[myronhall]

I am a psychotherapist living in North Carolina. I work with children and families. I enjoy my work, but listening to others as they process their issues is often draining so I carve for my own therapy. While wood can often perplex me, it has few problems and I enjoy the purity and honesty of the craft.

I am new to this website, but have been carving for well over 20 years. I have recently joined the Catawba Valley Woodcarvers Club in Hickory NC. I feel that by surrounding myself with carvers I get many benefits, one is the great fellowship, and the other is that I can get advice from others in my efforts to improve, this is my reason for joining this website, for the advice and fellowship, and hopefully one day, I may be able to help others.

[carvnman40]

Let me be the first to welcome you to this wood carving forum. I believe you'll find plenty of good fellowship and helpful advice here that will indeed be therapeutic as well.
The CVWC is a great bunch of carvers. Let us see your work sometime.

Mike

[myronhall]

Thanks for the welcome. The members of CVWC are great and have made me feel very comfortable. Being around others who like to carve inspires me to get better at my craft.

[Irishman]

Welcome to the site. As a manager in health care, I find carving very theraputic - great right brain activity. It's what I look forward too at the end of each working day. If I keep it up, I'll be able to enjoy it even more when I retire....like some of the other fine members on this site.
Patrick

[Mottles]

Hi Myron, and welcome. Your second sentence in your second paragraph discribes this site and fits my reasons for joining also. I hope when you can you'll show us some of your carvings.
Kathy