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Carved Indian head in Butternut by T.R.Wolff

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Mal's-E: View Cart Line drawing of wolf head by T.R.Wolff Carved Eagle Head in Black Walnut by T.R.Wolff About Terry R. Wolff

Well, where should I begin? I think I should take it from the beginning. Ok, I was a sickly kid on the verge of death... Well that is sort of the way my mother presented it to me. So, having a protective mother and all that, I found my solitude in drawing at a very young age.

I have been doing art of some sort ever since second grade. I used to think that it was great being in high demand and doing art projects instead of being in class learning boring stuff. I have no regrets about being those days, as it lead me to be creative.  

By the time I left the public school system, art had been deeply embedded in my being. I went to art school at night and worked various jobs and as a photographer during the day until Uncle Sam said sign on the dotted line cause I have a war here in Viet Nam I want you to lend a hand with. As it turns out I never left the western hemisphere, seems ole Uncle Sam decided that I would be better off spying on them there commies. So he puts me on a ship and gave me a darkroom all to myself, lots of film, chemicals and time to hone my photography skills.

When Uncle Sam was done with me, I first went into the aero space industry as a draftsman and illustrator until I landed a job with an advertising agency. Also during this time I attended classes at Newark School of Art in Newark NJ, School of Visual Arts, and the New School both in New York City.

Terry Wolff carving in his studio Working on a headboard,

I worked on a carving project for Ted Turners, Vermejo Park Ranch located in Raton and Taos County, New Mexico.  I was one of four woodcarvers along with about a dozen furniture makers working on this project for his new lodge. We carved 16 headboards and several other pieces. A total of 96 pieces.

Woodcarving for Ted Turner of Rio Grande Cutthroat by Terry Wolff Woodcarving for Ted Turner of wild turkeys by Terry Wolff Woodcarving for Ted Turner of bears in a forest by Terry Wolff

TURKEY HEADBOARD

RIO GRANDE CUTTHROAT

BEAR HEADBOARD

I carved this Rio Grande Cutthroat for the lodges computer desk.

This is one of the two headboard I carved for the Game Bird Room

This is one of the bear headboard I carved for the Bear Room. It features the mother bear along with her babies playing in the trees of the forest.

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By 1970 or there about's, I ventured out on my own as an illustrator and photographer. Work was fairly steady and I got to work at home. The jobs I took on varied from book design, custom logos, advertisements, brochures and book illustration. Between 1974 and 1975 I got a full time gig flying with various rock groups as an in house photographer.
It was in 1975 when I was working on a book project for a professional sculptor, that he inadvertently got me hooked on
woodcarving. There was just something magical about blasting away all that unwanted wood and vela there it was something mysteriously hiding deep inside that log or slab of wood. I was hooked.
Since then I have traveled around this country bringing my ability to carve with me. From time to time I still do some illustration work or photography but my true love is carving. In the mid 90’s I added web design to my bag of creative skills. And by the 2003 one of my web clients got me into selling and installing solar energy products along with doing my carving business.