Carvings for Sale (A Short Story)
Some I've know all my life Chris, age 36, grew up in a wood carving family. He attended shows, helped around the shop and worked in the family business, Whillock Woodcarving. He and his brother Mark started their own company importing Stubai tools from Austria. Woodcarvings themselves may also have exciting stories.
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I love to collect carvings most everywhere I go. I hunt for them in antique shops, swap meets, carving shows, and even on the Internet. You can really discover some neat pieces if you put your mind to it. I have selected just a few of the carvings I've collected to share with you I have several hundred. These are some pieces that I thought might tell an interesting story.
This carving is one that my father found in an antique shop in Vermont. It is one of our favorite finds The carving stands 10" high and has a rich patina, it has a hint of white paint in the eyes and also a few basic black lines looks like a felt tip marker for decoration on the shawl. The bottom of the carving is signed "CJ Trygg Trygg, along with his three sons Carl Olof, Niles, and Lars , moved from Sweden to Canada in the s to sell their woodcarvings.
I have since collected a few more Trygg carvings. Trygg carvings especially by the son Carl Olof can be found on eBay.
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Another woodcarving family I have been fond of is the Gunnarssons. Sven Gunnarsson was a furniture maker who turned his carving hobby into a career in the s. His son Urban joined him in the s and is still active today in Sweden. This Gunnarsson signed rowboat figure is one of my favorites.
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It has wonderful details and the oars are removable. In fact, last year I had the opportunity to join a class being taught by Urban Gunnarsson. I took him a photo of the Gunnarsson carvings I had collected and he identified each piece for me. Urban is one of the fastest carvers I have ever met. His rule of thumb is "You are carving too slowly if you don't have two chips in the air at the same time! The following photo shows a few of the Gunnarsson carvings I have along with a photo of myself with Urban. As a woodcarver, I have always tried to autograph and date most of my carvings.
This not only gives me a record of my work but is very helpful to a collector. Another piece I purchased on the Internet is this colorful figure. The name on the bottom is M.
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This piece stands 9" tall and is an excellent example of American folk art. Many woodcarvers have passed through our studio doors and carvings serve as a great reminder of the friendships we have made. In Herbert Sperlich traveled several hundred miles from the Dakotas to visit us at our carving studio. As he left, I bought the carving below from him to add to my collection. A Saucer of Loneliness.
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