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In September I took the wife over to the Nawger Knob Fall Festival in Townsend and after doing my duty by escorting her around the arts and craft exhibits I made my escape to the Smoky Mountain Woodcarver's shop. I had a small list of things that I wanted to get along with enough wood to last me until my spring trip, if not next Fall.
On checking out I spotted a pile of Hmph!!!!! Carving Magazines and since I needed something to read back at the cabin I picked one up. I went to the checkout counter and a nice young fella started ringing me out. When he came to the magazine he took it aside and wrote something in it. At the time I was in too much of a hurry to wonder what he wrote or even worry about him writing in it at all. My wife was patiently waiting for me on the porch, she was starved, so getting checked out and on my way was all that I had on mind.
When I got back to the cabin and opened the magazine I realized that the gentleman checking me out was Allen Goodman and it was his "Shelf Elf" article that he had autographed. I've since dropped him a line and thanked him for his courtesy and apologized for my ignorance. Had I not been in such a dad-gum hurry I would have liked to talk with him a spell. But then again, the shop was pretty busy that day.
So, since Mr. Goodman went to the trouble of autographing my copy I figured that it was only right that I try my hand at his creation. I used a piece of empress wood that I had left over from another project but I should have used basswood. It would have taken the detail a lot better. However, for a first try I'm fairly satisfied with how it came out. It's 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 6-1/2". At the last minute I decided to make it a Santa Claus so I added a small basswood pom-pom that I carved for Santa's tassel. It's glued on with Titebond.
Mama already has it on the livingroom bookcase and it's not even Thanksgiving yet!
On checking out I spotted a pile of Hmph!!!!! Carving Magazines and since I needed something to read back at the cabin I picked one up. I went to the checkout counter and a nice young fella started ringing me out. When he came to the magazine he took it aside and wrote something in it. At the time I was in too much of a hurry to wonder what he wrote or even worry about him writing in it at all. My wife was patiently waiting for me on the porch, she was starved, so getting checked out and on my way was all that I had on mind.
When I got back to the cabin and opened the magazine I realized that the gentleman checking me out was Allen Goodman and it was his "Shelf Elf" article that he had autographed. I've since dropped him a line and thanked him for his courtesy and apologized for my ignorance. Had I not been in such a dad-gum hurry I would have liked to talk with him a spell. But then again, the shop was pretty busy that day.
So, since Mr. Goodman went to the trouble of autographing my copy I figured that it was only right that I try my hand at his creation. I used a piece of empress wood that I had left over from another project but I should have used basswood. It would have taken the detail a lot better. However, for a first try I'm fairly satisfied with how it came out. It's 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 6-1/2". At the last minute I decided to make it a Santa Claus so I added a small basswood pom-pom that I carved for Santa's tassel. It's glued on with Titebond.
Mama already has it on the livingroom bookcase and it's not even Thanksgiving yet!
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