Originally published on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Every once in a great while I do a carving that I think really stands out and represents the best of my efforts. This, I think is one of those. Everything about this little scene just seemed to fall in place. From the spilt soy sauce on the floor, to the coffee grinder,to the gold tooth gleaming from Chang Li’s wide grin. This is a carving that just makes you smile and I’ll bet anything that if you could step into the picture you’d be looking for an open seat at the breakfast table to partake of some of his cooking.
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For this piece I built the stove first as it is the anchor of all the action. It is made from several pieces all pegged together. I had originally planned on having the oven door open with biscuits baking inside but to do that would have caused the cook to stand further back from the stove and that composition just didn’t work. The loaf of bread carries the oven. The same goes with the Quaker Grits container. Seeing that you can easily tell what is boiling over on the stove. The coffee grinder and Arbuckles crate on the floor ties in with the coffee pot and the bacon with the eggs. Even though there’s no bacon visible thats been fried we know that it eventually will be. The spilt bottle of Soy Sauce I just added as it’s something that a Chinese cook would have. There is also a bottle of Brandy setting on the stove top. I don’t really know why thats there……Maybe Chang likes a little morning nip once in awhile.
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I think I’m going to hang on to this guy for a while but I’ll take him to Dayton to give him some exposure. There are lots of photos in the Gallery and, as always, I’ll look forward to your comments
So much detail , great job
A True classic, perfect in every way
Everytime I see one of your carvings it inspires me to do better! Thank you so much! I really enjoy your videos also.
I love your work and am trying woodcarving for my new art medium.