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Visit Stetson Carving's Project Page for a host of new and exciting projects! His love for woodcarving changed focus later in his life. No longer interested in relief carving, Dave explored the relm of human figure carving. He incorporated form and balance, anatomy and structure to develop a unique form of caricature carving. Dave's caricature is based on realism by exaggeration. In order to create good caricature, one must understand the realistic anatomical order of the human body. And Dave does create wonderful caricature. Not only is he a master of the knife, he has a unique ability to find the sense of humor in life, recreating it in his art. He has been carving since the early 1980's and teaching his form of exaggerated realism since 1984. He is a co-creator and founding member of the Caricature Carvers of America. His woodcarvings have won best of shows and first place ribbons too numerous to count. His carvings are prized by collectors all over the country and internationally. To contact Dave write call or email him at the address below. Michele
Carville Stetson Many years of santa collecting inspired her to later try her hand at carving again. So in 1991, she started carving with a santa woodcarving book, a bench knife, and a package of bass wood blocks purchased from a local craft store. The first carvings were primitive to say the least but her family and friends encouraged her to continue. Progress was interrupted after a year and a half of carving 16 hours a day, 7 days a week with carpal tunnel surgery on both wrists. But a couple of months went by and she was at it again with the same intensity. She began teaching in 1995 in a couple of Tole Painting shops as their token woodcarving instructor. The quality of painting exhibited by the Tole Artists she was working with, inspired her to learn decorative painting. With the help and instruction of a wonderful local artist, Michele learned the art of decorative painting and applied it to her Santa carvings. In 1998, she met Dave Stetson and thus a very positive and productive relationship began, professionally and later, personally.
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