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Yes, sir. 02:18.533 --> 02:19.933 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:50% It's a life, there's some things I've done 02:19.933 --> 02:22.700 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% when I was real young and some as I progress on. 02:22.700 --> 02:23.933 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% Yes, it is. 02:23.933 --> 02:25.433 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% - Total immersion. 02:25.433 --> 02:29.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I mean, you've got relief carving, you've got 3D carving, 02:29.966 --> 02:33.600 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% you've got whimsical carving, you've got canes. 02:34.833 --> 02:38.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% You turn it out, and it's all beautiful. 02:38.133 --> 02:39.366 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% - Well, thank you very much. 02:39.366 --> 02:40.266 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Yeah. 02:40.266 --> 02:43.200 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% What got you on this path? 02:43.200 --> 02:44.333 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% - I don't know. 02:44.333 --> 02:46.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% Many, of course, when I was a kid, 02:46.833 --> 02:49.766 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% we played a lot outside, you know, you got to do all that. 02:49.766 --> 02:51.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% - Yeah, my mother put us out- - So I-- 02:51.333 --> 02:52.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% - And she'd lock the door. - Right, go on outside, yeah. 02:52.466 --> 02:53.833 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:17.5% - Yeah. (both chuckle) 02:53.833 --> 02:55.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - We, I'd just walk in the woods 02:55.466 --> 02:57.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% and be looking for little sticks or something like that, 02:57.366 --> 02:58.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and something would catch your eye, 02:58.733 --> 03:01.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% maybe a little 90 degree or something angle, 03:01.566 --> 03:03.800 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% and of course, at that time, we always had a pocket knife, 03:03.800 --> 03:06.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% we could always carry a pocket knife, still carry one, 03:06.900 --> 03:11.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% and so you just kind of start whittling as it began. 03:11.400 --> 03:13.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Whittling is what it starts out, 03:13.500 --> 03:15.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% and it just kind of progressed from that. 03:15.500 --> 03:18.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Then one Christmas, my uncle was from Pennsylvania 03:18.966 --> 03:22.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and he sent me an Exacto set, little Exacto knives. 03:22.800 --> 03:24.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% It's got the handle and the different blades. 03:24.766 --> 03:26.033 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% - [Charles] Mm-hmm. 03:26.033 --> 03:27.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% - And that's kind of how it kind of got started. 03:27.533 --> 03:29.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% I was able to do different things with that 03:29.166 --> 03:31.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% other than what you could do with a pocket knife. 03:31.566 --> 03:32.866 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:22.5% - Mm-hmm. - And it kind of just 03:32.866 --> 03:34.566 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% progressed from that. 03:34.566 --> 03:36.300 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% Then as time went on, 03:36.300 --> 03:39.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I think the first relief carving I ever did 03:39.300 --> 03:44.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% was the praying hands, my hands, for my mother. 03:45.233 --> 03:46.466 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% - [Charles] Mm-hmm. 03:46.466 --> 03:48.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% - I don't think, I can't remember right now 03:48.000 --> 03:49.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% whether they're still up there or not, 03:49.466 --> 03:52.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% but anyway, how hard it is to carve your own hands 03:52.466 --> 03:53.433 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% and look at 'em and. 03:55.566 --> 03:56.966 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% (Charles laughs) 03:56.966 --> 03:59.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% It got quite drastic, but anyway, it come out good 03:59.766 --> 04:02.366 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% for what I did to learn from. 04:02.366 --> 04:04.100 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:17.5% - Yeah. - Then as it progressed, 04:04.100 --> 04:09.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% when I went in the Navy, we was on a repair ship, 04:10.533 --> 04:11.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% which had all kind of stuff, anything you could think. 04:11.866 --> 04:13.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% It had a wood shop, it had a metal shop, 04:13.933 --> 04:16.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% just anything you wanted, foundries, 04:16.233 --> 04:19.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and that's where I did the last supper up here. 04:19.233 --> 04:20.200 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% - [Charles] Mm-hmm. 04:20.200 --> 04:22.333 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% - Had a little painting of it, 04:22.333 --> 04:25.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% and those were done with scalpels. 04:25.266 --> 04:28.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% There was a medical store room below our workshop 04:28.733 --> 04:33.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% where we rewound motors and stuff, and they had a fire, 04:33.133 --> 04:34.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% so you had to get all that stuff out there. 04:34.600 --> 04:36.200 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% Well, it just so happened, 04:36.200 --> 04:40.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5% a package of those blades and a handle fell out on our deck, 04:40.266 --> 04:42.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% and I picked them up, and then I got in good cahoots 04:42.933 --> 04:44.333 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% with the corpsman that were on there, 04:44.333 --> 04:47.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% so I was able to get more blades and stuff, and. 04:47.533 --> 04:50.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% It took me three years to do that little thing up there, 04:50.266 --> 04:53.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% so that's, it kind of progressed from that. 04:53.300 --> 04:55.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Then when I got, of course, got out of the Navy 04:55.100 --> 04:59.466 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% and started working, it'd be different things would come up. 04:59.466 --> 05:03.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% Then every now, I don't remember how long it would be, 05:03.133 --> 05:08.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I started to take classes from different carvers, 05:09.300 --> 05:12.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% or maybe go to a, what do you call it? 05:12.300 --> 05:15.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% Not yard sale, but craft shows, 05:15.000 --> 05:17.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% and see different people and watch 'em and sit there 05:17.100 --> 05:20.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and just be, you know, I was fascinated by them. 05:20.500 --> 05:22.066 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% So it just kind of went from there 05:22.066 --> 05:24.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% and just kept growing and growing and growing. 05:24.733 --> 05:28.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Then after a long period of time, 05:28.700 --> 05:31.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% of course, I started doing more and more reliefs, 05:31.200 --> 05:34.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and one of our fellow carvers was an instructor 05:34.533 --> 05:39.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% at different schools around Alabama and Tennessee and stuff, 05:39.266 --> 05:44.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% and the guy that did the relief carving, he retired. 05:45.433 --> 05:46.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and they wanted to know if I wanted to try it. 05:46.933 --> 05:49.966 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% So I bit the bullet and did, 05:49.966 --> 05:52.100 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% and the first carving I ever taught 05:52.100 --> 05:54.666 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% with that was a lighthouse. 05:54.666 --> 05:59.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% And there was a, what impressed me more than anything else, 05:59.100 --> 06:00.900 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% I was a lot younger then, too, 06:00.900 --> 06:03.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% but there was a retired Presbyterian preacher there, 06:03.800 --> 06:08.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% he was 76 years old, he out-carved every carver there, 06:08.366 --> 06:10.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and the rest of 'em were a lot younger than he was. 06:10.766 --> 06:12.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% But anyway, just given me that thought 06:12.833 --> 06:16.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% of being able to tell him what to do, how to do it, 06:16.333 --> 06:19.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% what to do, and kind of get him in the general direction. 06:19.800 --> 06:22.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% And I keep telling people on this is, 06:22.500 --> 06:26.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% when I'm in the process of teaching relief carving 06:26.100 --> 06:28.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% at different places-- - What is relief carving? 06:28.033 --> 06:30.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% - Carving into a piece of wood, 06:30.166 --> 06:34.566 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% rather than what we call in the round. 06:34.566 --> 06:38.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% In the round means, like pick, for instance, a duck. 06:38.266 --> 06:39.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% You can take that duck and carve him, 06:39.933 --> 06:41.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% you carve all the sides of him, that's in the round. 06:41.433 --> 06:43.000 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% - A three-dimensional duck. 06:43.000 --> 06:44.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - Three-dimensional duck, right. 06:44.366 --> 06:45.666 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% Now, in relief carving, 06:45.666 --> 06:47.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% you're only carving the front side of it, 06:47.933 --> 06:49.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% or supposedly the front side of it, 06:49.866 --> 06:54.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% but you have to look, you gotta look at it in the round. 06:55.766 --> 06:57.300 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - And you're giving it depth. 06:57.300 --> 06:58.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% - You're giving it depth, and that hasn't (indistinct). 06:58.866 --> 07:03.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% It may not be a 16th of an inch, 07:03.100 --> 07:05.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% but just the way you can do it can make it look 07:05.166 --> 07:07.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% like it's deeper than what it actually is. 07:07.200 --> 07:09.500 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% Eighth of an inch or whatever. 07:09.500 --> 07:10.333 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% - Wow. 07:10.333 --> 07:11.466 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% - So it's. - Yeah. 07:11.466 --> 07:12.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% - Your imagination goes with you. 07:12.866 --> 07:16.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% Of course, people say that it's up here. 07:16.066 --> 07:17.266 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:22.5% I don't-- 07:17.266 --> 07:19.566 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% - So where do you get your up here? 07:19.566 --> 07:23.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - Well, this particular one right here, 07:23.500 --> 07:28.400 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% I happened to be in TSC, and. 07:28.400 --> 07:29.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% - [Charles] What is that? 07:31.033 --> 07:32.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% - Tractor Supply Company. - All right. 07:32.700 --> 07:35.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% - And they had birthday cards there, 07:35.133 --> 07:38.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and when I walked by, I saw this mountain stream, 07:38.133 --> 07:40.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% not the dirt, everything that's added to it, 07:40.533 --> 07:42.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% but the stream of the mountain come off, 07:42.633 --> 07:44.333 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% and I thought, hmm. 07:44.333 --> 07:48.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% I bought the card, and then took it home, 07:48.000 --> 07:49.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and then I started playing with it 07:49.366 --> 07:50.666 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% and adding to it and stuff, 07:50.666 --> 07:52.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% so that's where a lot of ideas come from. 07:52.600 --> 07:55.600 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% Cards, magazines, everything. 07:57.866 --> 07:59.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% - You see a picture- - Yeah. 07:59.300 --> 08:00.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% - That catches your eye- - Right. 08:00.866 --> 08:03.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - And you start, you know, what can I do with this? 08:03.666 --> 08:05.266 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:15% - Yes. - Yeah. 08:05.266 --> 08:09.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5% - I'm not, of course you have to be careful with copyrights. 08:09.400 --> 08:12.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% I can't copy my own work, much less somebody else's. 08:12.433 --> 08:13.766 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% (Charles laughs) 08:13.766 --> 08:16.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% And to me, it's a gift of God on top of that, 08:16.500 --> 08:18.000 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% the way I look at it, 08:18.000 --> 08:21.766 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% but a lot of things. 08:21.766 --> 08:23.233 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% There's nothing out there 08:23.233 --> 08:27.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% that hasn't been printed, painted, carved, whatever. 08:28.866 --> 08:29.800 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% Somebody's done something somewhere, 08:29.800 --> 08:32.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% so I don't own anything. 08:32.266 --> 08:34.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% I don't own any of these ideas and stuff, 08:34.766 --> 08:36.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% it's just something that works. 08:36.933 --> 08:38.966 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% - It's kind of composition. 08:38.966 --> 08:40.333 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% You select some elements 08:40.333 --> 08:42.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and you pull them together- - Right. 08:42.266 --> 08:44.533 align:start position:45% line:79.33% size:12.5% Yeah. - To tell a story or 08:44.533 --> 08:47.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% to paint a vision that you have. 08:47.600 --> 08:49.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% - Right. It's just like. 08:49.633 --> 08:51.666 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% (chuckles) The worst part about it, 08:51.666 --> 08:54.533 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% wood carvers are observed as, 08:54.533 --> 08:58.333 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% are not qualified as artists, we're crafters. 08:58.333 --> 09:00.033 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% - I think the idea of art 09:01.366 --> 09:06.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% or an artist is an individual thing. 09:06.000 --> 09:09.600 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% Like when I tell you that, 09:09.600 --> 09:12.466 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% Randy, you're a tremendous artist. 09:12.466 --> 09:14.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% Well, that's my opinion. 09:14.266 --> 09:15.700 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:17.5% - Yeah. - And I think it's done 09:15.700 --> 09:17.166 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% cumulatively. 09:17.166 --> 09:20.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% If you hear something like that over and over again, 09:20.733 --> 09:23.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% it doesn't matter about the they, 09:23.166 --> 09:24.800 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% it's an individual thing. 09:24.800 --> 09:27.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - Yeah, it is. It is. - Yeah. 09:27.166 --> 09:29.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% - I don't go around patting myself on the back. 09:29.733 --> 09:31.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I don't, it's just something that I enjoy doing, 09:31.966 --> 09:35.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% and my biggest enjoyment is teaching somebody else 09:35.633 --> 09:37.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% or try to show them how. - So you've been teaching 09:37.700 --> 09:40.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% for a good while, and I've run into, 09:40.066 --> 09:43.266 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% actually, I think I met you 09:43.266 --> 09:45.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% through a former student that. 09:45.766 --> 09:46.733 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:20% - Right. - Yes. 09:46.733 --> 09:48.033 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% - Yes, yes, you did. 09:48.033 --> 09:49.433 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% You sure did. 09:49.433 --> 09:53.533 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% - And he said, "Well, you've got a great wood carver 09:53.533 --> 09:56.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% just down the road from your house, 09:56.133 --> 09:59.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and his name is Randy Walters." 09:59.300 --> 10:01.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% And I called you up and. 10:01.266 --> 10:02.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - Yeah, it went from there, yes. 10:02.866 --> 10:04.833 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:17.5% - Yeah. - Yes, it was embarrassing. 10:04.833 --> 10:06.766 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% (both chuckle) 10:06.766 --> 10:10.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% - No, that's a great form of flattery. 10:10.400 --> 10:12.433 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% - It is. It's a compliment. 10:12.433 --> 10:14.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% It's a compliment when somebody wants to, 10:14.100 --> 10:15.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% "Can I take a picture?" 10:15.233 --> 10:17.166 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% I said, go right ahead, fine. 10:17.166 --> 10:19.100 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% I mean, it's just... 10:19.100 --> 10:23.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% And then I kid people, I say, especially ladies. 10:23.633 --> 10:25.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% We'll go up and somebody will say something about that. 10:25.333 --> 10:27.566 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% I said, "Have you ever carved before?" 10:27.566 --> 10:29.800 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% "Well, no. I don't know how." 10:29.800 --> 10:31.733 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% I says, "Do you cook?" 10:32.966 --> 10:33.966 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% "Well, yeah." 10:33.966 --> 10:35.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% "Have you ever peeled a potato?" 10:35.833 --> 10:36.833 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% "Yeah." 10:36.833 --> 10:37.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% I said, "Well, that's carving. 10:37.766 --> 10:39.366 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% You may not believe that. 10:39.366 --> 10:42.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And the next time you're in the kitchen by yourself, 10:42.366 --> 10:43.700 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% take your knife and peel. 10:43.700 --> 10:46.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% You can carve a little fish, a little bear, 10:46.400 --> 10:48.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% and if it doesn't work out, you make french fries out of it. 10:48.633 --> 10:51.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% Nobody's the wiser, so." (Charles laughs) 10:51.200 --> 10:52.500 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% So you have a little humor, 10:52.500 --> 10:54.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% you'll have a little humor with it, too. 10:54.433 --> 10:55.600 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% - There you go. - But you'd be surprised 10:55.600 --> 10:59.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% what you can do if you want to. 10:59.400 --> 11:02.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Not everybody can build a chair, 11:02.000 --> 11:05.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% nobody could be a mechanic and do this kind of stuff. 11:05.633 --> 11:08.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% - Go down to your shop. 11:08.433 --> 11:09.866 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:17.5% - Okay. - And watch you 11:09.866 --> 11:11.800 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% get outside the lines a little bit. 11:11.800 --> 11:12.833 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% - Hmm, okay. 11:12.833 --> 11:14.700 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% (both laugh) 11:14.700 --> 11:16.166 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% - Let's go. 11:16.166 --> 11:17.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - I'll bring my Band-Aids, okie doke, we'll do that. 11:19.133 --> 11:22.333 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55% (light cheerful music) 11:29.100 --> 11:33.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% (light cheerful music continues) 11:41.000 --> 11:45.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% - Randy, I think we're in your happy zone down here. 11:45.166 --> 11:46.600 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% - That it is. 11:46.600 --> 11:48.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% I can come down here and the whole world disappears. 11:48.433 --> 11:50.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% If I'm hurting, I got a headache, 11:50.233 --> 11:51.466 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% it don't make any difference. 11:51.466 --> 11:52.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% Just come on down and start carving. 11:52.733 --> 11:54.300 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% - Well, there you go. 11:54.300 --> 11:58.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% Now, recently, you had some adversity, some health problems. 12:00.300 --> 12:02.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Tell us about that. - I did. 12:02.000 --> 12:03.566 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% It was stupid on my part. 12:03.566 --> 12:05.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I went up and out in the garage looking for something 12:05.866 --> 12:09.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and come down the steps and missed the bottom step. 12:09.100 --> 12:10.766 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% Twitched my knee. 12:10.766 --> 12:12.533 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% My left knee was on the third step, 12:12.533 --> 12:15.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% when my rear end was on the floor. 12:15.300 --> 12:17.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% So I went to orthopedic to have it X-rayed 12:17.333 --> 12:18.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and nothing broke, nothing dead, 12:18.866 --> 12:20.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% but it just continued to get worse 12:20.300 --> 12:22.233 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% and they put me in a boot, 12:22.233 --> 12:25.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and the boot caused my feet to act up. 12:25.066 --> 12:28.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Unfortunately, my feet don't angle out, the boot does, 12:29.966 --> 12:31.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and from there, it just kind of went from one to the other, 12:31.833 --> 12:34.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% of course, sitting around trying to take care of it, 12:34.166 --> 12:36.366 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% and that got boresome. 12:36.366 --> 12:38.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Then it wasn't long, I was in a wheelchair. 12:38.533 --> 12:41.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% I went from walker to wheelchair to crutches, 12:41.933 --> 12:43.466 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% trying to get back and forth 12:43.466 --> 12:46.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% from the back part of the house, the bedroom and stuff. 12:46.566 --> 12:48.500 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Finally I got to thinking about it, 12:48.500 --> 12:50.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% and was able to get to the front door without any problem, 12:50.966 --> 12:54.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% go down the steps, my wife would bring the truck around, 12:54.766 --> 12:57.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% she'd load me up and bring me to the basement, 12:57.433 --> 13:00.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% I'd load myself out into a chair and I'd roll in here, 13:00.233 --> 13:02.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and I'd be in here happy all day long carving. 13:02.266 --> 13:03.800 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% I had something to do, 13:03.800 --> 13:06.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and it kept me from just being a couch potato 13:06.733 --> 13:08.466 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% and being bored to death, so. 13:08.466 --> 13:10.133 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% - Yeah, it's your therapy. 13:10.133 --> 13:11.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Your work and your art- - It is. 13:11.433 --> 13:13.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% - Is your therapy. - It is. It really is. 13:13.766 --> 13:15.033 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Yeah. 13:15.033 --> 13:17.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Everybody needs to find something like that. 13:17.566 --> 13:18.933 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - They do that, they do that. 13:18.933 --> 13:21.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% And of course, people say, "When I retire, 13:21.466 --> 13:24.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that." 13:24.000 --> 13:25.266 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% That's fine if you want to, 13:25.266 --> 13:27.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% but it's the best thing to do is start. 13:27.000 --> 13:29.633 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% If you want a hobby, start it now. 13:30.733 --> 13:32.000 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Think about what you might wanna do. 13:32.000 --> 13:33.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% There's several things you can go with. 13:33.333 --> 13:34.466 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% "I can't do that. I can't." 13:34.466 --> 13:36.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Well, how do you know unless you try? 13:36.166 --> 13:37.500 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% - There you go. 13:37.500 --> 13:40.666 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - And just keep on and develop these feelings 13:40.666 --> 13:42.666 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% and stuff to work with. 13:42.666 --> 13:45.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% Been many a times, wife'll shop 13:45.266 --> 13:47.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and I'll sit out in the truck and carve. 13:47.133 --> 13:49.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% It just passes the time and works out good. 13:49.733 --> 13:54.266 align:start position:25% line:10% size:50% - Well, your current project are some gargoyles 13:54.266 --> 13:56.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% that you're doing for a castle, 13:56.133 --> 13:59.533 align:start position:20% line:10% size:62.5% and we're gonna go to the castle a little bit later, 13:59.533 --> 14:04.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% and those gargoyles, some of 'em have dogs' heads. 14:04.300 --> 14:05.933 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% - Well, that's what's unusual, 14:05.933 --> 14:07.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% when people think about gargoyles, 14:07.333 --> 14:09.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% they think about the mysterical, 14:09.100 --> 14:12.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% the grotesque looking, wicked looking things, 14:12.633 --> 14:15.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% but they're really there for, supposed to be for good luck, 14:15.933 --> 14:17.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% some way just to keep the spirits away. 14:17.966 --> 14:22.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% But this gentleman raises Scottish Deerhounds, 14:26.133 --> 14:27.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% and that's what he wanted his gargoyles to look like. 14:27.733 --> 14:30.366 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% And these are in-house type deal. 14:30.366 --> 14:31.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% They're not outside in the weather, 14:31.866 --> 14:35.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% they're actually in his, the upper level of the castle. 14:35.100 --> 14:38.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - They're architectural gargoyles for the interior. 14:38.800 --> 14:41.033 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - Correct, it is. It is that. 14:41.033 --> 14:42.066 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% And it was a challenge. 14:42.066 --> 14:43.666 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% The type of wood was the, 14:45.933 --> 14:47.833 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% it was Douglas fir. 14:47.833 --> 14:49.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% It was a challenge, but it's working. 14:49.700 --> 14:51.066 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% - He gave you something 14:51.066 --> 14:52.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% to kind of work toward. - He did do that. 14:52.866 --> 14:56.900 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% This is a casting of his dog that he had casting on. 14:56.900 --> 14:58.566 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% He's very protective of that, 14:58.566 --> 15:00.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% (laughs) so I don't wanna break it, that's for sure. 15:00.833 --> 15:02.100 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:22.5% - Mm-hmm. - But the hair, 15:02.100 --> 15:03.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% the hair and everything on here, 15:03.800 --> 15:06.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and of course this particular one here is 15:06.333 --> 15:09.100 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% with the dog's ears laid back, 15:09.100 --> 15:11.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% and showing the inside of the ear, 15:11.266 --> 15:13.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% not just the outside flap. - Yeah. 15:13.466 --> 15:15.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - So that creates more illusion. 15:15.333 --> 15:17.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% So I went next door, and the other dog were down there, 15:17.800 --> 15:19.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and I asked the lady if she'd mind holding it 15:19.333 --> 15:21.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% while we took some pictures of the inside of his ear, 15:21.233 --> 15:24.033 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% so I've got that to go by, so. - (laughs) Yeah. 15:24.033 --> 15:27.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% So you're working on one of these right now. 15:27.300 --> 15:28.300 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% - Correct. I am. 15:28.300 --> 15:29.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% The hair and everything, 15:29.800 --> 15:31.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I mean, even though the ears are different on this one, 15:31.066 --> 15:33.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% but the hair and everything else on this one 15:33.333 --> 15:35.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% will be established pretty well like that, 15:35.400 --> 15:37.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% 'cause they have a, like a little goatee 15:37.300 --> 15:39.000 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% on the bottom of his chin. 15:39.000 --> 15:41.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - Well, you have pencil lines everywhere. 15:41.166 --> 15:44.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% - Pencil lines, that's the most important part of the. 15:44.100 --> 15:45.833 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% They're guidelines, 15:45.833 --> 15:49.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% and when I'm teaching carving, I make a point of it. 15:49.400 --> 15:51.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% I says, "When you put that pencil line on there, 15:51.933 --> 15:53.166 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% don't carve it off. 15:53.166 --> 15:55.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% If you carve it off, put it back, 15:55.200 --> 15:56.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% 'cause if you carve it off and I catch it, 15:56.800 --> 15:58.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that's gonna cost you 50 cents." 15:58.400 --> 15:59.966 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% (Charles laughs) 15:59.966 --> 16:02.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I never collected yet, but they get the idea. 16:02.300 --> 16:03.666 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% It does help, 16:03.666 --> 16:05.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% anytime you have a reference line to work with. 16:05.633 --> 16:07.033 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% - Yeah. Yeah. 16:07.033 --> 16:10.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% So you're trying to remove everything that's not- 16:10.166 --> 16:11.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% - Going to try to. - That dog. 16:11.266 --> 16:12.666 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% - It's mostly done with, 16:12.666 --> 16:15.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% well, I use not only using gouges and the mallet, 16:15.733 --> 16:18.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I also use power, which is with a grinder or sander 16:18.966 --> 16:22.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% or anything like that to help establish that. 16:22.233 --> 16:24.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% So there's no sense of worrying about a whole lot of stuff 16:24.966 --> 16:26.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% when you've got the tools to work with, 16:26.500 --> 16:28.166 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% so it works out. 16:28.166 --> 16:29.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% - I wanna see how it works. - It works out pretty good. 16:29.966 --> 16:32.866 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% (mallet tapping) 16:32.866 --> 16:36.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% The biggest thing is, you block everything out. 16:36.466 --> 16:38.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% You don't try to put any details to it, 16:38.400 --> 16:39.966 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% you know, the nostril, 16:39.966 --> 16:41.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% you don't wanna put the holes in the nose, 16:41.800 --> 16:44.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% 'cause it may not be there when you get ready for it. 16:44.400 --> 16:48.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% The eyes are one of the last things that gives it life. 16:48.000 --> 16:49.266 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:22.5% - Mm-hmm. - And that's the last thing 16:49.266 --> 16:51.366 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% you put into it on that part, 16:51.366 --> 16:53.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% 'cause things, if something goes wrong, 16:53.700 --> 16:55.866 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% I got enough material here 16:55.866 --> 16:59.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% that I can put everything back a little bit. 16:59.333 --> 17:02.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% Say there was the end of the nose broke off. 17:02.100 --> 17:03.333 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% I was able to come in here 17:03.333 --> 17:05.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% and I can shorten this up a little bit 17:05.100 --> 17:06.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% and push the head back a little bit 17:06.900 --> 17:10.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% and make it a little smaller, and it'll still look uniform 17:10.400 --> 17:13.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% or more like the dog that I'm looking for. 17:13.000 --> 17:14.900 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% (mallet tapping) 17:14.900 --> 17:19.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% - And if you had to, you could create a flat, 17:21.033 --> 17:21.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and you could glue on another block- 17:21.900 --> 17:23.066 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% - Exactly right. 17:23.066 --> 17:23.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% There's nothing wrong. - And try again. 17:23.966 --> 17:25.766 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% - Try again. (laughs) 17:25.766 --> 17:29.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - We'll look on a gargoyle over at the castle. 17:29.733 --> 17:31.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - [Randy] I'm anxious to do that, too. 17:31.033 --> 17:33.033 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:27.5% - Let's go. - Let's go. All right. 17:33.033 --> 17:38.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% - This castle has what's called a hammer beam timber frame. 17:38.933 --> 17:39.900 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:20% - Right. - You would expect 17:39.900 --> 17:42.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% something like this, and. 17:42.066 --> 17:44.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - You would, but, you know, trying to think 17:44.900 --> 17:47.966 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% how they did this kind of work 17:47.966 --> 17:50.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% with the material they had and the equipment they had, 17:50.500 --> 17:51.766 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% but it's beautiful. 17:51.766 --> 17:55.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% - Yeah, well, you didn't build the timber frame, 17:55.133 --> 18:00.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% but you have a part of this that is really interesting. 18:00.066 --> 18:00.866 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% - Well, thank you. 18:02.233 --> 18:04.133 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% It was a thing of the heart 18:04.133 --> 18:06.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% to accomplish what we're trying to do 18:06.066 --> 18:08.266 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% with the animals and stuff. 18:08.266 --> 18:10.333 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% - Well, it's a gargoyle, 18:10.333 --> 18:14.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% but it's an interior, architectural gargoyle. 18:14.000 --> 18:16.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% - That is true, and the gentleman, 18:16.266 --> 18:18.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% instead of gargoyles being grotesque, 18:18.500 --> 18:20.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% like you see a lot of pictures and stuff, 18:20.100 --> 18:24.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% these were his images of his dogs and some of the animals 18:24.400 --> 18:28.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% that he has raised and kept and worked with. 18:28.333 --> 18:29.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - And they're in an interesting place. 18:29.700 --> 18:31.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Let's go see one. - All right. 18:31.833 --> 18:36.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - Wow, this is really something, and it's hanging off 18:36.333 --> 18:40.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% of a Douglas fir piece of timber frame here. 18:40.900 --> 18:43.366 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% How many of these are there? 18:43.366 --> 18:46.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - There's eight arches, and that's what we did, 18:46.166 --> 18:49.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% we kind of put all the arches, an animal on each one of 'em, 18:49.400 --> 18:50.866 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% a gargoyle on each one of 'em. 18:50.866 --> 18:53.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% - And this part is pretty much the same on each one. 18:53.566 --> 18:56.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% - It is the same, because you only had so much wood 18:56.566 --> 18:59.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% to work with, so they pretty well designed out, 18:59.333 --> 19:02.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and the heads themselves were carved in place, 19:02.400 --> 19:07.366 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% but as it progressed on, they wanted to be able to turn it, 19:08.233 --> 19:10.800 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% so we did that to help it. 19:10.800 --> 19:15.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Not only that, since these dogs mostly all look alike, 19:16.633 --> 19:19.133 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% these Scottish Deerhounds, 19:19.133 --> 19:21.533 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% we're able to remove the head 19:23.066 --> 19:27.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and add another carved head of a different animal, or, 19:27.366 --> 19:32.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% this one happened to be a dog that he had for 19 years, 19:33.700 --> 19:36.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% and this is what he wanted on his part of that. 19:36.166 --> 19:37.866 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% - That is just outstanding. 19:37.866 --> 19:40.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And you've been working on a whole group of them over here. 19:40.800 --> 19:43.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - Oh, yes, each one of 'em done. 19:43.366 --> 19:46.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% If I did work on one, if I did the wings on one, 19:46.233 --> 19:48.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I did all the wings at the same time 19:48.300 --> 19:49.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% where everything would be consistent 19:49.933 --> 19:51.933 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% as much as close as possible. 19:51.933 --> 19:52.833 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - Well, let's go look at 'em. 19:52.833 --> 19:54.133 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% - All right. 19:54.133 --> 19:57.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - Randy, here we have five of the collection, 19:57.033 --> 20:00.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% plus the one hanging off the timber frame over there. 20:00.766 --> 20:02.433 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% You have one at your house. 20:02.433 --> 20:03.366 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% - I do, that. 20:03.366 --> 20:05.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - And then there is an original. 20:05.233 --> 20:07.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - There is an original here, right here, 20:07.033 --> 20:08.500 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% close to here, someplace, 20:08.500 --> 20:12.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% but anyway, it's, I don't know really the age of it, 20:12.066 --> 20:14.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% but it's, as you can see, it is a gargoyle. 20:14.533 --> 20:16.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I mean, the carving on it is something else. 20:16.900 --> 20:19.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% It's not real delicate or anything like that, 20:19.266 --> 20:21.833 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% then right in the front of it, it's got a great big scroll 20:21.833 --> 20:25.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% that comes down in front of him with airspace in between it, 20:25.100 --> 20:28.533 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% and it is, it's a masterpiece. 20:28.533 --> 20:29.633 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% It really is. 20:29.633 --> 20:32.333 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% - But these are masterpieces, too, 20:32.333 --> 20:36.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% and they're gonna look just great in this setting. 20:36.733 --> 20:39.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% Wow. How long have you been working on this? 20:39.600 --> 20:42.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - I believe I started, it's been somewhere 20:42.033 --> 20:44.366 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% between eight and 10 months, 20:44.366 --> 20:46.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% the time I started and laid 'em out 20:46.733 --> 20:48.100 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% and started carving on 'em. 20:48.100 --> 20:51.400 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% It was an almost an everyday job, 20:51.400 --> 20:54.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% either an hour or two, couple hours at a time, 20:54.000 --> 20:57.266 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% but then trying to duplicate it each time I went through it. 20:57.266 --> 20:59.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - Mm-hmm, and a great way to duplicate is 20:59.400 --> 21:00.800 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% put 'em next to each other. 21:00.800 --> 21:02.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% - Put 'em next to each other, keep 'em close by, 21:02.566 --> 21:05.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% because what you think you see, if you don't. 21:05.400 --> 21:07.066 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% I'm a visual person. 21:07.066 --> 21:08.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% I have to see something. 21:09.800 --> 21:12.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% What's up in here, I don't really wanna talk about that. 21:12.566 --> 21:14.400 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% (both chuckle) 21:14.400 --> 21:17.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% But anyway, it's where you can compare 21:17.466 --> 21:18.766 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% if you're gonna try to make. 21:18.766 --> 21:22.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I can't even duplicate my own work, period. 21:22.533 --> 21:23.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% As far as the detail and stuff, 21:23.933 --> 21:27.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% each time you do something, it's a little different. 21:27.166 --> 21:29.533 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% - Yeah, the wood is different, the grain's different 21:29.533 --> 21:30.700 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% all of a sudden- - Yes, it is. 21:30.700 --> 21:31.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% - In a certain spot. - Yes, it is. 21:31.633 --> 21:33.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% And this Douglas fir was rough. 21:34.700 --> 21:38.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% It's not something like basswood, which is close grain. 21:38.000 --> 21:39.966 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% The grain on this runs like, 21:39.966 --> 21:43.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% where you can see the ends of it, how long the grains is, 21:43.333 --> 21:45.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and when you go to cross grain with carving, 21:45.733 --> 21:48.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% it'll tear on you if you're not careful. 21:48.100 --> 21:52.033 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% So some of this wood, most of it, not only done manually, 21:52.033 --> 21:56.166 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% it's done also with a grinder or something like this. 21:56.166 --> 21:58.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% - Randy, there are lots of projects here 21:58.633 --> 22:00.666 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% in the Renaissance castle, 22:00.666 --> 22:04.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and another one is this French staircase. 22:04.466 --> 22:06.933 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:27.5% - Yes, yes. - It's a spiral. 22:06.933 --> 22:08.200 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% Tell us about it. 22:08.200 --> 22:10.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - Well, when he first told me about it, 22:10.100 --> 22:12.200 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% it just kind of blew my mind. 22:12.200 --> 22:13.533 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% It was sitting out in the garage, 22:13.533 --> 22:15.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% of course somebody had it stored for him, 22:15.500 --> 22:17.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% nasty, dirty and all that stuff, 22:17.633 --> 22:20.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% but there was a lot of pieces missing here 22:20.333 --> 22:23.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% that had broken out over the years, hadn't been repaired. 22:23.366 --> 22:26.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% This was the only piece right here that was complete, 22:27.500 --> 22:30.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and it's actually, the way I was being described, 22:30.000 --> 22:31.400 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% it's actually another piece in here 22:31.400 --> 22:34.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% that's carved the same way, but it's upside down, 22:34.300 --> 22:37.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% so it kind of plays on your mind a little bit. 22:37.300 --> 22:40.600 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% So we had to go in and design, 22:41.966 --> 22:46.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% the man that owns this had a computer guy come in 22:46.566 --> 22:49.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and design what could have been in there, 22:49.333 --> 22:52.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% so then we took that and take the patterns that we drew up 22:52.733 --> 22:54.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and what he showed me in photographs, 22:54.333 --> 22:56.133 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% lot a lot of photographs, 22:56.133 --> 22:57.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% and then went from there 22:57.433 --> 23:00.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% to replace the pieces that were missing 23:00.166 --> 23:03.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and try to make 'em look like what came out of there. 23:03.300 --> 23:07.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% To clean this, it was actually done by hand. 23:07.133 --> 23:12.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Done it with a Scotch-Brite buffing pad on a mandrel 23:13.566 --> 23:15.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% to clean the dust and the dirt and the filth off of it 23:15.666 --> 23:17.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% without doing any damage to it. 23:17.666 --> 23:19.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% It looked like you wanna pressure wash it. 23:19.233 --> 23:20.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Well, you couldn't do that. - Mm-hmm, right. 23:20.733 --> 23:23.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - That would not treat the wood, as old as that is, 23:23.200 --> 23:25.133 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% it wouldn't take the pressure. 23:25.133 --> 23:28.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% But then come back and try to complete the stain 23:28.800 --> 23:31.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% which was on there, not knowing what they used, 23:31.866 --> 23:35.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and just to blend it back in where it looks pretty close, 23:36.066 --> 23:37.166 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% and-- 23:37.166 --> 23:38.566 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% - Well, it looks better than close. 23:38.566 --> 23:40.566 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% What an amazing project. 23:40.566 --> 23:44.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And so you've also done some linen fold carving here. 23:44.500 --> 23:45.700 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% - Yes, I have. 23:45.700 --> 23:47.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% Some of the panels that he had bought 23:47.733 --> 23:50.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% or found years and years and years ago, 23:50.533 --> 23:54.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% he had to, some of the ends were completely rotted off, 23:54.666 --> 23:58.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% so in order to put what he wanted to do in this bedstead, 23:58.100 --> 24:01.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% which we're gonna look at, had to cut 'em off 24:01.066 --> 24:04.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and re-carve this end to match that end. 24:04.866 --> 24:09.700 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% So that was a, then also they were worm eating, worm eaten, 24:09.700 --> 24:14.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% so we had to fill and try to contour those as the original, 24:14.233 --> 24:16.400 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% so it turned out real good. 24:17.366 --> 24:19.366 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - Definitely a master's work. 24:19.366 --> 24:21.133 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% Many masters. - Many masters, 24:21.133 --> 24:24.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% and it's a privilege for me to work on this kind of stuff. 24:24.433 --> 24:27.833 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I just, it thrills me, because trying to, in my mind, 24:27.833 --> 24:30.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% trying to figure out how they did all this stuff 24:30.000 --> 24:31.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% with the tools that they had to work. 24:31.633 --> 24:33.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Some of the tools that we have now, 24:33.966 --> 24:37.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% what they had then, they made everything, 24:37.166 --> 24:39.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% but they knew what they were doing. 24:39.700 --> 24:40.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% - The craftsmanship. - Definitely. 24:40.800 --> 24:42.666 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% - And you do, too. 24:42.666 --> 24:45.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Well this is really outstanding. 24:45.533 --> 24:46.666 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% Thank you so much. 24:46.666 --> 24:47.566 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% - Well, you're more than welcome. 24:47.566 --> 24:48.500 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% You're more than. 24:48.500 --> 24:50.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% It was a job of love and labor. 24:50.666 --> 24:52.800 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% - (laughs) That's woodworking, 24:52.800 --> 24:55.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% and woodworking will make you smile. 24:55.266 --> 24:56.933 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% - Oh, yes it will. 24:56.933 --> 24:58.500 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% - I'm gonna be heading down the road 24:58.500 --> 25:01.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% to find a story of another great woodworker. 25:01.933 --> 25:06.033 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60% See you next time on the "Volunteer Woodworker." 25:06.033 --> 25:11.000 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:30% (door thuds) (bright cheerful music) 25:15.700 --> 25:19.833 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% (bright cheerful music continues) 25:24.633 --> 25:28.133 align:start position:35% line:10% size:32.5% - 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