The page is up and running and my old whittlinsnwood.com domain has been migrated here, so I can now be found here through that URL as well as marciaberkallart.com. Woohoo!  Now to get back to yard work and spend some time actually working in the studio.

I have been teaching for over 30 years and in that time developed a system for teaching new carvers the basics in one first carving…a pretzel.  It works, but I’ve lately I’ve had potential students balk at carving a pretzel.  In response I have come up with an idea for a new first carving…a Celtic knot.  It’s a little more complicated, but will work!!

I started one yesterday while tending to my table at the Petersham Farmers Market and hope to finish it today.  Here’s what it looks like now.