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Here's My Woodcarving!
By Tom Pritchard
Madison, IN


I have been carving for about 10 years. I mostly carve Santa and Snowmen. Besides carving I love to make furniture and some craft items.

When my doctor retired a couple years ago, I gave him and his nurse a retirement gift. My doctor was an internist. He was the one who discovered my Colorectal Cancer in 2008. As you look at the item the doctor's carving is holding in his hand, you can see what I mean.

I made these out of basswood with a walnut base. Each carving is about 6" to 7" tall.


Below is a Santa I'm carving for my niece as a Christmas present. It is made from basswood. The overall size is about 3" wide and 8" tall. I used a branch off a tree to make the staff. The bird he is holding is a cardinal. I'm actually making 3 of these right now.


These will be given as gifts to family and friends this year. All of them are made from basswood. Sizes vary from small ornaments to tall Santa's and snowmen about 7 to 8 inches tall.


Below is a carving I did for my wife as Christmas present. This is also made from basswood. I used acrylic paints with rubbed on brown shoe polish for distressing.



Tom can be reached directly via email at tompritch1@hotmail.com. You can also visit his carving blog at http://bumpaswoodcreations.blogspot.com/.

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