After I posted some of my other pencil lead carvings, I was contacted by someone in Florida who wanted to commission a pencil. He was one of the those dream clients we get now and then that are super-excited and
Cement Truck Pencil Carving
Glass Mosaic – Unique Converse Chuck Taylors
I’ve been wearing ‘Chucks’ (Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star sneakers) for a long time. But it wasn’t until recently that I looked at them as a subject for my art work. It started with a pencil carving – a 1/8″ tall
Attack on the Nautilus!
This is another one of my miniature pieces. I’ve taken a pocket watch, gutted it and built a scene that shows the terrors of the deep ocean! The octopus is guarding his treasure chest, but Captain Nemo’s sub got too
Pencil Carving by Cindy Chinn
I’ve been seeing sculpted pencils and pencil leads online for the past few years and REALLY wanted to try my hand at it. My first pencil carving at this scale was of a train – and in December of 2015
2nd 4′ Carved Church Pew
This post will show the progress of a second pew that I am carving. It is for the mother of the client that commissioned the first 4′ church pew that I carved. See this page to check out the first
4ft Hand Carved Church Pew
I’ve been commissioned to create two hand carved church pews. The first pew is based on the scripture, “by His stripes we are healed”. The second will be designed around, “come boldly unto the throne of grace”. Both will be
Hand Carved Buffet Panel
October, 2014 – I have finished work on a hand carved panel that will be part of a custom built buffet for a family in Lincoln. It’s a cherry panel that has a classic still life scene of food and
The Making of the Melt-O-Matic 1000
In college, I majored in Sculpture and minored in Jewelry… I started out with a minor in Logic but that just didn’t make any sense to me. Casting metal was a huge part of my curriculum, I loved melting metal
Encaustic Paint Project
Here’s a fun project I did this week. I had recently bought some encaustic (wax based) paint supplies for my “Faces We Wear” series of masks and wanted to get a feel how they flowed. I have been exploring different
Gunfighter Mural for Movie Theatre
This mural is COMPLETE now! I’ve been commissioned to design and paint a mural for a movie theatre! I’m excited as I won’t be painting and underwater scene for a change. 😉 This mural will depict a movie production of
Fun Sized Art
Maybe it was the work I did on the church pew that had led me to doing some miniature artwork, but I’m getting out the small brushes (ok, shaved toothpicks) and painting some very small work. I’m creating these tiny
Hand Carved Crucifixion Scene on Pew Complete
Available for Purchase – InfoThis is a project that involved a lot of my different skills as an artist. The majority of the time I was hand carving the oak wood with chisels, but I also created my largest stained