Carved instruments, Fritts pipe organ, Grace Lutheran Church, Tacoma, WA Carved rat, pipe shade carvings, Fritts organ, Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Seattle carved wheat, pipe shade carvings, Fritts pipe organ, Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Seattle, WA Jude Fritts
Wood Carving & Sculpture
carved faces, pipe shade carvings, Fritts pipe organs, Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA carved face, woodcarvings, Fritts pipe organs, Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ,Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA carved sea creature, woodcarvings, Fritts pipe organs, Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ,Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA

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Fuchs Organ, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA, 1998
Carved dream catchers and looking glass in pipe shade carvings for Fritts pipe organ at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA

8'x8' "Tree", Kravit Residence
Carved wood tree sculpture

"Owl in the Gable", McConnell Residence
Custom hand carved wood owl in gable, architectural woodcarving, unique, distinctive and personalized carving for McConnel residence

Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA, 1998
Life-sized sculpture of woman with orb, pipe shade carvings at Fritts pipe organ, Pacific Lutheran University, custom wood sculpture

Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA, 1998
Carved faces, wood art for Fritts pipe organ, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA

All Souls' Episcopal Church, San Diego CA, 1986
Woodcarving of crab for pipe shades at All Soul's Episcopal Church in San Diego

"Chisels's & Knives"
Hand Carved Wall Art, titled Chisels & Knives, personal art collection

"Triangle", Will Residence
Wood carving sculture titled Triangle, personal wood art collection, Will residence, wood carver Jude Fritts

Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Seattle WA, 1999
pipe shade carving and wood art, carved wheat, Fritts pipe organ, Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Seattle, WA

Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA, 1998
Carved faces for pipe shade carvings for the pipe organ at the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma Washington, wood carver Jude Fritts

Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, 1991
Gold leafed flower in wood panel for Arizona State University, Tempe

St Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX, 2010
Gothic tracery style, abstract design of loaves and fishes, St Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston

(13) Kravit residence
Hand Carved Tree Sculpture

Lippincott Residence, Cape Cod MA, 2001
Sea shells, hand carved wood ornament from Lippincott organ

"Two Heads Touching" for Carolyn
Hand-held carving, two heads touching with intertwined hearts, personal wood art

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN, 2004
Wood carved lilly pads for pipe shade carvings, DeBartolo Center, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY, 2002
Carved wood ornament, Fritts pipe organ, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York

Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton NJ 2000
Decorative wood carving, pipe shade carvings, Princeton Theological Seminary, NJ

St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus OH 2006
Sculpture of angels, Decorative wood carving, pipe shades, Saint Joseph Cathedral, Columbus OH

Marion Camp Oliver Organ, St Mark's, Seattle WA, 2003
Wood carved Lion, Pipe shades, Marion Camp Oliver Organ at St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle, WA

Jin Residence, Taejon, Korea, 1990
Hand Carved Ornament, Pipe shades, carved angels (cherubs), Fritts pipe organ, Korea Baptist Theological University and Seminary, Taejon, Korea

Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, 1991
Close up of carved angel face, Cherub for ASU, carved wood sculpture

Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, 1991
Carved goat, Fabulous Fritts pipe organ at Arizona State University, Tempe AZ

Grace Lutheran Church, Tacoma WA, 1992
Wood carved instruments, harp, violin, horn & drum. Grace Lutheran Church, Tacoma, WA

Fuchs Organ, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA, 1998
Carved sculpture of woman with sun and sea creatures, carvings for the organ at the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma Washington, wood carver Jude Fritts

St Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX, 2010
Abstract loaves and fishes, gothic tracery style, Saint Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX

Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Custom sculpture of tree used as balcony railing




Jude Fritts is a woodcarving artist with three decades of experience working in a wide variety of styles and woods. Jude's custom carving includes carved doors and panels, wall art, carved ornament, and sculpture. Jude has designed and carved large scale pipe shade carvings for organs built by Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Charles M. Ruggles Pipe Organs, Rosales Pipe Organ Services and Schlicker Organ Co.

Jude has created designs ranging from renaissance to contemporary and has worked in oak, Douglas fir, cherry, Honduran mahogany, western red cedar and basswood. Individual works have varied in size from small hand-held carvings to works consisting of 65 panels totaling 250 square feet.








A Fritts Family Business...

Pipe organ building is a Fritts family business. Jude's father Dr. R. Byard Fritts started a small business in the 1960s -- R. Byard Fritts and Company, Pipe Organ Architect and Builder -- working first as an organ consultant during his summers off from teaching music theory and composition at Pacific Lutheran University. Later he began building electric-action pipe organs. Jude's older brother Paul worked with their father for a time and then acquired the business after their father's retirement.

Jude first participated in the family business when she was twelve, assisting her father with wiring and making toe boards for his electric-action pipe organs. In her own career, Jude has focused on carving pipe shades, but also has manufactured pipes. Jude made pipes for the All Soul's Episcopal Church organ in San Diego, CA (1986) and the smaller "mixture pipes" for Arizona State University's organ. She also made pipes for two organs built by Charles M. Ruggles Pipe Organs.



Featured Pipe Shade Carvings by Jude Fritts for Pipe Organs at:

Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, 1998

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 1991

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2004

St. Marks Cathedral, Seattle, WA, 2003




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Jude Fritts


Wood Carving & Wood Carved Sculpture
Olympia, Washington