Carving for a living

[Kenty]

Hello everyone,

Do any of you carve solely for a living or also supplement income from other areas?

The reason I ask is I was inspired to carve after seeing the work on here & managed to sell around ten mushrooms last year in a local shop ( very surprised to say the least as the pics below were my first attempts).

[Agent-Arb]

Sound. Good for you.

I've sold a few bits in the past, given some away as well. Good feel good factor if you can make a living, but I had to do tree work too. Busy doing other things these days, but always got some 'project' on the go.

 

Saw David Nash at Kew last year or so. Inspirational. & he's made a career out of it. There's a thread on here if you do a search.

All the best

 

 

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[gobbypunk]

Hi kenty I have been carving for 5yrs now and have to do other stuff as well some people do make a good living out of it but they are people like simom o rourke who are very very goood have a look at his web site I do tree work and chinsaw milling as well you colud try some local craft shows I tend to get in for nothing by doing demos or giving a % of my takings I have a workshop in shaftesbury dorset if you want to come down one day and do some stuff together cool always looking to get together with other makers of sawdust good luck

Cheers Mark

[thewoodwizard]

Hi kenty , I, ve been carving 2 years , I carved at 10 shows last year which was my first year doing shows. I also do landscaping and digger work, good luck mate:thumbup1:

[Kenty]

Thanks for the offer of carving with you Mark, I might take you up on it when I'm a little more competent.

Thanks for the support fellas, keep making saw chips.

Cheers Darren