Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 36 Fall 2006 E-Book

Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated

• Herausgeber: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Serie: Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Seitenzahl: 144

Beschreibung

FeaturesWoodcarver of the YearBy Bob DuncanWood Carving Illustrated honors Marvin KaisersattAnthony Hillman's Passion for Carving WaterfowlBy Bob DuncanTurning your interests into a career can be very rewardingThe Work of Frank FeatherBy Shawn MeyersTraveling carver leaves a lasting and valuable legacyProjectsMaple Leaf PinBy Kenny VermillionPower carve this charming seasonal broochBrown PelicanBy Gordon and Marsha StillerIt's Me, FrankBy Vicki BishopMonster caricature is a treat to carveCarving a Hen Wood DuckBy Tom MatusBasic tools and techniques for an authentic antique-style hunting decoyRelief-Carved Horse PortraitBy Dean TroutmanClassic portrait makes a bold statementPatchwork ClockBy Cyndi JoslynEasy-to-carve clock is a great beginner projectChip-Carved Wedding PlateBy Barry McKenzieDecorative, personalized plate makes a beautiful wedding giftHalloween WitchBy Anthony CostanzaCreate this folk-style carving using only a hobby knifeCarve a HoboBy Jim and Margie MaxwellA few tools, some paint, plus a little time gives you this American iconTechniquesTools of the TradeBy Chris PyeAn introduction to the tools used in traditional woodcarving.DepartmentsEditor's ColumnAuthor SpotlightLetters to the EditorInfo ExchangeBragging PageNews & NotesNew ProductsScroll Saw BasicsWood Review

Leseprobe

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Fall 2006

Issue 36

FEATURES

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Woodcarver of the Year

By Bob Duncan

Wood Carving Illustrated

honors

Marvin Kaisersatt

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Anthony Hillman’s Passion

for Carving Waterfowl

By Bob Duncan

Turning your interests into a career

can be very rewarding

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The Work of Frank Feather

By Shawn Meyers

Traveling carver leaves a lasting

and valuable legacy

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Get a feel for relief carving

with this step-by-step project

by Dean Troutman.

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PROJECTS

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Maple Leaf Pin

By Kenny Vermillion

Power carve this charming

seasonal brooch

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Brown Pelican

By Gordon and Marsha Stiller

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It’s Me, Frank

By Vicki Bishop

Monster caricature is a treat

to carve

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Carving a Hen Wood Duck

By Tom Matus

Basic tools and techniques

for an authentic antique-style

hunting decoy

50

Relief-Carved Horse Portrait

By Dean Troutman

Classic portrait makes a bold

statement

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Patchwork Clock

By Cyndi Joslyn

Easy-to-carve clock is a great

beginner project

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Chip-Carved Wedding Plate

By Barry McKenzie

Decorative, personalized plate

makes a beautiful wedding gift

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Halloween Witch

By Anthony Costanza

Create this folk-style carving using

only a hobby knife

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Carve a Hobo

By Jim and Margie Maxwell

A few tools, some paint, plus a

little time gives you this

American icon

TECHNIQUES

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Tools of the Trade

By Chris Pye

An introduction to the tools used in

traditional woodcarving

DEPARTMENTS

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Editor’s Letter

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From Our Mailbag

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News & Notes

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Tips & Techniques

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Reader Gallery

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New Products

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Judge’s Critique

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Relief Column

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Carver’s Challenge

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Calendar of Events

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Advertising Directory

and Classifieds

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Teacher’s Corner

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editor’s

letter

We’re thrilled to present this issue of

Wood Carving

Illustrated

featuring our new look. The opportunity to

incorporate these changes is a vote of confidence for

our editorial team and a chance to add a bit of our own

personality to the pages. I know you’ll love what we’ve done. Some

of the differences you may notice are:

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We’ve moved to a larger text for an easier read.

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The table of contents is better organized to help you find what you’re looking

for quickly.

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Articles are clearly labeled so you know what to expect.

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The Calendar of Events will feature only actual events—not individual classes.

This allows us to devote more room to articles.

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A New Products Department has been added to keep you up-to-date on all

the latest accessories.

You’ll still find all the step-by-step articles, pattern profiles, and

carver galleries that you have come to expect from

WCI

. Our goals

have always been to bring you the best projects from today’s top

carvers, introduce you to the newest techniques, challenge you to

improve your skills, and provide you with the inspiration to get into

your shop and make some woodchips. We continue to stand behind

those goals and promise to make new improvements based on what

our readers want.

One new section that we’re excited about is the Carver’s Challenge.

We try to include quick projects that carvers of any skill level can

enjoy. We received some fantastic photos of carvings that our

readers created from a small block of wood and were inspired to

challenge ourselves. Each member of our magazine staff (Bob

Duncan, Jon Deck, and myself) created their very own Jenga™ Block

creations. Check out our carvings below and see if you can guess

which team member created which carving. Then check out the

wide variety of carvings on page 24 and see if you guessed correctly.

We’d love to hear what you think of this issue—send us an email at

[email protected]

or send a letter to 1970 Broad

Street, East Petersburg, PA 17520. And if you happen to find yourself

in Central Pennsylvania this fall, stop by our Open House (see page

20). You’ll have the opportunity to meet the editorial team, sit in on

lectures from top-notch instructors, and shop for terrific bargains!

Volume 10, Number 3 (Issue No. 36)

How-To Magazine for Carvers™

Internet: www.WoodCarvingIllustrated.com

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Our Mission:

To promote woodcarving as an artform

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Publisher/Editor

Alan Giagnocavo

Editorial Manager

Shannon Flowers

Technical Editor

Bob Duncan

Contributing Editors

Roger Schroeder

Joel Hull

Lori Corbett

Barry McKenzie

Lora S. Irish

Mike Burton

Studio Photographer

Greg Heisey

Technical Illustrators

Jack Kochan

Irene Bertils

Art Director

Jon Deck

Ad Sales

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Identification Statement: Wood Carving Illustrated vol. 10, no.3 (Fall 2006)

(ISSN#1096-2816) is published four times a year in the months of February,

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Woodcarving and the use of associated equipment can potentially result

in health hazards and injuries.

While we cannot impose safety standards

in every article, we do ask that you make safety your number one

priority.

Protect your respiratory system, hearing, vision and the rest of your

body with the proper safety equipment and prudent precautions.

Read

manuals that are supplied with your tools.

Be aware that most accidents oc-

cur when you are tired or distracted.

And when in doubt, seek advice from

professionals, on how to keep your tools sharp and maintained.

Fall 2006

Jenga blocks carved

by members of the

WCI

editorial team.

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from our

mailbag

FOX HUNT

Jerry Fuglseth from Fertile, MN and Merle

Krug from Marion, IA were randomly drawn

from the 113 entries who correctly located the

Fox in Summer 2006 (Issue 35)

Wood Carving

Illustrated

. The fox was located on Page

94—in the photo of Tom Matus’ wood duck.

The Fox Hunt continues in this issue. If you

find him, write or e-mail us and tell us where

he is located. Two readers will be randomly

selected from all the correct replies to receive

a $25 Fox Chapel Books gift certificate. Notice

that the contest fox faces left (the right-facing

foxes in Fox Chapel ads don’t count).

Entries must be received by 10/1/2006 to

be eligible.

Send your entry to Wood Carving

Illustrated, Attn. Find the Fox, 1970 Broad St.,

East Petersburg, PA 17520, or e-mail to

[email protected]

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Carving in the Land Down Under

I spent 12 months in Canada

recently and was introduced to

woodcarving by a workmate. We

had a blast, once a week in Castor,

Alberta, carving with a group of

people who loved what they did.

Since I returned to Australia

I have struggled to find others

who thoroughly enjoy carving for

carvings sake. Most woodworkers

here seem to do REAL woodwork

and occasionally carving. This has

made it hard for me to learn from

anyone, and this is where your

magazine comes into its own.

I have used it to teach myself to

do all the very basic bits and pieces

I need to know from carving tips

to painting and photographing my

latest work. I love it and am always

hanging out for (ie. looking forward

to) each edition.

Peter Earnshaw

Colac, Victoria, Australia

International Authors

I really appreciate the how-to

articles as well as the descriptions

of how really good craftsmen take

their subject from the design stage

to actually completing the project.

I also like to read about and have

a face to put with the authors of

various articles. In addition, I think

it’s first class of you to use authors

from other countries (ie. My own).

It puts a nice slant on the whole

content.

I receive another magazine with

a fun little quirk much like your

hidden fox. Searching for these

gems gives me more incentive to

pour long and hard over the

magazine articles and to pay more

attention to detail. It’s great fun

and gives me a great feeling when

I discover the hidden critter.

Mae Hill

Ontario, Canada

Carving in prison

I’m incarcerated and I’ve learned

the art of wood carving in the

prison’s craft shop. I’ve sent some

of my works to my family, who

entered them in a local contest,

where I won a free subscription to

Wood Carving Illustrated

. I truly

enjoy

Wood Carving Illustrated

.

It challenges me in ways other

carving magazines fail. Thank you

for your excellent magazine.

Billy Jones

Texas

Beginner appreciates

Santa Ornament

I am new to woodcarving and it

is highly addictive. I completed

your step-by-step Santa ornament

in the Holiday 2005 (Issue 33).

My wife is very impressed and

very appreciative of the ornament.

Anyone can buy an ornament, but I

feel true satisfaction by making one.

Chris Stewart

East Palatka, FL

Fox Hunt

It is easy to see why fox hunting is

an English sport, as I have searched

diligently in every issue since the

“game” began with no success.

In

An award winning piece carved by

Billy Jones.

the Summer 2006 Issue, No. 35, I

finally captured the wily creature

and didn’t have to resort to the use

of hounds!

He was hidden on page

94 in the photo of the hen wood

duck just below the duck’s beak.

Great hide!

I appreciate the

pairing of the “fox” and the “hen.”

I enjoy your publication very

much.

Keep up the good work.

Greg Stallings

Old Hickory, TN

Wow!

You almost did me in. So

many places to look. Makes you

read and look at everything. The

lesson for woodcarvers is to look at

their work with as much interest.

The fox is on page 94 in the reeds

in front of Tom’s hen wood duck.

Thanks for the challenge.

John Modjewski

Eagle River, WI

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news and

notes

Lora S. Irish, a frequent

contributor to

Wood

Carving Illustrated

,

documented the process

she goes through to craft

a relief carving of an Oak

Man on the

WCI

Message

Board. She documented

263 steps, far more than

any book or magazine

can do.

To see the tutorial,

which Lora calls an “on-

line seminar,” visit

www.

woodcarvingillustrated.

com

and click on the

“Message Board” link and

the “Tutorials” topic.

Step-by-Step Carving Blog

Lynn O. Doughty of Oklahoma has started a blog

documenting his carving process from start to finish.

Located at

www.outwestwoodcarving.blogspot.com/

,

Lynn first carved an Old West cook caricature. He

also documented how to carve cowboy boots.

Lynn takes the reader through the entire carving

and finishing process. He plans to document more

carvings in the future.

Look for an article by Lynn in a future issue of

Wood Carving Illustrated.

Group Carving Project

Rick Ferry of Washington proposed the idea of a round robin type carving

project to the members of the

WCI

message board. The group readily

accepted the idea and decided to limit each project to ten carvers. Due to

overwhelming response, additional projects including a special project

specifically for beginners were initiated. Each person worked on the

carving for a week before passing it on to the next person.

The first group project to be completed started with our own technical

editor, Bob Duncan (BobD). From Pennsylvania the carving traveled to

Kenneth Sanders of Kansas (Kenny_S), Bart Wilson of Georgia (Wood-

Whittler), Robert Weaver of Tennessee (Bob_in_TN), Ed Sims of Arizona

(Dryheat), Bob Jenkins of Ontario, Canada (Bob’s Birds), Don Bundy of

California (Greyhair), Tony Filetti of New York (Rocket39), Blake Lunsford

of Virginia (Vacaricature Carver), and Mitchell Cartledge of North

Carolina (Mitchell).

The project coordinator, Rick Ferry (Rick-in-Seattle), then painted

the completed carving and had his wife randomly draw a name from the

project’s participants. Kenneth Sanders’ name

was drawn and he will be the proud owner of

the completed caricature.

To join the

WCI

message board visit

www.WoodCarvingIllustrated.com

, and click

on the link to the message board under Carving

Community in the left-hand column.

Chainsaw Carving Event

The 2006 Ridgway (PA) Rendezvous was really an international event; carvers from

four continents worked together at the charity event. Jessie Groeschen, author of

The Art of Chainsaw Carving

, also signed books at the event and a film crew from

the DIY Network was on hand shooting for their Woodsculpting series.

Liz Boni, one of the event’s organizers, said more than $4,000 was donated to

charity after this year’s event.

Carvers from Germany, Scotland, Ireland, England,

Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia, Australia, and the United States each donated a carving

to the charity auction.

Liz’s daughter, Zoe Boni, demonstrated how to carve and detail a large rose

sculpture for the DIY Network film team.

In all, there were 165 carvers at the event. Ken Sheen of British Columbia,

Canada, carved a life-size realistic grizzly bear along

with Randy Boni, of Ridgway, PA, that brought in the

top bid: $2,300. Ken was awarded a digital camera

from Fox Chapel Publishing.

Members of the

Wood

Carving Illustrated

Message Board worked

together to carve a

large caricature piece.

Blog shows

entire carving

process

for this

project.

Irish Oak Man

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Oliver Harrigan

converted his

jogging suit into a

carver’s dust apron.

A suction cup used to pick up

golf balls works great to hold

the ball while you carve.

Carver’s Dust Apron

Carver

Oliver Harrigan of Milwaukee, WI,

turned his old jogging suit into an apron that the dust

just slides off of.

The suit, a single ply nylon or rayon material, was

complete with a hood. Oliver cut the legs off the pants,

then cut the legs open. He sewed the two sections of

the legs together, and sewed that to the jacket. He was

left with a full-body dust suit with a hood.

Dust wipes right off the slippery material, and his

wife is happy that his clothes are no longer full of dust!

Golf Ball Carving Vise

Stan Crossman of Salem, WV

, found that golf ball “pickups” sold at large retailers

and golf shops, work great to hold the round balls while you carve. The pickups are

essentially large suction cups designed to be attached to a ¾

"-diameter rod so you

can grab a golf ball without bending over.

The suction is strong enough, Stan said, that you can carve away on the golf balls

without worrying that it will roll around or slip in your hand. If you are holding

the pickup in your hand, Stan suggests you wear a carving glove, but if you insert a

dowel in the bottom of the cup, you can clamp it in a vice.

BEST TIP WINS

Oliver won a Flexcut

Starter Tool Set for his

winning tip. Send us

your best tip, along with

any photos or sketches

(we’ll re-draw them)

to Tips and Techniques,

Wood Carving Illustrated

,

1970 Broad St., East

Petersburg, PA 17520,

Duncan@FoxChapel-

Publishing.com

.

Win a Carving Set

The

WCI

reader who

sends in the best

tip for Holiday 2006

(Issue 37) will win

this Stubai starter

set, complete with

five gouge profiles,

worth $159.95.

tips and

techniques

A Stand for Bark Carvings

Don Arnett of Wilson, NY,

wanted to display a

gnome house he carved in a piece of cottonwood

bark. Instead of placing it flat on a table or hanging it

on the wall, he made a stand out of cottonwood bark

and a slab of bristle cone pine.

He started with a piece of cottonwood bark that

was too thin to carve.

He cut it down to ½

" thick,

and squared off one end with a band saw, then

sanded it flat with a belt sander. Using the squared

off end as a guide, he outlined where it would attach

to the pine slab. He then drilled holes through the

base and into the bark to attach them together with

wooden dowels.

After positioning the carving on the bark backing

board, Don drilled more holes matching the size

of the dowels through the backing board into

the carving, taking care not to drill through the

carving. After dry assembling the pieces to make

sure everything fit, he applied his finish and glued

everything together.

Now Don can display his carving upright on a

table. This option makes your carving stand out at a

show when all the other bark carvings are laying flat!

TOP

TIP

✔

Tips from the Masters

Peg together add-ons to

strengthen fragile parts

(Anthony Costanza,