[carvnman40]

A couple of my favorites are Floyd Scholz and Greg Woodard. This was my original reply but my reply got rejected for being too short ( not 10 characters) ? So after the first sentence, the rest is just filler. Hope I make it this time.

Mike

[K Karver]

This is an updated list from those who have added other names.

K Karver

Originally Posted by K Karver

In order of when I had them as teachers:

Harold Enlow, Peter Ortel, Phil and Vicki Bishop.

In order of when I would like to sit under them:

Marv Kaisersatt, Jeff Phares, Harley Refsal, Fred Cogelow,Tom Wolfe

A collected list from the posts in this thread:
1. Shirley Adler - spoon carving
2. Mark Akers - caricature etc. see this forum
3. Andy Anderson - caricature/western
4. Johan Amrud - Norwegian style, decorative
5. Phil/Vicki Bishop - caricature/western/more
6. Rick Butz - teacher, variety
7. Deborah Call - holiday, animals, variety
8. Mitchell Cartledge
9. Paul Emil Caron
10. Shawn Cipa
11. Neil Cox - human figure, see Son of Ottawa
12. Ron Davidson
13. Mike Davies - British, love spoons etc.
14. Doris - see this forum
15. Lynn Doughty - caricature, western
16. Dave Dunham
Sande Elkins
17. Harold Enlow - Ozark, caricature
18. Gary Falin
19. Rick Ferry
20. Gerard Fortin
21. Mark Gargac
22. Nancy Goff - Santas
23. Allen Goodman
24. Goody aka Harold Goodman - Folk style - on the board
25. Grinding Gibbons
26. Bill Higginbotham
27. Anthony Hillman
28. Susan Irish
29. Emil Janel
30. Bob Jahrling
31. Marv Kaisersatt - caricature/other amazing stuff
32. Pete LeClair
33. Stu Martin
34. Gene Messer - see this forum
35. Rich Notto - chip carving
36. Jon Nelson
37. Ian Norbury
38. Jan Oegema
39. Dick Onians
40. Peter Ortel - caricature
41. Jeff Phares - human figure, face, Indian, bark
42. Jack Price - little guys
43. Chris Pye -great variety
44. Floyd Radigan - caricature
45. Harley Refsal - flat plane
46. Tilman Riemenschneider - Medieval carver - Google his name.
47. Frank Russell - power carving birds, animals, human figure
48. David Sabol - wildlife
49. Floyd Scholz - bird carver
50. Wayne Shinlever - caricature, animals, holiday
51. Mike Shipley - Ozark, bears, caricature, sea captain, ...
52. Gerald/Barb Sears - caricature, western
53. Arnold Smith - see this forum
54. Dave Stetson- caricature
55. Cleave Taylor
56. C.O. Trygg and family - Scandinavian flat plane
57. Elma Waltner
58. Joe Wannamaker - caricature, holiday
59. Fred Wilbur - architectural, decorative
60. Bart Wilson
61. Tom Wolfe - dogs, animals, canes, lots of other stuff....
62. Greg Woodard - bird carver
63. Mark Yundt - on the board
64. Fred Zavadil - neat things this forum

And all the other great carvers we have on the forum. Looking forward to other names posted.

John K Karver

[K Karver]

I just had to get back on line since I saw how many people have checked this thread out. I can't believe that we have hit all the influential carvers out there. I am hoping that more of you add to the list as you check us out here. I have been having a great time googling the names I don't know and seeing some really nice carving. I could never do the bird work that Woodard and Scholz are doing but it sure is exciting to see what they are doing in wood. I am looking forward to more names being listed.

John K Karver

[Iowa Carver]

John, please add Mike Shipley to the list if you would. He is one of my picks in my original post.

Thanks,
Corey

[K Karver]

Will do Corey.

John K Karver

Originally Posted by Iowa Carver

John, please add Mike Shipley to the list if you would. He is one of my picks in my original post.

Thanks,
Corey

[Canopener]

Hi All,
I would just like to add my weird opinion.
Lately, I have been glued to my satalite radio and they have several shows about the basics of music we all love; back to the well, so to speak.
I think the foundation of caricature carving lies with, Andy Anderson, The Tryggs and their style, and Emil Janel, with his American Style of carving.
Notice that they are 3 distinct styles of carving.
The old "Dover Press" springboarded people like Harold Enlow [my favorite] Bill Higgenbotham and Elma Waltner, as well as others. Elma was the guy that carved those goofy animals but [after some fifty years] is still available today through "Fox Chapel, our benevolent sponser".
Simple, straight forward carving stuff.
Now we have moved on to a great many people that are the twigs and vines of those above, all of them great carvers; but I have only one carver to nominate as my favorite.
ME; and I am not even very good, in fact, the last time I checked, I was quite unhappy with my self for producing labor intensive firewood.
Tomorrow, I will go into the garage and do better. Maybe; I should close all of the books, they are not working, and just carve things the way I see them. We should sharpen the tools of our mind, and not just copy.
Well; I am starting to rant because my work is not going my way, but you all get the point.
Do your own thang.
Jim

[Jim OH]

My favorites include all of the above and the late Dave Dunham and the late Joe Wannamaker!
Jim OH

[susieq]

wow, this is harder than trying to name a favorite song....there are so many!
Historically, Grinding Gibbons.....

In the present, Ian Norbury, David Sabol, Fred Cogalow.......
The man who taught me to carve is someone nobody will have ever heard of, Bob Jahrling, here locally. Frank Russell has also taught me a lot.

Here on the forum, Santa carvers Nancy Goff and Deborah Call, Fred Zavadil, Mark Yundt, Lynn Doughty.....I know there are more and I will want to add to this as they come to me....my brain has started to shut down for the night.... The best chip carver I ever met was the late Rich Notto, the knife maker....awesome chip carver. My list will grow as I ponder this further....

I just remembered that this is the caraciture thread but the question was, "who is your favorite carver" and quite a few of the other posters have named carvers of all kinds...

[Thomp]

Its funny to most the way i look at this, well maybe but, i have been influenced by more carvers than i would want to count.

every carver that can use there tools holds ability to do things differently, i learn something here on this board daily sharing with the fellowship of the members here..

ive bought loads of books from the masters and learned little from them when compared with the free information that flows through these message bases daily..

thanks everyone for sharing

[Lenny]

Lots of names, but one that really influenced me is missing. Thru the class I took with him, his videos, his books, his ideas and style...Tom Wolfe probably is the biggest influence in my carving life.

A very close second is Gary Falin, a man I've taken several classes with and have learned so much from in the way of techniques and style.

Jack Price got me hooked on carving "Little Guys" which I still do from time to time.

Lots of great names mentioned.