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Jim's Portfolio - Click on any thumbnail for
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A friend of mine owns a
rustic furniture manufacturing business
and occasionally has a call for relief
carving on bed rails (above) or on table
legs (above, center). This particular customer wanted a different
carving on each leg of her kitchen table. |
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Consider your kitchen cabinets with
either an accent design or a panoramic
view around the kitchen of your choice
in three dimensional cedar, after which
the pattern is destroyed so you have the
only one of its kind in existence. This
concept can be extended to almost any
room in the house, and limited only to
your imagination. For example:
Let your imagination go and
experience the thrill of having
functional art forms in your home that
will be the focal point in any room, and
the envy of all your friends. |
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Winner - People's
Choice Award - 2007 Marble
Festival, Jasper, GA
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This picture is named "Spirit
Mountain" to depict the animals the
Indians relied on for food ,
clothing,
cooking utensils, and many more
necessities of life. There are five
animals and one
eagle hidden in the snow
and rock formations on the mountain.
There are well over 1300 pieces of wood
in this picture, and it measures 27 1/2"
x 37". |
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Religious pictures are always an
inspiration to me, and I feel that the
talent I have was a gift to be used to
reflect the beauty all around us that He
created. |
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Custom pine cabinet doors, relief carved with
the same cabin scene in three seasons and deer
antler knobs. |
Occasionally custom pieces of furniture are
requested. This is a rustic bathroom vanity of
white pine and red cedar. A custom granite top
will be installed after it is in place. |
This custom-built blanket chest was made for
a lady in Colorado. It has hand-carved front
handles and front feet, as well as an aromatic
cedar floor. |
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The chest is assembled, an aromatic
cedar floor is installed, and is made
ready for the lid and end handles. The lid support hinges are installed
and the piece is ready to sell. |
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This picture was inspired by a Christmas
card; I loved the nostalgia |
Created from my imagination, and my
recollections of my younger years. |
This picture was created from a photo of a
sailboat on Lake Lanier, Georgia. |
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One Door - Two Sides |
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These two doors were constructed by the owners.
The artwork was applied to the face of each
door, some pine overlaid and stained to match
the doors, and once again, the hinges and
deadbolts are hammered and painted wood. These
doors are in the entry foyer of the house. The
owners Lou & Joyce are from the Blue Ridge, Georgia
area (rockinghorse@tds.net) They also have a wet bar in their living room,
for which they wanted a set of bi-fold doors
made. This was to be created in the form of a
picture. The doors, as well as the track, were a
new challenge, but the end result is shown in
the picture below. The door seams were hidden in
the artwork, and a pair of deer antlers became
the handles. |
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Winner - People's Choice Award
2007 Marble Festival, Jasper, GA |
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Sample doors showing just a few of the endless
design ideas that can be used on either interior
or exterior doors. Designs are created for the
individual client, according to their lifestyle.
It makes no difference what style your home is,
we can create an artistic focal point for you.
All framed art and doors are strictly one of a
kind, and patterns are destroyed after
completion of each piece. Plaques, on the other
hand, may be made several times, although the
background wood may vary in type and may be
stained to enhance the artwork, which is NEVER
stained -- possibly wood-burned for detail -- and
a clear finish applied. |
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Wildlife has as many variations and subjects
as any artist could ask for. |
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This picture, of all that I have done, holds
the most sentimental value. At one of the shows
I attended, a woman brought a young blind lady
in my booth, and explained that she had been
blind since birth. She then asked if the young
lady could touch the picture, as her sense
of touch was quite keen. I said there was no
problem as it was all glued solid. The young
lady proceeded to tell me what she saw in the
picture, the tree, the bird, the mountains, the
buck, the fawn, the doe, and the fact that the
doe was drinking in the pool of water. My wife
and I just stood there in awe. That was a moving
experience, in that it showed me that this is an
art form that can even be seen by touch. |
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The beauty of this style art is that you can
also go outside the frame for effect. |
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50th Anniversary gift from
employees to the owners!
Picture
depicts the original 1954 ford dump
truck they started the business
with, the original sawdust barn, the
newest 1964 truck, the front loader
in the building and the sawdust
(made of actual sawdust from cutting
the cedar).
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I have
adopted a slogan that is sort of
fitting to my work:
If the mind of man can conceive
it, I can create it in wood art.
I also guarantee satisfaction. If you're not satisfied, I
charge you double.
(Sure does cut down on
complaints.)
JUST KIDDING!!!
I do love what I do, and I would
love to do it for you! |
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