Door Carving in Progress

Wolves in progress 5-7-21

This is a door project I have been working on. It is basically a frame and raised panel door made of Alder. I made several sketches before I started , this is what we settled on: At this point the hard part is to be patient and not rush it. It needs to take the … Read more

Sketches from the past year

Art work, pen and ink sketch by John Huisman

Here are some of my better sketches and I will also put them on the sketchbooks page on the website, (a page that has been neglected lately). Some of these I think actually turned out OK. I am happy with the volume of sketching I accomplished over the last 365 days or so. Still not … Read more

Carved Fireplace Mantel

Custom carved fireplace mantel

I recently had another fun project carving this fireplace mantel for the home where I had built a couple other mantels over the winter. This one is on the main great room fireplace. It is made of western red Cedar. _________________________ _______________________ http://huismanconcepts.com/ https://3fb.77c.myftpupload.com/

…the SIP panel installation…

Here are some pictures of the structural  insulated panels, (SIPS), going on to the timber frame: They are not extremely heavy but most of them are a bit much for three guys to handle efficiently… a crane makes the process much easier. The wall panels are all in place here Swinging the roof panels over … Read more