carving

  1. 2012 Calendar Contest entry

    2012 Calendar Contest entry

    a 6x7in relief woodcarving using acrylic paints on basswood
    • MT native
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    • acrylics basswood calendar carving contest relief sunflower
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    • Album: Calendar Contest
  2. carving

    carving

    Some presents from the scrap bin
    • PeteM
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    • carving
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    • Album: Carving
  3. Steve_Honeycutt

    Praying Santa Carving

    I finished this carving awhile back and have not gotten around to posting. View image in gallery View image in gallery View image in gallery View image in gallery I got the idea for this carving off of a Christmas card. This was carved from Tupelo. Tupelo carves well with really...
  4. S

    new carving

    Just finished this in between other work. The panel is 22" x 7" basswood. The entire carving is carved to a depth of 1/8" max. This was a major experiment with finishing and is quite a departure from the combinations of finishes I usually work with. There are three different types and...
  5. Mark Stewart

    beginners carving stuff

    A woman I work with has ask me to ask all of you about the following. Her husband has some interest in doing a little relief carving, she has decided to start him out for Christmas and needs recomendations on a starter set of tools as well as a book for simple patterns. I am also asking for...
  6. Rob

    Carving Stand

    I've been looking at carving stands and just wouldn't pay what they wanted for the ones available. This past weekend I met a guy from Charlotte at the symposium and he showed me his. He builds and sells them for quite a bit less then what's available. I finally got to use it and I like it...
  7. S

    ram carving update

    I have started carving the hair and roughing out the horns. At this point I just want to get a feel for the horns so that I can begin to "see" the rest of the ram. The hair is carved in a rough manner with the humps and dips placed and then everything is worked and reworked until it looks...
  8. eyekode

    Results of carving class with Mark Strom

    I attended the carving class taught by Mark Strom last weekend. Thanks again to both Mark for the instruction and Bobby G for the hospitality. It was a great time! I didn't manage to finish my carving at the class but I found an hour or two last night. Here is what I ended up with :) I...
    • eyekode
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    • carving class mark results strom
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    • Forum: Woodcarving
  9. bobby g

    Basic Relief Carving Class, October 29th, 2011

    The long awaited Basic Relief Carving Class was held today at my shop near Pittsboro. We learned a lot, made lots of chips and had great fellowship! Thanks to our instructor Stave and my fellow students for making this a great day. Here are a couple of photos; more can be found in my gallery...
  10. S

    Ram carving

    Started this at the Klingspor event and really liked the possibilities so have continued to work on it some more. The material is 8/4 basswood. The ram is carved to a depth of 1". The panel is approx. 20" x 12". I can't wait to start on carving the fur...now that is going to be interesting...
  11. PeteM

    Grotesque carving WIP - Done 11-26

    I had my camera out so I thought I'd post a WIP pic. This is my first attempt at carving "in the round". So far I'm pretty happy with how it's coming along but I have plenty of time left to mess it up! pete
    • PeteM
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    • 1118 1126 carving grotesque update wip
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    • Forum: Woodcarving
  12. PeteM

    Greenman carving

    A Greenman based on a pattern by Chris Pye. His is 17" tall and 3 or 4 inches thick. This one is 10" high and 1.5" thick sapele. (It started out 2" thick but my first try was pretty bad so I ripped it off and started over!) My next one will be thicker to allow more curvature to the face. It...
  13. T

    Relief Carving With Mark Strom

    Relief Carving Workshops with Mark Strom Go to Mark's website to see some examples of his amazing artistry. http://stromcarver.com/ The "Basics" workshop will be Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 9:00-4:30. The intermediate workshop will be Sunday, November 6, 2011 from 9:00-4:30. Come to either...
  14. S

    carving for furniture

    I am trying to decide on carving designs that could be carved on boxes, chests, chair backs...that kind of thing. This will be part of a future carving class. If you wanted to apply a carving to something like this, what would it be? I am in need of suggestions. Thanks in advance for your...
  15. bobby g

    Triangle Area Basic Relief Carving Class Scheduled - UPDATE

    The class is now full. Basic Relief Carving Class I’m going to host the Triangle Area Basic Relief Carving class to be taught by Stave (Mark Strom) that was discussed last week in another thread. Mark and I have settled on...
  16. Cabin Carving

    Cabin Carving

    Cabin Carving
    • PeteM
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    • cabin carving
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    • Category: Small items - 2012 Calendar Contest
  17. jarrett

    Beginning woodblock carving advice?

    I came across this video on indian wood block printing and became interested in trying it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-qLUPW4KfI#t=46s Anyone have some advice on how I could get started? I like the with-the-grain, mallet & chisel style carving, but I'm not sure if that makes a...
    • jarrett
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    • advice beginning carving woodblock
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    • Forum: Woodcarving
  18. PeteM

    Cabin Carving - Lots-O-Pix

    This cabin is on a friends property outside of Boone. I took this photo: Then made this drawing: The first step is to route out the levels: Cutting out the basic shapes: Here I got a little ahead of myself and added some color to the cabin: . . . and here is is after adding the posts...
    • PeteM
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    • cabin carving lotsopix
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Woodcarving
  19. KenOfCary

    Another Beginner Carving Class in RTP area?

    The folks that took the recent beginning carving class that Stave taught seemed very pleased with the experience. I'm sorry that I missed out. I've been conversing with Stave in PM about holding another beginning carving class in the RTP area. Is anyone else, besides myself interested. We'd...
  20. Mike Davis

    Spoon Carving Sept. 25-26

    I have one or two openings for the next spoon carving class. Post here or PM if you would like to join us.

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