Apprentice carver's sketchbooks
Apprentice carver's sketchbooks

Like many carvers I learned to draw at evening classes, but these sketchbooks were clearly handed down from someone who had been apprenticed as a carver. The one at front is about 6 ½” x 3 ¾”, over an inch thick with remnants of a brass buckle.

Apprentice carver's sketchbooks

Like many carvers I learned to draw at evening classes, but these sketchbooks were clearly handed down from someone who had been apprenticed as a carver. The one at front is about 6 ½” x 3 ¾”, over an inch thick with remnants of a brass buckle.