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Now available...Your favorite sports team mat colors for memorabilia framing also Laser Engraving Services.

Next Show Event ---
In Shop for the winter season

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See current Framing Discount offer below in Coming Events...

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..."Little Whittles" are hand carved, hand painted, delightful, collectable caricatures. Created in a Scandinavian style carving, which dates back hundreds of years. They provide some truly unique expressions and form. View them in the slide show.
...... DJ

Custom Framing Services
~ Free Estimates
~ Laser Engraving Services
~ Team Sports Mat Colors
~ Design
~ Matting (acid free)
~ Moulding (wood & metal)
~ Glazing (Std./UV)
~ Dry Mounting
~ Stitch/Fabric Art Work
~ Canvas Stretching
~ Shadow Boxes
~ Military Certificates & Medals
~ Ready Made Frame Sizes
~ Frame Repair
~ Mat & Glass Replacements
~ Quality Workmanship
~ Value Pricing
~ Free Estimates
~ Big box shops are not the only option for your framing needs.

Please view the slide show (left) to see examples  of past and current carvings available in shop. If interested in purchasing one just email me for instructions.

Whimsical houses and Wood Spirits are what Carving Artist is about. Each house and face is hand carved in a piece of Cottonwood bark, signed, numbered, dated and copyrighted. Each one is a unique registered collectable carving. I enjoy creating and sharing them with all who  appreciate  them. They are available for purchase from my shop, and the Mississippi Cottage Antique Store--location and information below.

Visit Carving Artist's Full Service Framing Shop for your Quality and Value based framing needs.

Contrary to popular belief,  framing should not be thought a luxury but rather a necessity. To effectively preserve your art and other frame-able items it is essential to protect them from damaging environmental factors and Ultra-Violet Light to preserve their quality and appearance. At the Carving Artist Frame Shop our objective is to accomplish that in a manner that merges quality and value into one attractive presentation.

Carving Artist
2212 E. 12th. Street
Box 3 - Suite 230
Davenport, IA 52803
563-940-9318

Pierce School Mall
East Village of Davenport

Shop Hours

Mon: By Apt. 10am - 4pm
Open Tue - Fri: 12pm - 5pm
Open Sat: 10am - 2pm
Sun. - Closed

Fave-Links 
Mississippi Cottage
Antique Store
Carving Artist on Facebook
Mississippi Valley
Woodcarver's Assoc.
Affiliated Woodcarver's Congress
The Woodcraft Shop 

Legend of the Wood Spirits

They go by several names. Wood Spirit, Tree Spirit, Wild Man, Savage Man, Wood Wose. What ever you call them, the next time you are strolling through the woods, keep an eye out for one of these elusive creatures. Most often glimpsed as a green man with leaves for his beard and hair, the Wood Spirit is said to be Lord of the Forest and Natural Things. Seeing one is said to be quite a lucky thing and European villagers used to go out on regular hunts, hoping to find a Wood Spirit to foretell the future of their village. They are extremely strong. Wood Spirits can tear an opponent limb for limb and can tame a wild animal, including ferocious dragons and skittish unicorns. At the same time they are gentle with maidens, children, and men of good heart. It is said that the forest will stand for as long as the Wood Spirit remains to keep order. And if you are lucky enough to see one, health, happiness and good fortune will be yours. But that does not happen often. Wood Spirits would rather see than be seen. Most sightings are by children or by the pure in heart. Carvers are believed to see, therefore, able to "bring the Spirit out" of the tree. Sometimes they see the nose of one poking through the bark of a likely log, and they coax out the features with their nimble knife blade. Sometimes they see the flow of hair in the grain of a gnarled root. As they carve they allow the Wood Spirit to reveal itself. When you take one home give it a place of honor. Give the Wood Spirit a name and include him in your audience when you tell jokes (Wood Spirits have a delightful sense of humor). If you do these things, your Wood Spirit will bring his gentle wisdom, humor, and luck into your home. Although it has never been confirmed, it just stands to reason that Wood Spirits reside in Whimsical Houses. They enjoy the loose design, funny shapes, uneven walls, weird roof lines and well...just whimsical styles. This, after all, is the nature of them both.

Coming Events

Next Show Event - In the shop for the winter season.
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Please visit our shop for your framing and collectable carving needs and receive a 20% discount on any full custom framing project.
No coupon necessary, just mention you saw this on our website.
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Carving Artist - Gallery & Frame Shop, Where quality, value and service
join together.

For carvings and framing services Visit...

Carving Artist 
Gallery & Custom Frame Shop
2212 E. 12 th. Street
Davenport, IA 52803
 
Mon: By Apt. 10am - 4pm
Open Tue - Fri: 12pm - 5pm
Open Sat: 10am-2pm
Closed Sun 

Carvings available at...

Mississippi Cottage
Antique Store
606 N. Cody
Le Claire, IA 52753

Carvings Available
Regular Store Hours

Copyright 2008-11 DJ Collins Carving Artist
All rights reserved
Rev. 17 Dec. 11