The Woodcarver
During today’s Artist Walk, one of two artists hosted by Dayton’s Hobbies & Crafts was Millard Harrell.
Kids were fascinated as Millard Harrell demonstrated woodcarving technique. He showed them how to use tools and emphasized safety, telling the kids that if one was careless with the sharp tools, “You might give yourself an appendectomy.”
Larry and I finally got to meet Millard and Onnalee in person. We caught them eating lunch in their car. We talked for a few minutes, then went along our way. Sure was nice to meet them finally. Very nice people! And millard’s work is so great. Larry and I had gone inside to see it. Very nice.
Janet and Larry, we are so thrilled you stopped by our van and visited. Millard didn’t want to eat at his woodcarving table with people coming by, so we just went to the van. I saw you both go into Dayton’s, but didn’t even think about who was who. When you came to the van, I recognized Larry first from one of his pictures, then yes Janet I recognized you. It was great to meet the two of you and get to visit - even for a short time.
Millard was very pleased with the crowd this year. The weather certainly can make a difference.
Would you believe? The grandfather in the picture above with his grandchildren and Millard is Roy Bouse. His wife was there too - Loretta Bouse. They are at our home right now in the basement with Millard learning how to make woodcarving tools out of paring knives and now they are sharpening them. Isn’t that just so neat - after today?
Another highlight today - Amanda delivered a loaf of bread to us - to Millard at Dayton’s. Bless her heart! We ordered it Thurs. and was supposed to pick it up Fri. We forgot! So she took out time to deliver it to us. Hmmmm! It was delicious with Bacon and Tomato sandwiches tonight.
Dave, your project looked like a lot of fun. I’m sure it was very interesting to see the people posing for their pictures. That was a brilliant idea.
I really enjoyed watching the little kids that were so intent on learning about woodcarving from Millard. I don’t think that one little boy could have gotten his nose any closer to Millard’s hands as he was explaining what he was doing.
Those are incredible. I’ve loved looking at them on the website.
I wish I could have been there. Woodcarving is always so neat. I don’t have the artistic ability to do something like that but love watching someone else. I can envision something but getting it to go out of my hand is a whole other story.