Carved cherub, pipe shade carving on Fritts organ at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ   Wood carved lion, pipe shades of Fritts organ at Marion Camp Oliver Organ at St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle, WA   Carved crab, pipe organ carvings for All Soul's Episcopal Church in San Diego, CA, carved wood sculpture Jude Fritts
Wood Carving & Sculpture 		Woman with orb, pipe shade carvings for Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA Carved sun, pipe shade carvings, Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma,, Tacoma, WA Female figure with sun and sea monster, pipe shade carvings for Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA

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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

decorative woodcarving

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Photos of Carvings In Progress

March to December 2009


The pipe organ for St. Philip Presbyterian Church is now being erected at the church in Houston (January 2010) after being constructed in Paul's shop in Tacoma, Washington. I completed the pipe shade carvings at the end of December in my shop in Olympia, Washington.

These carvings are a contemporary design based on the gothic tracery style. The carvings feature abstract figures of loaves and fishes. The center carving features a dove flying downward toward the musician.



St. Philip Presbyterian Church Houston, TX
Paul Fritts & Co Organ Builders
In progress
To be delivered January 2010


Fritts Organ Builders, St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX
         Preliminary Design
Fritts Organ Builders, St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX        Fritts Organ Builders, St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX 

Visit St. Philip's Website
for Paul's photos building the organ.
Pipe shade carving for St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX      Gothic tracery pipe shade carving at top for St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX    
November 2009 - Tacoma, WA
A few of the carvings were installed for the open house at Paul's shop.



Gothic tracery pipe shade carving at top for St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX         Pipe shade carving for St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX 
November 2009 - Tacoma, WA



Gothic tracery pipe shade carving at top for St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX     Pipe shade carving for St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX 
August - September 2009 - Olympia, WA


Fritts Organ Builders, St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX 
August 2009 - Olympia, WA



Fritts Organ Builders, St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX  
April 24, 2009   - 		Fritts Organ Builders, St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX  
  Olympia, WA


Fritts Organ Builders, St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX        Fritts Organ Builders, St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX 



Fritts Organ Builders, St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston TX 
The blank is cut out and carving is ready to begin,
working at my cabin in Arizona's Painted Desert.
(Cell phone photo, March 29, 2009)





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