SATURDAY 1st DEC. 2007

A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO THE EXHIBITION IN SUCH POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS.MIKE AND I HAD A GREAT DAY AND HAD LOTS OF POSITIVE COMMENTS.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, HAPPY CHRISTMAS, HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN NEXT YEAR !! CHEERS PAUL AND MIKE

HONOURED GUESTS

LADY ACLAND AND LADY GASS PICTURED WITH MIKE.

CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION

VIEWS OF THE EXHIBITION BEFORE THE RUSH!!

FELLING THE ROADWATER TOTEM POLE TREE

MIKE AND I MET ALVIN AT NUTCOMBE BOTTOM,THE TREE(A WESTERN RED CEDAR) HAD ALREADY BEEN SELECTED.TOP PICTURE ALVIN AND ME DECIDING IN WHICH DIRECTION TO FELL IT AND THE BOTTOM PICTURE ME SNEDDING THE TREE OUT.ALVIN COUNTED THE GROWTH RINGS IN THE TREE BUTT AND ESTIMATED THE THE TREE TO BE 56 YRS OLD!

CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION

OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION IS ON SAT. 1st DECEMBER 2007 FROM 10AM / 5 PM, ALL WELCOME HAPPY CHRISTMAS

ROADWATER TOTEM POLE, FILM

MIKE HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED TO CARVE A TOTEM POLE FOR ROADWATER VILLAGE GREEN.STUDENTS FROM WEST SOMERSET COLLEDGE ARE GOING TO FILM ITS PROGRESS BARBRA EVANS WILL DIRECT THE FILM, BRENT ZILLWOOD IS FILMING AND ROSA LEWIS IS ASKING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS!! PAUL AND BRYAN WILL HELP MIKE WITH FELLING THE TREE AND CARVING THE TOTEM POLE.WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AND BARBRA HAS PROMISED TO UPLOAD SOME VIDEO TO FOOTAGE TO THE SITE.

ROADWATER TOTEM POLE

BRENT FILMING MIKE, WITH ROSA LOOKING ON.

SATURDAY NOV. 3rd

MIKE HARD AT IT. A FAMILY GROUP OF FUNGI BY PAUL.

FRIDAY, IN THE YARD

THE WORKSHOP, A VIEW INTO THE YARD AND 2 FINISHED WORKS DRYING IN THE SUN.

MIKE AT WORK

MIKE STARTING WORK ON A BIG OWL!!

FISH

JANICE AND STEPHEN LANDED THEIR FISH SCULPTURE,AFTER A LONG HARD FOUGHT BATTLE!!
MIKE AND I DELIVERED IT TO MINEHEAD, THIS MORNING.
CARVED IN DOUGLAS FIR BY PAUL.

IN THE YARD

PHILLIP FARMER AT WORK IN THE YARD DELIVERING, MOVING AND POSITIONING THE LOGS.PHILLIP RUNS A LOCAL BUISINESS,
A & P FARMER, ANY TIMBER FROM TREE SURGERY OPERATIONS THAT IS OF NO USE TO PHILLIP WE HAVE FIRST REFUSALL!!
THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS A VIEW INTO THE YARD.

RAPTOR

A RAPTOR CARVED IN BEECH AND IN POSITION AT DAN AND MARGARETS GARDEN. CARVED BY PAUL 2007.

PORLOCK CARNIVAL

AMY,ROSIE,CHLOE AND CHARLOTTE ON THEIR WINNING FLOAT AT PORLOCK CARNIVAL 2007, SOME OF MIKES CARVINGS WERE PUT TO GOOD USE!!

SELWORTHY CHURCH

SELWORTHY CHURCH HELD ITS ANNUAL FLOWER FESTIVAL SOME OF MIKES AND PAULS CARVED BIRDS WERE USED IN ONE DISPLAY.

NUTCOMBE BOTTOM

MIKE, BRYAN AND MYSELF TOOK A DAY OFF WORK AND MET UP WITH ALVIN AND GRAEME (CROWN ESTATE FORESTERS) AT NUTCOMBE BOTTOM, NEAR DUNSTER,HERES THE RESULTS.

FROG ON A MUSHROOM

BRYAN DECIDED TO CARVE A FROG ON A MUSHROOM HE RAN OUT OF TIMBER SO HERES HIS PINE CONE!!!!!!

FLOWER

A FLOWER CARVED IN CORSICAN PINE, IN MEMORY OF

JANET COOPER.

MIKES NEW OWL

THIS IS THE OWL MIKE CARVED
TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT
GOT STOLEN.IF ANYONE ATTEMPTS TO
STEAL THIS ONE THEY WILL GET
A SUPRISE!!!!!

PAUL WITH A FERN!

THIS IS ME WITH THE SECOND CARVING OF THE DAY A FERN.

FLAMES

THIS PIECE WAS CARVED IN BEECH THEN BURNT WITH A BLOW TORCH.

A FERN

PAUL S PRACTICE PIECE FOR NUTCOMBE BOTTOM.

RAINY DAY

MIKE AT WORK CHIPPING AWAY IN THE WORKSHOP.

MIKE`S CARVING OF AN EXMOOR PONY, A LEAVING GIFT FOR MATT.

AN OWL IN SPALTED BEECH, CARVED BY PAUL.

BIGSHELL

BIG SHELL
A COMMISSION CARVED BY PAUL

Shell Bench

A bench top carved from beech, offers invited!!! Paul

A brace of pheasants

Mike and Reg pose by the brace of pheasants carved for family and friends of Reg and his wife Mary. Reg is not only a good friend of Mike and myself but the man who looks after our chainsaws!!

HEADSTONE

A headstone Mike carved for a friend.

Elephant

This elephant was a commissioned surprise 40th birthday present,for the tusks Mike used red deer antler.

Coleridge Way

Heres Mike working on the "Man from Porlock" now on display at the end of the Coleridge Way,36 miles from Nether Stowey to Porlock.

Nutcombe Bottom

Mikes woodpecker and below

Pauls slug on a toadstool

Nutcombe Bottom

here are some pics of the carvings on the Crown Estate,we are due to do another days carving towards the end of August

myself,Mike and another mate,Bryan Retallick took a day off work to carve some trees at Nutcombe Bottom on the Crown Estate,nr Dunster.Bryan carved a wasp on top of an apple i carved a slug on a toadstool and Mike carved 2 pieces, a wood pecker and an owl.Less than 1 week later Alvin the head forester called Mike to tell him the owl carving had been stolen!! So if you have seen this owl please let us know!