Sunshine carving

It’s been a while since I carved. I don’t know why I stopped? I guess I was busy doing other art projects. But yesterday I started carving again. I started with Vincent, the varroa destructor’s fat little body. I wanted to start with his body because I need to see how round he ends up […]

Cut out pages

I’ve done my character drawing, my technical drawing and a cut out drawing. The paper will be glued to the wood as a guide in cutting. Maybe today I’ll start doing the rough cutting on my baby band saw or scroll saw, both which scare me. But whenever I’m scared of something I just close […]

George, the drone bee

I drew the mechanical design for the future George wood table top puppet. He’s going to be about 11 inches tall. Hand carved from basswood that I ordered from Heinecke Wood. Order this book on Amazon to learn more about Drone Bees I feel sorry for the drones or do I? There only purpose in […]

Designing the Varroa Destructor.

I have no idea how I’ll work six arms at a time but maybe I’ll just let them swing? This puppet will be a tabletop puppet, which means it will not have strings but manipulated by one hand on a surface like a table. Not sure how this will work with my stage which is […]