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me tell you About Us. Our names are Tim and Carol. We’ve been in North
Carolina since 1997. We have 2 wonderful children. One
studying to be a lawyer and the other is just starting college in the
computer field. We also have two dogs, Sophie and Rocky, and a cat,
Rascal.
We started on this crazy adventure in 2005. Before that
we were both in the IT field. Carol is still in the field but I, as
luck would have it, was laid off on Valentines Day 2002. That’s when I
started my career in Real Estate.
Not long after this career
change Carol’s Mom passed away. She was extremely depressed, as you can
imagine. So to cheer her up, I took her to a Log Home Expo in Raleigh.
There we saw a man demonstrating a high speed hand tool he used to
carve designs into egg shells, wood and etch on glass. Carol was quite
taken by this. So, I went ahead and purchased the tool for her,
thinking it would be great for her to have something to do to take her
mind off her troubles. Carol has been doing craft work since she was a
little girl so it was not a big stretch for her to pick this up. She’s
really the one with all the talent when it comes to design.
At
that point I said “Hey, what about me?” Feeling a little left out, I
wanted to have some fun too. So Carol agreed that if I found something
I wanted to do to go for it. That was a big mistake. I dug into
research like crazy. That’s when I found etched and carved glass. It
was love at first sight.
That’s when I found Norm and Ruth
Dobbins. They were doing a seminar at one of the trade shows in
Charlotte, NC. We attended, met Norm and Ruth, and decided right then
and there this is what I wanted to do. I scheduled a class with them
and off I went to New Mexico. I’ll tell you that story another time. To
say I had a great time is an understatement. Carol was not happy that
she couldn’t go due to work commitments. However, I came home and
proceeded to teach Carol everything I learned. She picked it up right
away and is very good at it, I must say.
That’s where my etching
career started. Other than being trained by Norm and Ruth Dobbins, we
are heavily influenced by Butch Young, another well respected artist in
this business. We plan to attend another class at Alianto School in
October 2008. We’re going to learn how to add color to our etched and
carved pieces.
Please feel free to contact us should
you have any questions about our art or services. |
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