With Thanksgiving fast upon us I find myself considering the many, many things for which I am thankful. The list goes on and on, but when I get to my craft, Ming-Kahuna, I can’t help but be reminded … more →
ShopTalkMe wrote 2 years ago: With Thanksgiving fast upon us I find myself considering the many, many things for which I am thankf … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: Before I discuss Hira3, which you see above rough carved, there’s something I’d like to say. Up till … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: I’m only showing Hira2 in progress (rough carved with just a tad of clean-up to go before sand … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: In the palm of your hand, finger over the top as if to tamp, introducing a new statement in tamper a … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: Nine years ago, almost to the day, I spent my evening as I watched television holding a bar of Cuda, … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: Hey Neill, thanks for your kind words. Rather than place this as a response in the comments section … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: Here are the first two new materials from a group that has turned out to be spectacular. I’ll be in … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: The tamper that you see above was created right around the same time as Blade that you see in the la … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: Each Necron Series tamp, at least the later ones that I produced back around 2002, came with a parag … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: Despite having an undergraduate degree from a university with one of the top psych departments in th … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: This morning when I awoke I gazed out my bedroom window at the sun rising over the Blue Ridge chain … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: Unlike the early years of Ming-Kahuna, being nicked by any number of whirring sharp things is now a … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: From the North any amateur astronomer who gazes at the Summer night sky is compelled to visit the co … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: (Shogun shown rough carved) This one also caught me by surprise. I had figured a white matrix, but … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: This brand new material gave me quite a surpise. To offer the first piece carved from it I decided … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: As you may know I spend a significant amount of time in the hunt for new materials to bring the best … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: This past weekend I decided to carve an Incubus and Predator from Simba. I set the shapes out on ad … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: I do not have an aversion to precision. No matter how much I look at what I do as art, I think that … more →
Me wrote 2 years ago: I’ve written a bit about my Dad here in ShopTalk, and one thing that I failed to mention is that he … more →