Here's an easy carving project that I've recently re-discovered: carving hillbilly pencils. For the most part they are pretty easy t...

Hands-on learning comes in many shapes and forms. Woodshop class and woodcarving are most certainly a powerful catalyst for extending a chil...

Even in the cool Blue Ridge Mountains the July heat has been somewhat brutal this summer. Hard to believe that there was a couple feet of s...

I very rarely meet a kid who doesn't like to be part of building something from the natural materials in the woods. Using only freshly c...

Today I had the opportunity to work with a group of kids in the woods who were experiencing some behavioral issues and they couldn't mak...

Here's a little woodshop project that I put together in about 90 minutes complete. Every July 4th since about 1979 our camp has held a m...

In the beginning I didn't intend for this to be much more than a momentary pastime carving. But the more I carved, the more that I began...

WIP="Work in Progress" Continuing with the ax-in-the-stump carving project started here , you can see from the picture to the le...