Have you ever thought you might like to do relief carving, but didn’t know where or how to start? Well, here’s your opportunity. Pete (PeteM) and Andy (CarvedTones) have generously offered their time and expertise to assist in a free, hands-on workshop for beginners who want to learn relief...
I've been asked how I got stared carving so I decided to do a little write-up listing some of the resources I found helpful.
It's available in the download library here:
http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=329
Take a look and if you have any questions, comments...
Are you proficient at relief carving? If so, would you be willing to help out at a free workshop for beginning carvers?
I'm trying to organize a one day, free workshop for anyone who wants to learn relief carving. This is along the same line as the one day, free sharpening workshops Mike...
I went to a local carvers meeting Thursday and saw some great work. http://www.capefearcarvers.org/ Enough that I caught the bug. (Like I don't have anything left to learn about furniture building or turning.)
I bought a set of knives and found some Basswood. Came home and googled free...
gdoebs posted a thread about modifying his planer so the DC wouldn't collapse the flex hose when running. I think I have the solution for that and the inevitable times when we close all blast gates with the DC on. I made the following & put it in my DC piping:
First, I turned a slightly...
I need some advice. I am doing shallow relief in hard maple, which is very light colored and shiny. This is what happens if you take a flash picture:
A couple of attempts at no flash:
Once I get the thing finished, I plan to take some pictures for my web site (which has had a "under...
Here you can see the levels I identifed in the drawing before actually doing any cutting. I removed the deepest background (level 1) first then removed each subsequent (shallower) level until all levels were hogged out.