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December 7, 2023
From Russia to America, and What I Carve Now
Alexander Grabovetskiy is a master wood carver, born in 1973 in Dimitrovgrad in the Russian part of the Soviet Union. His great-grandfather built mahogany furniture in the Chippendale style. He ruined his own grandfather's chisel on a brick at six, became the only student of the carver Vladimir Tokarev at sixteen, and reached the United States as a refugee on 15 March 1996 with almost no English. He built the woodworking firm Aalmark in Indiana, hired other refugee woodworkers, then sold every machine to carve full time. In 2012 a panel called Wall Decoration took first place and made him International Woodcarver of the Year.
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July 20, 2021
Woodcarving class in person at Marc Adams School of Woodworking
Five days at a bench in Johnson County farmland, carving a four layer panel in the Grinling Gibbons style out of limewood. Here is what the week is really like, what to bring, and how a Gibbons panel gets finished before Friday.
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- relief carving
- basswood
- acanthus
- sharpening
- Wood carving for beginners
- architectural ornament
- Grinling Gibbons
- wood carving
- limewood
- basswood carving
- ornamental carving
- Pfeil
- wood carving classes
- Architectural Carving
- architectural wood carving
- Baroque
- Design
- gouge sharpening
- stropping
- woodcarving lessons
- wood carving tools for beginners
- 3D relief carving
- acanthus carving
- Acanthus Leaf