[JIM QUILICI]

I Have Just Passed 100 Carvings Done Since I Started Carving, Actually First Part Of 2004.
I Thought It Would Be Neat To Show Our 1st Carvings And Our Last Carving ,and Tell How We Got Started Carving.................
I Got Started ( Or Inspired) When We Went Though The Carving Museum In Custer Sd. In Sept. 2003 Took Me Awhile To Get Started But As Far As We Can Remember( We Are Older You Know) It Had To Be Around Jan 2004 . Bought A Rough Out From " Rostter Cut Outs" ( Did Not Have A Band Saw Then To Cut It Out Myself). As I Look At My First Carving There Is A Lot Of Fuzzies From A Dull Knife. Took Me A While To Learn To Sharpen A Knife.
I Can Thank My Wife For Encourging Me All Along The Way, And Allowing Me To Buy All The Tools That I Needed And Didn't Need.
This My First Carving And My 102nd ..............................

...............................NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO POST YOURS.....

[wood-whittler]

jim,

it is neat to look back like that and how we have all progressed over the years. thanks for sharing.

bart

[DADDIO]

UUUGGHHHH!!!! i cringe to even think about my first carvings...i have begged some of my family for them back but they refuse,even after offers of better carvings to replace them....hhhhmmmm or i think better carvings, maybe i've gotten worse!!!! aawwee man!!! this post has done went and bummed me out!! lol

[gene messer]

Your first one doesn't look to bad to me Jim ... But you can definately tell the years of progression ..

Both are great , past and present no matter what ...

Thank your wife for us that she supported you .. we get to see the wonderful finished products ..

God Bless

Gene

[mwilleson]

That's a pretty good first carving Jim, and you 102nd is great. Your style has evolved very nicely!

[GeorgiaCarver]

That is a great idea, boy you can really see the difference in skill level. I would agree though, your first carving was one heck of a good carving!

Greg

[Doug Ridley]

Jim, that was a pretty good carving for your first one but I can really tell a difference now. You've come a long way!

[pallin]

My earliest carvings are now lost (rifles I whittled to play with), but I do have a relief carving of my girlfriend's dachshund I did at age 16 in 1949. I have done several reliefs during the past year so I'll include the one I like best: "Carving Hands" based on Escher's "Drawing Hands."

[Jim OH]

Jim,
Your first carving sure looks a lot better than my first. Your progress is quite evident. Thanks for sharing.
Jim OH

[Thomp]

Heck i couldnt tell you which part of the world my first carving is in now... musless what it was, maybe a little troll....?
it was given to a waf nurse in germany, and i got several lasts,, with not a bit of skill evident between the spread..

thanks for sharing jim....