Thornwood CC, LLC

11/25/2017

Finished and delivered to customer. She was very pleased.

08/25/2017

Some students in my classes at Carv-Fest requested the video of carving a wheat seed. Here it is. Happy carving.

07/16/2017

Just a little "fun" something.

10/12/2016

10/11/2016

Latest project for a customer. Buffet with doors & drawers made with prime quarter sawn oak.

06/17/2016

The "after" and "before" of a commission project. It is now entered into competition at the "Woodcarvers Congress", Maquoketa, Iowa. The customer likes it, hope the judges do as well. It is a Roe Deer head mount and will eventually have the medals (which are the hunt license) on union jack ribbon in the lower part.

03/13/2016

This furniture panel won a blue ribbon and second best in show at the Cedar Valley Woodcarvers, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 5-6, 2016. It is a pierced carving of acanthus leaves in cherry wood to be used in a stile & rail urn.

01/10/2016

This carved raised panel will be part of another structure (by Waukon Boy Scouts) which will be displayed at the Allamakee County Courthouse. More pics will be posted when project is finished. The entire project is being constructed by Dave's Custom Services Woodworking Shop

04/21/2015

The first front panel of a new cedar chest and it won a blue ribbon at the Iowa State Woodcarvers show, April 11-12, 2015. The other front panel will have a mermaid as the central figure with similar acanthus, grapes and flowers. The side panels will have incised, not pierced, carvings and will be of an aquatic theme.

03/19/2015

At the recent Cedar Valley Woodcarvers Show we had numerous requests from people who wanted to buy this cedar chest. Since it was made 27 years ago before Steve had good tools and before he had mastered the technique of style & rail construction we declined all the offers but promised to make another one. Thus Steve is busy designing another with a different but similar carved motif for the panels. It will be similar in overall size and, I must agree, better constructed and finished than this one.

03/10/2015

The varnish has been applied to the oil on canvas portion of this wall hanging (March 6th) so we can now call it completely finished. The pastor and parishioners of American Lutheran church, LaPorte City are very pleased with it.

03/10/2015

Third "Best of Show" Cedar Valley Woodcarvers, March 7th, 8th.
http://cedarvalleywoodcarvers.com/. It was a good show with a large number of exibitors and public viewers. We're looking forward to next year. Thanks CVWC.