Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 39 Summer 2007 E-Book

Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated

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

Seitenzahl: 151

Beschreibung

FEATURESPreserving the PastBy Bob DuncanThe rise, fall, and rebirth of carved carousel horsesSculpting in WoodWith Betty SagerTalented artist pays tribute to loved onesFirst CutsA carver's journey to becoming a member of the Caricature Carvers of AmericaPROJECTSCarving Wooden EggsWith Linda TudorThe Grand Old Flag EggCarving Habitat MushroomBy Kenny VermillionAdd realism to your wildlife carvings or carve this mushroom as a stand alone pieceMississippi AlligatorBy Gordon and Marsha StillerStylized Grizzly BearBy Kelly WinnSimple lines capture the essence of the animal without hours of detailingPersonalized Love SpoonBy Jim GledhillPattern template makes production carving easyRealistic Sanderling Painting TemplatesBy Del HerbertThese easy templates create a flawless finishElf Country Stylized MaskBy Mary Cook, Carved by Lou CacioppoCombine realistic facial features with stylized techniques for a striking displayDuck TonightBy Arnold SmithFacial expressions and body language let you tell a story with your carvingPortable Carving StationBy James M. HaumesserA sturdy, shop-made workbench that folds up when not in useTeapot ClockBy Barry McKenzieCharming clock with chip-carved details is perfect for the kitchenTECHNIQUESTool ControlBy Chris PyeProper techniques for safe and efficient useAll About Buying WoodBy Roger SchroederA handy reference guide and inside tips from 30 years of buying carving woodDEPARTMENTSEditor's LetterFrom Our MailbagNews & NotesTips & TechniquesReader GalleryNew ProductsRelief ColumnCalendar of EventsComing FeaturesAdvertising Directory & ClassifiedsTeacher's Corner

Leseprobe

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Summer 2007

Issue 39

FEATURES

26

Preserving the Past

By Bob Duncan

The rise, fall, and rebirth of

carved carousel horses

68

Sculpting in Wood

With Betty Sager

Talented artist pays tribute to

loved ones

74

First Cuts

A carver’s journey to becoming

a member of the Caricature

Carvers of America

in this

issue

26

On our Cover

C

OLUMBIA

B

ELLE

, from

A Carousel for Missoula

, is

one of the many carved

carousel horses

around

the country.

74

North Bay Heritage Carousel

,

opened in 2002, thanks to

the efforts of community

carvers and artists.

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21

55

65

58

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PROJECTS

21

Carving Wooden Eggs

With Linda Tudor

The Grand Old Flag Egg

34

Carving Habitat Mushroom

By Kenny Vermillion

Add realism to your wildlife

carvings or carve this mushroom

as a stand alone piece

44

Mississippi Alligator

By Gordon and Marsha Stiller

46

Stylized Grizzly Bear

By Kelly Winn

Simple lines capture the essence

of the animal without hours of

detailing

50

Personalized Love Spoon

By Jim Gledhill

Pattern template makes

production carving easy

55

Realistic Sanderling

Painting Templates

By Del Herbert

These easy templates create

a flawless finish

58

Elf Country Stylized Mask

By Mary Cook, Carved by Lou Cacioppo

Combine realistic facial features

with stylized techniques for a

striking display

65

Duck Tonight

By Arnold Smith

Facial expressions and body

language let you tell a story with

your carving

78

Portable Carving Station

By James M. Haumesser

A sturdy, shop-made workbench

that folds up when not in use

80

Teapot Clock

By Barry McKenzie

Charming clock with chip-carved

details is perfect for the kitchen

TECHNIQUES

38

Tool Control

By Chris Pye

Proper techniques for safe and

effi

cient use

70

All About Buying Wood

By Roger Schroeder

A handy reference guide and

inside tips from 30 years of

buying carving wood

DEPARTMENTS

4

Editor’s Letter

6

From Our Mailbag

8

News & Notes

10

Tips & Techniques

12

Reader Gallery

14

New Products

16

Relief Column

88

Calendar of Events

94

Coming Features

95

Advertising Directory

& Classifieds

96

Teacher’s Corner

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Coming up with the right cover for an issue is

easily one of the most challenging aspects of

publishing a magazine. Our focus has to be on the casual

reader. In order for them to pick the issue up off

the

newsstand and see the great articles we have waiting for

them inside, we need a cover that draws them in. Our

first instinct is to feature a fabulous carving to inspire

would-be carvers, but we’ve found that often backfires.

The novice or casual carver thinks it’s too advanced

for them. The staff

at

WCI

is full of opinions, but in the

end we have to rely on the

expertise of our newsstand

consultant, and we usually end

up featuring an alternate cover.

Jon Deck, our designer, and

I absolutely loved this cover

featuring Lou Cacioppo’s work.

But we knew it would never

make it on the newsstand.

No matter what ends up on

the cover, I work very hard to

include articles inside each

issue that will appeal to the

intermediate and advanced

carver, as well as the beginner.

In this issue, we introduce the first of an ongoing

series of articles with the Caricature Carvers of America.

This series, titled “First Cuts,” showcases very early

carvings of CCA members along with some valuable

advice for aspiring carvers. These accomplished carvers

all started from humble beginnings and honed their

skills through years of practice. Everyone has to start

somewhere.

I hope that seeing how world-renown carvers started

with carvings that were less than showcase quality

(and that they have the courage to share them with

the carving community) will give you the initiative to

continue down your own carving path. We’ll continue

the “First Cuts” series with four additional CCA

members in the fall issue. The series is intended to

encourage you to keep moving forward, no matter where

you’re at on your carving journey!

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Shannon Flowers

Technical Editor

Bob Duncan

Creative Director

Troy Thorne

Art Director

Jon Deck

Contributing Editors

Roger Schroeder

Joel Hull

Lori Corbett

Barry McKenzie

Lora S. Irish

Mike Burton

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Scott Kriner

Technical Illustrators

Jack Kochan

Bot Roda

Carolyn Mosher

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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

occur when you are tired or distracted.

And when in doubt, seek advice

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

Summer 2007

editor’s

letter

A favorite, but unselected,

front cover design.

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I have been carving for a year and have read many

contradicting pieces of advice about making a “wash”

from acrylic paint. Some say, “absolutely don't use

water, just medium,” while others say, “just add a

few drops of water until you have a thin wash.” The

last is from a master bird carver whose work is

exquisite. How should this “wash” advice be followed?

Chemically, I understand the “no water” principle, but,

it is being done with acrylics all the time.

Don Pass

Jasper, AK

Lori Corbett, author of

Carving Award Winning

Songbirds

, responds: Thinning with water, though

practiced by many master bird carvers for years, is

falling out of favor. We have learned many things

about our paints over the years, and have discovered

that using water exclusively to thin paints breaks

the binder in the paint. The binder is the “glue” that

holds the paint to the wood. When this happens, the

paint becomes very fragile and is easily rubbed off

during normal handling (certain brands of paint

are more prone to this than others). Even the paint

manufacturers are now putting information on their

labels advising against thinning with water alone for

this reason. They have also created mediums that will

dilute the paint without breaking the binder.

The same, or better, results are now being achieved

by diluting the pigments with glazing medium

and/or flow medium. The glazing medium creates

an even more exquisite result because the pigments

are actually suspended above the surface, creating

luminosity not possible with water alone. A small

amount of water to further thin the pigments is okay,

and sometimes necessary. However, the quantity of

water used is very small.

Granted, this technique has been successfully

used for many years, but with the availability of new

mediums, much more durable results are possible.

A quick note about “wash” vs. “glazing”: paints

thinned with water are known as “washes”and is a

technique heavily employed with watercolor painting

or acrylic painting on paper or canvas. It was carried

over to bird carving. “Glazes” are paints diluted with

mediums, and is a technique used for hundreds of

years, first with oils, and now with the advent of new

materials, acrylics.

from our

mailbag

Finding fishing hardware

I’ve read about Ron Weir who made fishing lures as his

hobby. What I’m looking for is a source for fishing lure

hardware. Can you help me?

Don Salmen

Solon Springs, WI

Woodcarving Illustrated

contributor,

Alfie Fishgap, responds: I usually

buy the hooks and small split

rings I need for my Spirit Lures

at sporting goods stores, such

as Bass Pro Shops. There are

a variety of hook colors to choose

from, and I usually pick a color to

complement my design. The small eye

screws are available at most arts and

crafts stores or hardware stores.

FOX HUNT

Carol Smith of Fontana,

CA, and Doug Lyons were

randomly drawn from the

258 entries who correctly

located the Fox in Spring

2007 (Issue 38)

WCI

. The fox

was located on Page 60 in

the photo for Step 9.

If you find the fox in this

issue, contact us and tell us the page number and location. Two

readers randomly selected from all correct replies will receive a $25

Fox Chapel Publishing gift certificate. Entries must be received by

July 1, 2007, to be eligible.

NOTE: Contest fox faces left (other foxes

appearing in

WCI

don’t count).

Send your entry to

Woodcarving Illustrated

, Attn. Find the Fox,

1970 Broad Street, East Petersburg, PA 17520, or e-mail to

[email protected]

.

Acrylic paint washes

Thinning paint with

a flow or glazing

medium creates

longer lasting

results.

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In all, 114 carvings were entered in the

2006 Caricature Carvers of America,

National Caricature Carving Contest and

Exhibition, held at Dollywood, Pigeon Forge,

TN

.

Kathi Clark of Mt. Home, AR, took

home the People’s Choice Award with

It’s Been One of Those Days

.

At the CCA’s annual business meeting,

held in conjunction with the event, Bruce

Henn and Floyd Rhadigan were elected into

the CCA. The CCA also decided to move

the 2007 event to Converse, IN. For more

information, visit the CCA website at

www.cca-carvers.org

.

The group is currently working with

Woodcarving Illustrated

on a series of

articles (see page 74), and a book, available

September 2007, titled

Caricature Carver’s

Showcase

, which features 50 patterns.

The Archer

Canadian sculptor,

Fred Zavadil, took

home first place in the

Master’s Division of the

Canadian Woodcarving

Championships. The

January, 2007 contest

was held in conjunction

with the Hamilton,

ON, Canada Wood

Show. Fred’s winning

piece,

The Archer,

was

featured in

Woodcarving

Illustrated

Fall 2005

(Issue 32).

For 2008 show

information, visit

www.

hamiltonshows.com

or

call 905-779-0422.

news and

notes

Sgt. Jack King with a

cane carved by Eugene

Henrickson of Walnut, IL.

Canes for injured heroes

After seeing a national news story about post-9/11

veterans returning home after losing a limb, the

Eastern Oklahoma Woodcarvers Association decided

to make presentation canes for them.

The group teamed up with the Green Country

Woodworkers and the Northeastern Oklahoma

Woodturners, who crafted shafts that the carvers

topped with a carved eagle head handle.

“We want these veterans to know we care and are

very appreciative of the sacrifice they made,” said Jack

Nitz, one of the organizers of the movement.

The movement spread,

and now there are clubs

in 11 states working

together on the project.

So far, according to Jack,

at least 160 canes have

been presented to vets

with leg injuries. For more

information, or if you

know a post-9/11 vet with

a leg injury, contact Jack at

[email protected]

or

918-299-2251.

People’s

Choice

Photo by Jack Williams

Kathi Clark’s,

I

T

’

S

B

EEN

O

NE

OF

T

HOSE

D

AYS

, 2½

" x 15" x 15", won the People’s

Choice Award at the 2006 CCA National Caricature Carving Contest.

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tips and

techniques

Recycled CD Case Bit Holder

From Leon Hall, Meriden, CT

A container that once stored blank

CDs works great to hold power

carving burs.

The containers are

stackable and you can store a lot in

a small area with them.

Use the clear plastic disc

that

protects the blank CD’s as a

template to draw the size of the

holder onto a piece of styrofoam or

wood. I prefer styrofoam because

you just push the burs into the

foam. If you use wood, you need to

drill holes to match the different

sizes of the bur shanks.

If you position the burs to the

outside of the first styrofoam ring,

you can add a smaller disc on top

of the larger one. That way all the

burs will be visible. The plastic

cover protects the burs from

falling out and getting lost.

Use larger CD holders to store

mini carving tools.

Tips from the Masters

Keep reference material handy

when carving

(Kelly Winn, Page 46)

Swap hands when needed for

best results while carving

(Chris Pye, Page 38)

Plan for strength when carving

spoons

(Barry McKenzie, Page 80)

From Thomas Perrin, Alexandria, LA

I accumulated a large collection of 2oz bottles of paints, and had trouble

storing them in a way that I could easily locate the color I needed.

While at a large retailer, I found some rectangular baskets designed to

stack on top of each other. They measure

7½

"

x 8½

"

x 6

"

tall with 1⅜

"

-

diameter square holes in all four sides. They look like miniature milk

crates. Each basket will hold 44 bottles of paint

I purchased a lazy susan bearings set for $7, so by combining the

four baskets with the bearing, I spent approximately $15 and got enough

storage for 176 bottles of paint.

To make the rack, cut a section of ¾

"

-thick plywood and attach the

lazy susan mechanism to the bottom of it. Then attach the first basket

to the wood by drilling holes through the wood and using wire ties to

secure the basket in place. Stack the other baskets, one on top of each

other, and secure them all together with wire ties.

It sure beats the $29-49 price tags on the commercially available

paint racks. And if I want to collect more paint, I just add a basket.

Shop-Made Paint Organizer

TOP TIP Wins a

Carving Set

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this Stubai starter

set, complete with

five gouge profiles, worth $159.95. Send

your tip to

Woodcarving Illustrated

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St., East Petersburg, PA 17520, or email to

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Hands Free Strop

From Dave Dunlap, Kingman, AZ

I made this strop to fit the holes in

my workbench. If your workbench

lacks holes, consider drilling some.

It keeps me from having to use

two hands to strop, which makes it

convenient to reach over and strop

my knife more often.

It is especially useful when

I use both hands on a chisel to

maintain an angle. It was well

worth the small amount of effort it

took to make it.

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reader

gallery

Elmer Gunderson, of Prince George, BC,

Canada

,

carved

Lady in Meditation

from a pine log. The

piece stands 4'-tall, 16"-wide, and features blue stains

from the pine beetles which are devastating the local

forests. It was finished with Varathane thinned with

mineral spirits. Elmer used a variety of tools, ranging

from a chainsaw to hand tools and sanding pads. For

more of Elmer’s work and carving techniques, see

Woodcarving Illustrated

Holiday 2005 (Issue 33).

Roger Strautman, of Woodburn, IN

, created this

stunning representation titled

The Shroud

. The

piece combines chip carving with a relief-carved linen,

hanging on a chip-carved cross. It stands 5' 4"-tall, the

arms of the cross are 3' 2"-wide. The cross was carved

from basswood with a walnut frame. The shroud was

carved from bleached butternut. Special thanks to

WCI

contributor, Barry McKenzie, for encouraging

Roger to share his work with our readers.

Floyd Giles of Mahomet, IL

, carved this

intricate and delicate insect scene. The

piece takes advantage of the distinct grain

pattern of the base, which implies a forward

movement that is echoed in both the leaves

and the insect. The nature theme of the

piece is enhanced by the natural finish.

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PL Fix 2-part Wood Repair Kit

Henkel Consumer Adhesives has introduced a two-part polyurethane wood

repair kit called PL Fix 2-Part Wood Repair Kit.

The kit comes with resin, hardener, and a stir stick. Unlike some other

repair kits, the mixture has a consistency closer to thick cream. It is easy to

apply to gouged-out sections of a carving (without a lot of manhandling) and

has the advantage of not expanding or shrinking as it dries.

The repair kit also fills in the gaps when joining

irregularly-shaped sections, such as when you glue a

carving to a base. The adhesive qualities of the kit are as

strong as other popular polyurethane glues, such as Gorilla

Glue, but it doesn’t foam like typical polyurethane glues.

PL Fix 2-Part Wood Repair Kit retails for $18.99. It can

be found at Lowes stores across the US. For other retailers,

call 800-999-8920 or visit their website at

www.stickwithPL.com

.

Jerry-Rig Work Positioner (B-4)

Any carver working three

dimensionally should have a work

positioner, and this one is as good as

they get.

This is a substantial piece of

equipment: thick metal—cast iron