The Alec LaCasse Show

Salem Barker is a sculptor of wood, stone, and bronze. His work includes stunning abstract forms that both challenge and delight the viewer, in short, his work is total eye candy. This conversation is loaded with practical tips for carvers and more. Check out Salem's work at www.salembarker.com

Billy Chester is founder of Aidem Production Company and the acclaimed knife company WESN. In just over a four years, Billy has created a successful brand in WESN and in this podcast we talk about how it came to be, why he doesn't see his mistakes as failures, and what his entrepreneurial journey looked like.

Dave Stetson is an influential carver and alongside Steve Prescott he co-founded the Caricature Carvers of America. He served as the first "CCA" Vice President in 1990 and 1991 and as president in 1992 and 1993. Dave teaches his brand of caricature called "exaggerated realism". You can learn more about Dave and his many works at www.cca-carvers.org/bio-pages/stetson.

Doug Linker is amongst those most responsible for the growth of woodcarving, especially among beginners. His work is clean, whimsical, and fun.  Doug began in bushcraft by documenting his camping and outdoor adventures and quickly developed a youtube following. Soon he took up carving and his influence quickly rose. In this interview we discuss tips and tricks beginner and advanced carvers should know as well as what pisses Doug off and more about his journey in wood carving.  

Seattle-based Woodturning artist Perry Shaw once ate pizza for a month straight, road his bicycle from the top of Florida to the bottom on an impulse, read all 30+ volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica in a year, studied poverty and lived homeless for nearly a year on the streets of multiple major cities. He has built houses and furniture. He sleeps little. He’s obsessed with revealing the story of the trees through his art. He probably in the studio making art as you read this....In this interview, Perry talks about his journey as an artist as well as what he learned over a decade of working in hospice care and why the "successful" were often the most "impoverished" in their final hours.

Doug Linker is amongst those most responsible for the growth of woodcarving, especially among beginners. His work is clean, whimsical, and fun. Doug began in bushcraft by documenting his camping and outdoor adventures and quickly developed a youtube following. Soon he took up carving and his influence quickly rose. In this interview we discuss tips and tricks beginner and advanced carvers should know as well as what pisses Doug off and more about his journey in wood carving.