Nutcracker Museum July Newsletter
Jul 23Hi everyone, hope everybody is having a fantastic Summer! Just wanted to let everyone know The Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum’s July Newsletter features Nutcrackers carved in America and gives a short bio of each artist.
Low and behold, I’m one of the featured artists! That’s awesome!
Arlene did a great write up on me and I am absolutely thrilled to be featured in the newsletter. Here is what Arlene had to say:
“New on the scene and already a formidable competitor of the European carvers is Brandon Etto of Ohio. Brandon’s “Sea Horse” is the only non-European carving in a case of wildlife nutcrackers shown in the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum, and it receives a steady stream of compliments. Next week an artfully carved “Snail” will be added to the case. You can see much of his unique work at www.ardoria.com.”
“Brandon’s talent is doubly important to nutcracker collectors for his repair work on antique nutcrackers is highly regarded. He has completed work for many of the well known collectors in both the United States and Europe. We entrusted a 16th century boxwood nutcracker to Brandon who replaced the missing bird on his head, a sign of nobility. We sent drawings and pictures of similar specimens for guidelines and we are extremely pleased with the results. You can see photos of this nutcracker being repaired on the March 2011 page on “what’s New” on the museum website. “
Here is a link to the July Newsletter. It has pictures of the Snail and Seahorse Nutcrackers that have a permanent home at the museum. Thanks again Arlene for the great newsletter and your support!
http://www.nutcrackermuseum.com/Newsletter4.htm
—– Brandon
Details
Jan 04What a difference some dark stain and a satin finish will make.
Check out the before and after pictures to see how much it makes this piece pop!
I’ve done this on a number of pieces for customers and I’m still amazed at how big of a difference this makes in bringing out the details.
It truly is incredible and can immediately take a nice piece to the next level!
Dentistry
Dec 29This wild boar figural nutcracker was missing the left tusk and was in need of a refinish.
I made him a new tusk, fixed an older repair to his right ear, stained him a shade or two darker, and put a few coats of satin clear on him to make him look brand new again.
This piece came out looking great!
Sculpting
Nov 11I love to sculpt… period.
It’s relaxing and allows me to get ideas out of my head quickly. It also allows me to work out some of the issues with a design before putting a chisel to wood This is just one of the latest designs I hope to carve soon. It will be a screw type nutcracker and will be fun to put my lathe to good use on this one.
