Featured Artist

Tim Rahman

Featured Artist at the 
TCWCA 20th Annual Show

Tim Rahman, a Spokane resident and expert carver, will be the featured carver at the TCWCA 20th Annual Show and Sale on March 15 and 16, 2014.

He has received 42 Best of Division ribbons, seven Best of Skill Level, three Best of Show, five Carver’s Choice and five People’s Choice.

by Tim Rahman

Extremely creative, you will be amazed at how real his carvings are:  a carved quilt that looks like a real quilt or a half eaten candy bar that a judge wants removed--his creativity and realism are what all wood carvers strive for.

by Tim Rahman

Support Our Vendors at the show in March!

Our vendors support the Artistry In Wood show and we need to support our vendors.

Blue Ribbon Woodcarving Supplies
The Finest Carving Wood Available

Wood, Tools, Bird Feet, and more can be see on their website by clicking here. Contact them before the show if you want a special piece of wood.
http://www.blueribbonwoodcarvingsupplies.com/

Order at 503 884-7905.

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Cascade Carvers Supply
We Have It In Stock; We'll Ship It Today!

Hand Tools, Power Tools, Dust Control, Books, and more. Products and Carving Academy information are available on their website by clicking here.
http://www.cascadecarvers.com/

Order at 800-828-5576.

Artistry in Wood Prospectus

20th Annual Artistry in Wood

with Juried Show and Sale

Sponsored by the Tri-Cities Wood Carvers Association
Tri-Tech Skills Center
Kellogg at Metaline, Kennewick, WA 99336

Exhibit and Sale
Saturday March 15, 2014 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday March 16, 2014 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Prospectus - Click Here. 

Get to making chips!

How many carvings have you made?

Rocking Chair by MatthewTim

Timeless Sculptures

I have been working on a new website layout for a wood sculptor named Matthew G Welter.  Matthew has been a full time professional wood carver for over 40 years.  A few of those years were spent running his art gallery at Lake Tahoe, CA and his current studio (along with open air gallery) is in Carson City, Nevada.

Timeless Sculptures, as Matthew calls his company, is a primarily commission business.  Very little is carved for inventory and in recent years, much of his work requires heavy equipment to move or transport. Prices are equally weighty.

The question comes to mind, "What does a professional wood sculptor of this caliber do about cracking wood?"  The answer is found in his biography.  He SELLS them!  Matthew explains...

Contemporary Sculpture

"Wood, with its trade-mark warmth and innocent beauty doesn’t even have to try; not with all those knots, grains and glorious cracks. Yes, glorious! Cracks are at once the markers of imperfection and a welcome, random release of tension in an otherwise well-ordered reality. Cracks are justification for, and acceptance of, forces we cannot control."

Not only does he accept and celebrate cracks in wood, he also burns it.  Not for heat but for art!  He has burned the surface of his Statue of Liberty to give it texture and patina.  He has developed a method of using fire to hollow sculptures which he used on a life size Liberty Bell and a 10' tall Easter Island Moai.

Where can you see his works?  Well, there are 4,972 photos of just about every angle and every type of wood sculpture you have ever seen in his new photo gallery at Timeless Sculptures.

Of all the tools you may have considered...

This incredible piece of furniture is a single piece of wood!  The smooth lines and aesthetic curves were achieved not with carpentry or cabinetry but rather by the creative use of a sawmill and some steam bending fixtures.

Other contemporary furniture my Mike Jarvi can be seen in the slideshow on his website at http://www.mikejarvi.com/

Watch Mike Jarvi create his wooden masterpiece, the Jarvi Bench, in this 15 minute video.

Wood Carving Humor :)