Re: National Carvers Museum
Lynn is correct on the Colorado location of this museum. My wife and I visited it while on vacation in 1977-78. It was just north of the Air Force Academy off I-25 Stopping there on a whim is what got me first interested in carving. I bought a couple of blanks & a set of X-acto knives, a carving book by Harold Enlow and haven't stopped carving since.
Also as noted, I agree that wood carving has really come a long way since then just as Native American Kachina carving has from the (traditional) stoic looking idols done for the tourist trade, to what's refered to as the the "action" figures that are done today.
Mostly, I believe the advances in carving style(s), is in the details that carvers in all genres now apply no matter what their subject: be it caricature, relief, or chip carving, or heck, just plain whittlin'. And that's because we as carvers have grown in our individual ability, skill and artistry thru the encouragement and fellowship of the great carvers we see and meet on this web-site or at carving clubs & shows. I welcome it all, but sure do wish there was a National Carving Museum available once again.
Lynn is correct on the Colorado location of this museum. My wife and I visited it while on vacation in 1977-78. It was just north of the Air Force Academy off I-25 Stopping there on a whim is what got me first interested in carving. I bought a couple of blanks & a set of X-acto knives, a carving book by Harold Enlow and haven't stopped carving since.
Also as noted, I agree that wood carving has really come a long way since then just as Native American Kachina carving has from the (traditional) stoic looking idols done for the tourist trade, to what's refered to as the the "action" figures that are done today.
Mostly, I believe the advances in carving style(s), is in the details that carvers in all genres now apply no matter what their subject: be it caricature, relief, or chip carving, or heck, just plain whittlin'. And that's because we as carvers have grown in our individual ability, skill and artistry thru the encouragement and fellowship of the great carvers we see and meet on this web-site or at carving clubs & shows. I welcome it all, but sure do wish there was a National Carving Museum available once again.
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