Master Carousel Woodcarver Ken Means

Welcome to “The Creative Push,” an intimate and diverse artist interview series. In this video, I showcase master woodcarver, painter, bronze artist, and creator of authentic Pacific Northwest Indian masks Ken Means. As a successful artist for more than 60 years, Ken is best known as a maker of highly detailed carousel animals.
In our interview, Ken shares his childhood growing up in Los Angeles, California, and the struggles he faced trying to make a living as an artist early in his career. He shares how working at a billboard company painting signs helped him to learn how to paint backdrops and sets in Hollywood. He shares how he was able to begin teaching art at some of LA's best art colleges.
Ken offers insight into how he taught himself how to draw, paint, and carve wood over the years and how those things eventually led to his opening up his own private wood carving school. As a master carver, he tells the story of what sparked his lifelong journey to create his very own hand-crafted animal carousel. With only a few animals left, Ken talks about his plans to share his more than a decade-long work with the public and what is next.
You can listen to Ken's podcast interview on the go here:
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You can read the full story on The Creative Push blog here:
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[@irondoger]

He is the exception in the society, but he should be the rule

[@andrewbaker8852]

Thanks for this interview. I have been buying books on making carousel animals. This interview was very insightful.

[@SheriOneal]

Thank you for taking time to leave me a comment, I am glad it was helpful!

[@stevebeauvais8152]

Fantastic article! Ken Means is my carving idol.

[@SheriOneal]

Thank you Steve for the kind comment, Ken is an amazing artist!!!

[@Blather]

Great video! Ken Means is an inspiration.

[@SheriOneal]

Thank you and I completely agree. I cant wait to see his finished carousel!

[@htezell]

I love this!!!

[@SheriOneal]

Thank you so much for wathing!

[@B30pt87]

What a great guy! Great artist too.

[@SheriOneal]

I absolutely agree! Thank you for watching.

[@darrenjattan4277]

HI MR KEN MEANS. I LOVE YOUR WORKS. I DO ALOT OF ART SINCE WHEN I WAS SMALL. BUT I'LL REMEMBER YOUR NAME AND LOOK AT YOUR PATTERNS AND TRY. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆