[Bartster]

rick,

sometimes you gotta stop and smell the roses, great work on the hobo.

bart

[BasketballJones]

Not sure what impresses me more, the fact that it only took a weekend to carve and paint him or that you had a weekend to carve.

[rick-in-seattle]

Thanks everyone, I really had a good time carving.

For folks waiting for me to finish their knives, sorry, I needed a break.

Gary,
I am working on a female hobo and have been for about a year.

VA,
I have a mailing list of customers whom I notify when I complete a new carving, several are patiently waiting for new carvings to add to their collections.

Some customers send me pictures and would like hobo carvings of themselves. This was one of those carvings, and explains why it sold immediately.

[Blake Lunsford]

Wow! It must be nice (or is it) to have a waiting list of people who want your carvings. I can see why they want them though....very nice! I think you did a great job!

Blake

[squbrigg]

Well done Rick! Great carving. Nice to make some shavings just for fun and yourself once in a while, and if your sell it, all the better! Great feeling.

Bob

[love2carve2]

Rick,
That is so nice to hear. I can see why you have a waiting list for your carvings. They are really outstanding.
Mary

[rick-in-seattle]

Mary,
Collectors are unusual people, they will pay for a carving because of the name it has on the bottom rather than the artistic merit of a piece.

While I enjoy carving, there are many who carve much better than I do.
The difference is, I have collectors who think my carvings are the cats meow; that is why my carvings sell. Not because they are better, but because a handful of folks love them.

Also I have little time to carve which makes my work less available. There are wonderful carvers who can and do put out a new carving every couple days.
That is not necessarily bad, but it creates a surplus of that artists work; making it less desirable to collectors. That only matters if you wish to sell your carvings.

The Trygg family of carvers sold tens of thousands of carvings from 1910 to 1984. There are still so many of those carvings available, that their actual value has not increased. They are fun to collect, but you can't expect a financial return on collecting them.

Probably more than you wanted to know, but I felt like typing.

[Thomp]

Rick, Glad you got a break to do what you wanted to do,

the hobo is something to be proud of and the fact it took only one week end and sold right after is something to be admired.

i have a few jelious sister in laws who want one of my carvings just like the one i carved for thrie sister, but just a little bit different, i tell them i'll have to practice till i get a little bit better.... which wont be any time soon..

thanks for sharing your efforts skill and craft with dummys like me,

we all develope from our admiriations, and i'm definately admire your skills... dont stop.!...

but if i had your job i'd fake a bridge jumping in a river and hop a freighter....

[Mark N. Akers]

Rick:
Very nice job on the hobo Rick,love the look on his face.I agree you need to take more weekends for yourself.

[Tom H]

Excellent Rick! Back when I worked I had it down to every weekend was for what I wanted to do. Of course I had to want to paint the house, clean the gutters, weed the garden, mow the grass, visit relatives, etc, etc. No kidding you really do need to spend more weekends just carving. Tom H