William Francis Brown
Openings still available for 2023 classes
We still have a few openings in 2 wonderful carving class opportunities at the Maine Coast Workshop: 1. Marty Leenhouts' Chip Carving...
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William Francis Brown
- Feb 19, 2022
- 5 min
Al Breed - Master Furniture maker and carver teaching at Maine Coast Workshop - July 11-15, 2022
It's an honour to have Allan Breed agree to come teach a class on carving in the Newport furniture style. This class is open to...
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William Francis Brown
- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
Register now for 2022 Classes
Once again, we will be offering a limited number of top quality classes for 2022. We are midway through our first season at the Maine...
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William Francis Brown
- Feb 21, 2021
- 10 min
Bellamy Eagle - Part 4
So far in prior blog posts we have carved the body and head. Today we will attach the head and finish the carving. Then we'll make the...
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William Francis Brown
- Jan 16, 2021
- 13 min
Carve a Bellamy Eagle - Part III The Head
Before we get started, I just want to mention some ideas I have for upcoming posts in this series. I'm planning to cover all aspects of...
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William Francis Brown
- Dec 11, 2020
- 9 min
Carving a Bellamy eagle - part II
We'll pick up where we left off in our last blog post: So far we have covered the selection of wood, making a pattern, gluing up the...
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Wm. Francis Brown, Maine Coast Workshop
- Nov 22, 2020
- 4 min
Carving a Bellamy Eagle - Part I
This blog series will outline the steps involved in carving one of my Bellamy eagles. I'll use different eagles to demonstrate the steps...
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William Francis Brown
- Oct 16, 2020
- 5 min
The Shop
I've created and worked in about 12 shops over the past 40 years. I guess I could include in that count my first workbench (let's make...
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William Francis Brown
- Aug 11, 2020
- 4 min
Take the poll: What would you like?
We are getting ready to post our 2021 schedule of woodworking and carving classes at the Maine Coast Workshop. I've got a world class...
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William Francis Brown
- Jul 18, 2020
- 9 min
A little bit about my school & my journey
A little bit about my school & my journey....
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William Francis Brown
- Jun 6, 2020
- 4 min
Classes are on! Here's James Journigan.....
James (goes by "Ray"), living in Virginia Beach, is a world famous, lifelong furniture maker. Ray was honoured in 2018 with the highest...
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William Francis Brown
- Mar 21, 2020
- 6 min
Maine Coast Workshop Instructors - Featuring Alexander Grabovetskiy
As a Master Wood Carver, Grabovetskiy hand-carved many pieces for luxury homes around the world. Doing what he loves the most,...
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