pm
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture Crunch time! If he's going to be at the show, he needs to be shipped..overnight argh!...by tomorrow afternoon. Tonight is carving class night, so I'll work on it more later.

Steve Uckerman
Steve Uckerman
Auntie Mush! That's AWESOME!
October 21 at 1:47pm
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Thanks, Steve. Where have you been..seems you disappeared for a while.
October 21 at 5:57pm
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture Getting there. I'm still not sure I'll get it done in time or that I'll even be happy with the likeness, but we'll see. I must admit that I am enjoying the challenge and the change of pace.

Deborah Meier Call
Deborah Meier Call
Great job, Marcia, I think he looks very, very good!!!
October 20 at 3:37pm
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Thanks, Deb. Break is over...back to work.
October 20 at 6:19pm
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture This project is raising old logs from the bottom of the Penobscot River and selling the wood to artists and woodworkers. This piece of wood was given to me to try...and to carve something for the Heritage Foundation Collection. The theme has to be either Native American or logging.

Norma L. Wing
Norma L. Wing
What a great project to be involved in! I'll be interested in watching your progress.
October 19 at 1:35pm
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture A commission, this little 6 1/2" Santa will be holding a puffin. He's getting there!

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture Thought I would share some of the progress on this carving, a commission. He'll have a knitted watch cap and there will be a violin in the carving somewhere.

Richard Faulkner
Richard Faulkner
Lookin good Mush. Did you remember how you had done the knit cap in the past?
September 21 at 9:26am
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
LOL Dick...I really should have written it down the last time. I don't think the process is exactly the same, but it's working, I guess. Thanks!!!
September 21 at 9:32am
Simon Chambers

Simon Chambers WANTED - Used Foredom or similar pendant type power carving kit. If anyone has one they no longer use and can sell to a poor peasant, I'd be very grateful!! (in working order obviously, and with either UK or EU plug / wiring.

October 7 at 4:08am · Report
Simon Chambers
Simon Chambers
They must manufacture some with UK/EU voltage as the ones for sale new on evil Bay come with EU plug fitted - which means I just need a simple, very inexpensive plug converter. A US model would need to be cranked up to 220 volts minimum so I would guess some kind of expensive transformer would be needed. Just search "Foredom" on eBay and you'll see the new kit listed. They don't mention the plug but I've caled him and verified!
October 9 at 9:38am
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Ahh ok..got it. If I run into one in my travels, I'll surely keep you in mind.
October 9 at 7:43pm
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
A
few years back I was commissioned to do a carving of Athena...the
Palladium. This would be a trophy for a college football rivalry
between Middle Tennessee and Troy State. Admittedly this was a stretch
for me, but I welcomed the challenge. The alumni
association representative who commissioned the carving has been
wonderfu...l, updating me with information and photos. Today he informed
me that ESPN2 will be televising the Middle Tennessee/Troy game Tuesday
(at 8 PM ET) and that when the game was on ESPN two years ago, there were
lots of shots of the trophy. It's not every day that one of my carvings
is on national television! :)
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Deborah Meier Call
Deborah Meier Call
Oops, sorry, misspelled your name!!!
October 4 at 3:43pm
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Thank you, Janet and Deb! I'm getting such a chuckle out of this. I can't recall any other carving causing the panic attacks that this one did. It's kind of surreal to find pictures of it on the Internet!
October 4 at 5:03pm
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture First coat of polyurethane...almost finished!

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture
Thank you, Pam. I'm waiting for the weather to dry out a little to add more coats of polyurethane.
October 4 at 12:08pm
Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture

Whittlins 'n Wood -- Wood Carvings and Wood Sculpture "The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist. "(Julia Cameron)

October 2 at 6:52am
Simon Chambers
Simon Chambers
I'd like to be full of Grace too - but she might call the cops!!
October 2 at 9:02am