David Svenson
@davidsvenson.bsky.social
Multi media artist with HOPE to heal our earth.
Have to keep working on the community! Thanks Bruce.
March 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Have to keep working on the community! Thanks Bruce.
For three letters it is a big word. But so is God... For me as an artist, it is a verb, a process of creating. Whatever comes out of it is up to others to call it what they wish.
March 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
For three letters it is a big word. But so is God... For me as an artist, it is a verb, a process of creating. Whatever comes out of it is up to others to call it what they wish.
Haines Alaska last summer.
March 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Haines Alaska last summer.
The issue with the Woodworm was it sat on the concrete floor and was dry rotting as were the posts. Basically a concrete bunker... My dad took the B&W pic's when they opened up 7 of the houses for a variety of museum folks in 1968. He took some great photos.
March 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The issue with the Woodworm was it sat on the concrete floor and was dry rotting as were the posts. Basically a concrete bunker... My dad took the B&W pic's when they opened up 7 of the houses for a variety of museum folks in 1968. He took some great photos.
Love those old photos. My carving buddy Cliff Thomas was Ganaxtedi and said the large face is still somewhere in Klukwan. Love to see that show up. It isn't a mask, it is solid. Here are some other shots you have probably seen.
March 8, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Love those old photos. My carving buddy Cliff Thomas was Ganaxtedi and said the large face is still somewhere in Klukwan. Love to see that show up. It isn't a mask, it is solid. Here are some other shots you have probably seen.
This looks like my photo enlarged. Sadly the woodworm dish was in bad shape and not brought to the new location when the posts and screen were removed. They should have brought the fragments over... Love these works and the family that has been the "caretakers". Son Shion communicating!
March 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This looks like my photo enlarged. Sadly the woodworm dish was in bad shape and not brought to the new location when the posts and screen were removed. They should have brought the fragments over... Love these works and the family that has been the "caretakers". Son Shion communicating!
That is an amazing pic! Those posts were stored in the Whale House for a while. I was asked to photograph the Whale House in 81 when Victor Hotch passed. Berry took those pics without permission and signed his name to them... Bad Karma...
March 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
That is an amazing pic! Those posts were stored in the Whale House for a while. I was asked to photograph the Whale House in 81 when Victor Hotch passed. Berry took those pics without permission and signed his name to them... Bad Karma...
Got my suit! Full swing in 07!
March 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Got my suit! Full swing in 07!
So cool in California!
March 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
So cool in California!
The "Woodworm", Klukwan. Took this photo in 1981.
March 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The "Woodworm", Klukwan. Took this photo in 1981.
My brother in Haines, AK is always cutting down nice size birch and gives it to the local carvers. It's heavy when wet so would be quite a mailing cost! When I taught wood carving at the Academy of Art in SF we went to a tree cutting yard in Oakland and had quite a variety of wood for carvers...?
March 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My brother in Haines, AK is always cutting down nice size birch and gives it to the local carvers. It's heavy when wet so would be quite a mailing cost! When I taught wood carving at the Academy of Art in SF we went to a tree cutting yard in Oakland and had quite a variety of wood for carvers...?
Have to get the rust off those blades!
March 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Have to get the rust off those blades!
Nice ship builders adze. Good toe chopper! My Japanese chona is magic. Works like the elbow adze except grown to the curve. So cool you got to spend time with Bill Holm!
March 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Nice ship builders adze. Good toe chopper! My Japanese chona is magic. Works like the elbow adze except grown to the curve. So cool you got to spend time with Bill Holm!
Hard on the wrist! But nice tool. Leif spring steel. Elbow adze is the answer!
March 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hard on the wrist! But nice tool. Leif spring steel. Elbow adze is the answer!
Wouldn't let me send a pic... Weak connection..
February 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Wouldn't let me send a pic... Weak connection..
Just scanned a D adze I made in the 70's. Traded it to somebody..!
February 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Just scanned a D adze I made in the 70's. Traded it to somebody..!
Thanks Bill. Neon/Raku Solstice party on June 21st!
February 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thanks Bill. Neon/Raku Solstice party on June 21st!
What is going on with the side tubulation..?
February 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What is going on with the side tubulation..?
Nice wood work as well!
February 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Nice wood work as well!
More Thunderbird!
February 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
More Thunderbird!