carved cherub, pipe shade carving, Fritts pipe organ, Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ   wood carved lion, pipe shades, Fritts pipe organ, Marion Camp Oliver Organ at St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle, WA   carved crab, pipe shades, Fritts pipe organ, All Soul's Episcopal Church in San Diego, CA, carved wood sculpture Jude Fritts
Wood Carving & Sculpture
pipe shades, carvings and wood sculpture, Fritts pipe organ, Pacific Lutheran University  pipe shade carvings and wood sculpture, Fritts pipe organ, hand carving from Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Seattle, WA

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Woodcarving


Tree Sculpture, carving in workshop
8'x8'Custom sculpture (In Progress)

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2010     St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX

2006     St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus, OH

2004     University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

1998     Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA

1994     Calvary United Methodist Church, Brownsburg, IN

1992     Grace Lutheran Church, Tacoma, WA

1991     Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1990     Korea Baptist Theological University and Seminary,
           Taejon, Korea

1989     Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI

1987     Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR

1986     All Soul's Episcopal Church, San Diego, CA


About Jude


Carving the pipe shade for Grace Lutheran, Tacoma, WA, wood carver Jude Fritts
Grace Lutheran

wood ornament

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Trinity Episcopal Church
Portland, OR
Rosales Pipe Organ Services
1987

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR

Carving pipe shades for Trinity Episcopal, Portland, OR  Carving pipe shades for Trinity Episcopal, Portland, OR
My cat Kiwi would sleep on the carvings while I was working
despite the movement as I chipped away.

carved architectural decoration

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The O'Malley Organ
The University of Notre Dame
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Notre Dame, Indiana
Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders
2004
Pipe organ, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Carved ornament, pipe shade carving, Fritts pipe organ, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

About the O'Malley organ...

Pipe shade, Carved octopus, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
The octopus was covered up
with lilly pads after being installed.


See Craig Cramer play Notre Dame's O'Malley organ on these You Tube videos:

wood art

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Wisconsin Lutheran College
Milwaukee, WI
Schlicker Organ Co.
1989
Pipe Organ, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Wisconsin WI, Schlicker Organ Co.

grapes & leaves, pipe shades for Pipe Organ, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Wisconsin WI, Schlicker Organ Co.   grapes & leaves, pipe shades for Pipe Organ, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Wisconsin WI, Schlicker Organ Co.  
grapes & leaves, pipe shades for Pipe Organ, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Wisconsin WI, Schlicker Organ Co.   grapes & leaves, pipe shades for Pipe Organ, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Wisconsin WI, Schlicker Organ Co.  
This was the first set of pipe shades I both designed and carved.

wood art

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All Souls' Episcopal Church
San Diego, CA
Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders
1986

Pipe shades, All Soul's Episcopal Church, San Diego, CA  Pipe shades, All Soul's Episcopal Church, San Diego, CA,

Pipe shades, All Soul's Episcopal Church, San Diego, CA
Pipe shades, All Soul's Episcopal Church, San Diego, CA
This photo was staged in Paul's shop by a photographer for a magazine article. In reality, the carvings don't go up until after all the pipes are installed.

The carvings were only clamped in. One fell and broke into a thousand pieces and had to be painstakingly glued back together.


Fritts pipe organ at All Soul's Episcopal Church, San Diego, CA
This photo was also staged by the photographer. Notice the sawdust he spread around the table. Carving produces chips, not sawdust.

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Residence of Ena R. Jin
Purchased by Korea Baptist Theological University and Seminary
Taejon, Korea
Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders
1990
Fritts pipe organ, Korea Baptist Theological University and Seminary, Taejon, Korea



Hand Carved Ornament, Pipe shades, carved cherubs, Fritts pipe organ, Korea Baptist Theological University and Seminary, Taejon, Korea

decorative carving

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Calvary United Methodist Church
Brownsburg, Indiana
Charles M. Ruggles Pipe Organs
1994
Ruggles Pipe Organ, Calvary United Methodist,




pipes for Calvary United Methodist pipe organ, made by Jude Fritts
Calvary was my first pipe contract.


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