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I have always loved working with wood and making things with my hands. When my husband Jason started building his arcade game, I had no problem with him buying a lot of tools. I even encouraged him to buy more tools, but when Jason wanted me to carve all of his side art for his game I was a little scared. Since I have not done a project quite like this I knew it would take a very long time and I wasn’t sure of my ability to make the characters look as good as the original artwork. My first arcade carving was donkey kong, I didn’t keep track of how long it took me (I don’t think I really wanted to know how long it was taking). I would have to guess that it took over 12 hours just to carve my first donkey kong.
I am very critical of my own work and if it wasn’t for all the great guys on web sites like byoac and arcade fever I would not be carving. So thank you for all of your nice comments and appreciation for my carvings. Carving is a very long and tedious process and without all of the excitement from everyone I don’t think I would have the energy to continue.
I don’t have much professional training in wood working. But I think my love for wood and my patience helped me bring my carvings to life. I put my heart into every piece I do and spend so much time in to everyone of them. None of my carvings are done, until I feel like I have gotten as close to perfect (well without going crazy) as I can. Since I put so much into my carvings I start to get attached to each project. I have recently realized that I miss them once they are gone. Especially if they are one-of-a-kind project such as the Brutus buckeyes project. After carving on the 2 brutus characters for 11 hours and then spending almost that much time painting them, I was getting a little tired of looking at them. It took three days and then they were shipped out. I didn’t realize, until I seen a picture of them at their new home, that I MISS BRUTUS!! I am sure Ben (the new owner of the buckeye's mascot carvings) will enjoy the them for a very long time.
I love carving wood, but it is work. I am completely self taught so I am still learning a lot about the art of carving wood. When I start a project I spend a lot of time thinking about what I need to do, how and where I need to start & since wood has an attitude of its own, things don’t always go as planned. I never know exactly what it will look like when I am done. I even amaze myself once I am done.
I am willing to try any project. I would be more than happy to give your project a shot. All you have to do is fill out the EZ contact form. Located HERE
Thank you for stopping by!! -Melissa Jones NICE CARVINGS
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