Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday November l il I 2 1986 0 V y' Some of Cortingly's work is finely detailed m o JQ mmm 3 S 0 (§E r ns&t cvWh — t v' W&i ' ' ' ' vi X v t hJt'- h"y5 v 'V i v ¥r iT-ji- s ' J s - : ' “? ' r- A T ?' ' W W ' v rs — : i a v ‘1 I1 - 'S WWm ' s’ '&' a- ' s i0- Cortingly's home workshop is amazingly well equipped His home is filled with fine examples of his craftsmanship because it took so much time to carve one So I use a router to carve with It still wood takes a long time even that way” wood tickles the The smell of fresh-cu- t As a child he watched his father a longtime nostrils in Cortingly’s workshop which is Ivan Cortingly outfitted with a variety of aids to his craft work at the craft the Preston man still pursues including a workbench a SuperShop Smith “I guess that’s where it (the interest) (with its lathe saw sander drill and planer shaper) and an electrical developed” said Larry a smooth-skinnedarked-haire- d man of 43 who works in Cortingly said he wants to acquire even more tools for his sign work But his most wood both on the job and at home a a has as job important tools are his talent and his journeyman Cortingly cabinet maker at Ace Mill and Fixtures in knowledge of wood “I get the wood which is cedar Logan And weekends in his spare time redwood pine maple and mahogany from Larry designs and carves the oval signs lumber suppliers as it has to be dried that have become his specialty cured wood or it would split I turn the It all began just three years ago “We rough-saw- n visted my dad’s cousins at Arco Idaho pieces into glossy wood on the planer glue them together sand it who upon retirement took up woodcarving smooth and cut the boards to size usually signs” Cortingly explained at his redwood d 24 by 32 inches in diamehouse ter for a plaque” he an said appropriate retreat for an artist the way it Next Cortingly decides on his design snugs into a side of a hill “The biggest problem that overlooks patchwork is getting the pattern" fields to the south d mountains he said explaining he to the west and the city of makes a sketch after Preston to the north talking to his customer Then he creates a paper “People wondered why I didn't take up sign pattern drawn to painting like my dad but tapes it to the I never felt like I had the board and traces the knack with the brush design over carbon paper W’hen I saw my cousin's onto the wood work something clicked “Then I'm ready to inside that this was carve” he said something I could do” Larry uses router bits Cortingly’s experience ranging in size from an with wood — 20 years in of eighth to all — was part of what an inch to outline or dig gave him the confidence out small areas of wood to try a new craft As a The results of his efPlans and parts forts can be seen in many boy growing up he had taken six years of woodworking classes in places throughout Cache valley For inschool He then had gone on to cabinet redwood stance he made a making and woodworking with a firm in entrance sign and a carved oval sign for Salt Lake and later to building kitchen and EA Miller and Sons Packing Co which commercial cabinets in Kentucky the company ordered as part of its 50th “I had enough woodworking behind me anniversary celebration that I could just see what needed to be “It took me one week to make the done and to do it without having to copy entrance sign and almost 20 hours to do the what my cousin had done” he said “I also oval sign for their open house during decided I wasn't going to wait until I their celebration" he said "I was up until retired to do it but to have it now as a 3 o'clock Friday night working on that hobby a second income plus to have assignment When there’s a deadline I can meet it” something to retire with” Other Cortingly signs are displayed at Carving wood into sign which feature letters and ornamental designs is an old The Shoe Store in Preston Dr Joseph oval art but Cortingly's by Bowden’s Chiropractic Office in Logan and in several area homes signs offer a new twist on th? craft ” I have added pictures on mine “Dr Bowden wanted a picture of the which I think is unique” he explained See CARVER on page 26 used to carve by “Also the TEXT: THAYA GILMORE hand but you couldn’t afford to buy them PHOTOS: JIM JOHNSON arry Cortingly of Whitney Idaho has spent a lifetime involved with sign-paint- er d 15-in- ch solar-panele- It seemed snow-cappe- full-sca- le three-eight- The carving done from a hand-draw- n pattern is intense 14-fo- ot 24-in- t 32-in- H&S1 jiT old-time- rs The finished product i 4 0m ii |