Welcome to Pondside Studio!
Hi! I'm Allen Aardsma. This website is primarily about my woodcarving and artwork. Have fun exploring it, though, because it is packed with other interesting things, including family pictures and some of my music and writings.
If you enjoy following my progress on the current carving project, below, you may enjoy viewing past projects. You can find them at "Carving Videos & Slide Shows" under the "Carving Help" tab, above, or by clicking the "Slide Shows" button at the bottom of this page.
Everything I create is in celebration of the beauty and wisdom of the God of the Bible, Who - besides being my Creator and Savior -
is the Master Artist, Consummate Composer, and Infallible Author.
Carving is my living; Christ is my life.
Favorite Compliment: "Your work is a window to the divine."
Today in The Studio
Thursday, November 14, 2019
My mother's 88th birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM.
Recently Completed: Spotted Turtles
1. Current Projects: "Mt. Brushmore"
(My first 'foam' carving.
I'm waiting for the foam block to arrive.)
2. Canyon Wrens
My daughter, Megan, and her son, Nathaniel, in Caribou, ME.
FUTURE CARVING PROJECTS
These carvings are presently on order.
All will be life-size, and all will be Pocketknife carvings, unless otherwise indicated.
To reserve any of these carvings or to place an order for something not on this list, simply contact me by phone [518-946-6016] or email [allen.aardsma@gmail.com].
Green indicates completed carvings.
TBD: To Be Determined
SPECIES To be Made Still Available Price
2216-2219 EUROPEAN KINGFISHER 4 2 $TBD
2391-2392 FLYING SQUIRREL [Powertool; soaring] 2 0 TBD
2393 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD 1 0 TBD
2394-2399 HORNED LARK 6 5 275
2592-2593 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO 2 1 450
3214-3220 3 1/2" SPOTTED TURTLE 8 4 250
3221-3224 BALTIMORE ORIOLE 4 2 350
3225-3228 GOPHER TORTOISE 4 1 750
3229-3232 FROG [3"] 4 2 350
3233-3238 SNAPPING TURTLE 6 5 350
3239-3242 CANYON WREN 4 2 350
3243-3245 BELTED KINGFISHER [female] 3 2 TBD
3246-3251 GREAT-BLUE HERON [miniature] 6 3 250
3252-3257 BROWN CREEPER 6 4 250
3258-3261 CAROLINA PARAKEET 4 2 350
3262-3267 HOUSE WREN FLEDGLING 6 4 250
3268-3271 BROOK TROUT [10"] 4 2 TBD
3272-3275 RAINBOW TROUT [10"] 4 2 TBD
3276-3279 BROWN TROUT [10"] 4 2 TBD
3280-3282 CHIPMUNK [PowerTool] 4 1 TBD
3283-3288 CHICKADEE 6 5 250
3289-3294 R-T HUMMINGBIRD [wings folded] 6 4 225
3295-3300 ROBIN FLEDGLING 6 5 250
3301 TURKEY [12", strutting] 1 0 TBD
3302-3305 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER 4 1 450
3306-3311 BLUEBIRD FLEDGLING 6 6 250
3312 -3315 CARDINAL [female] 4 2 350
3316-3319 CARDINAL [male] 4 4 350
3320 COOPER'S HAWK 1 0 TBD
3321-3326 LOON [7"] 6 3 350
3327 PILEATED WOODPECKER 1 0 TBD
3328-3333 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH 6 3 250
3334-3337 SAW-WHET OWL 4 1 750
3338-3343 ARCTIC LEMMING 6 5 TBD
"Mt. Brushmore"
CANYON WREN
BABY SPOTTED TURTLES
My second chainsaw bear.
Many more carving projects slide shows can be viewed by clicking, below.