Welcome to my American Seasons Carved collection, to see the carvings I have available for immediate delivery just click here to go to my Etsy storefront.

Etsy handles all of the transactions and I have found it’s much easier to track inventory and sales on one site!

If you are looking to start carving, I have a few wood carving tutorials that can help you start wood carving on Youtube.

I started wood carving back in 1998, teaching myself how to carve by practicing on wooden spoon blanks and by carving lots of pencil type Santa ornaments. These little pencil ornaments were carved from 1″x1″x6″ pieces of basswood and as they didn’t take a long time to carve I could try different styles and techniques. These little ornaments were good sellers at the craft shows and paved the way for the hobby to expand into what you see on this site.

I paint all of my carvings and apply an antiquing medium, then they get sealed with a clear sealer that also has a UV protector so that the colors remain as vibrant years from now as they were when I painted them. All my carvings are also signed and dated underneath. The two types of wood I use are basswood and cottonwood bark (if you see the bark on the carving it’s cottonwood bark otherwise it is basswood). 

The 2023/4 Collection Is Taking Shape

This year, I carved a Santa holding a Christmas pear, a Sunflower Gnome and a Santa with a Christmas tree that’s holding a lantern. He was carved in one piece on a base that says ‘Merry’. 

I am also doing a few sketches on a carved Santa that celebrates the theme of ’12 Days Of Christmas’ starting with a partridge in a pear tree. I’m still working out the robe and design so this will be a new creation for 2024. I have also designed some new robes based on some old wrapping paper I found and am currently busy painting the details on a couple of ‘test’ Santas. It’s a slower painting process but so far everyone I have shown the designs to really loves the new look!

Thanks for stopping by to see my carvings and be sure to check out the carvings I am currently working on by clicking the above tab!

-Frank