Wood Carving of Woman

Imugao Woman Revolutionize the Arts of Woodcarving

The Banaue Woman Sculptors Organization - a small group of Ifugao ladies - is changing the woodcarving in Ifugao. Men domiciled industries have stayed the same until 18 feminine mumpaots ( "woodcarvers") were in the limelight at this year's Imbayah Festival, where they were challenging their males in a woodcarving contest.

Whenugao wood carvers are mostly men, as they are often commissioned to weave wicker carvings and dress or polish them. She works on small items such as miniatures of favorite iconic Ifugaos such as the bullol (rice store guard), lingling-o (pendant) and local cottages that can be carried as a pendant or keychain.

A craftswoman, Elizabeth Dulnuan, started learning woodcarving at a young age. Elizabeth Dulnuan was a craftswoman. Others feminine mumpaots have been instructed by their husband. "Without our woodcarvings we could not have sent our kids to school," says Lourdes Gayumma, member of the Banaue Women Sculptors Organization.

The woman at La Porte uses a chain saw to cut J.J. Watt's woodwork.

The HOUSTON - Della Meredith of La Porte has transformed her passion for the arts into a shop that carves wood carvings with a chain saw. Said she loves to teach arts and work with kids, but she wanted to begin working on her own plays. "and it became a kind of statue.

Recently, in the last two years, I began carving the chainsaw," she said. She said she wanted to begin woodcarving and tried different kinds of tooling, but none of it worked well enough for what she wanted to do, so she got a chain saw. It was Meredith who began carving smaller statues.

"and then I'm going back in with the grinder," said Méridith. Recently she got a message from a buddy for a much larger and more ambitious proposition - Houston Texans defense end J.J. Watt. "J.J. Watt is inspiring. He used Kenefick, Texas cypress wood for the wattwood.

She has published the picture on her Facebook page and many folks were enthusiastic about her work. "I' m really proud of my girlfriend Della! Have a look at this JJ Watt she carved," Misty Forrest IIdebrando said. He', Debbie Ragsdale said. eredith said she'd really like to see her work.

I' d like to see his response or see what he thinks." Watts has seen and commentated the history of KPRC 2 on Twitter: