Would you like
to be considered
as a feature
artist on our
website?

Please e-mail us a
few pieces of your
artwork in jpeg format, as well as some background information about you and your art career and/or goals. We will consider your entry and contact you for future information

John Hammond is our new featured artist! A passionate and skilled woodworker from Charlotte, North Carolina; John has been woodworking for over twenty years. Children’s chairs, wedding chests, and other gifts are among some of his early projects. Self-taught, John always drew his own designs, and then by trial and error learned how to work with cedar, maple, oak, and cherry. Through the years, he has had the pleasure of working with Drew Langner, participating in his workshop in the North Carolina Mountains. There John learned to work with primitive woodworking tools as they built chairs and tables, and learned the entire process of woodworking, starting with splitting the wood and drying it. The first chairs John built were for his grandchildren, patterned after a rocking chair his children had growing up. Last year John started woodcarving and joined the Charlotte Woodcarvers Club. This is where he carved the bunnies in these photos. After carving the bunnies out of the block, he uses a wood-burning tool to create detail, and then uses paint for solid color, highlights and dry brush detailing. John is also a member of the Woodworking Club of Rock Hill and the York Woodworkers Club.

Viewing John’s work has been an honor for everyone in our studio. Through his woodwork and carving and even his crafting of furniture too, you can feel his love of family and farm. He is creating treasures that will be loved by generations to come..