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If you don't know Lora Irish, it's worth taking some time to get to know her. I'm calling Lora the Queen of Carving Patterns, and it will become apparent why after about five minutes sifting through all the goodies on her website. This holiday, Lora received the gift of Schaaf Tools, and she was kind enough (and excited enough) to write about it. Here's an excerpt from her blog article, My Christmas Stocking was full of Schaaf Tools this morning; Stuffed to over flowing with precision, quality, premium wood carving joy: "I use beginner quality wood carving tool sets because I teach beginning wood carving.  I don’t use tools that are super cheap from the local big box store, and I...

  We spoke to Long Island native Jason Taveras, owner of Wood Sign Creations). Jason has a wife and 4 year old son, and has worked in the medical field as a Cardiac Sonographer for the last 15 years. Jason told us he doesn’t have a ton of woodworking experience but has always been good with making things. In fact, he started making signs with a Dremel, and just started actual hand wood carving a couple of months ago.    Thanks for taking some time Jason – how did you get started carving? My son, Aiden turned 4 years old in August and out grew his Winnie the Pooh themed bedroom, so we went the superhero route. I made him Avengers...