Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 58 Spring 2012 E-Book

Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated

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

Seitenzahl: 139

Beschreibung

Inside this issue of Woodcarving Illustrated, you'll find: Features:*Rising from the Ashes*Motivated to Create*The Work of Rob LuceroProjects:*Carving Scenic Stamps*Carving Interlocking Hearts*Tequila Worm Bottle Stopper*Power Carving a Life-Size Whistling Swan*Carving a Cascading Ribbon Heart Pendant*Carving and Painting a Folk Art Rooster*Carving a Caricature Elephant*Creating a Pierced Relief Carving*Chip Carved Crosses*Folding Carving BenchTechniques:*Holding Your Work*Making Custom Colors

Leseprobe

FEATURES

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Easy chip carved

crosses make

thoughtful gifts

18

Rising from the Ashes

By

Kathleen Ryan

Burn

survivor John Capanna draws

strength and healing from wood

22

Motivated to Create

By

Kathleen Ryan

A

self-help seminar inspired

Phil and Vicki Bishop to quit

their jobs and carve full time

44

The Work of Rob Lucero

By

Bob Duncan

Lifelong

artist creates jewelry

based on his varied passions

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Bonus Painting Tips

Motivated to Create, pg. 22

Phil and Vicki Bishop share their

top painting tips

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3-D Model

Folding Carving Bench, pg. 83

Explore this functional design online

before building your own bench

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Handy Reference

Making Custom Colors, pg. 80

Share these simple techniques for creating

custom stains and dyes with online friends

Additional

online features: community forum • carver galleries • article

index • free patterns • tips • product reviews • subscriber services

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Carving Scenic Stamps

By

Carrie Dennison

Use

traditional stamp-making

techniques to share your relief

carvings with family and friends

30

Carving Interlocking Hearts

By

Bjarne Jespersen

Create

beautiful linked shapes

from a single block of wood

34

Tequila Worm Bottle Stopper

By

Jim Willis

Small-scale

bottle stopper

is fun to carve

37

Power Carving a Life-Size

Whistling Swan

By

Thomas McCollum

Basic

techniques allow you

to create a swan in any size

46

Carving a Cascading

Ribbon Heart Pendant

By

Rob Lucero

Power-carved

design

is

easy to make

48

Carving and Painting

a Folk Art Rooster

By

Don Swartz

Vivid

colors highlight

this

nostalgic pull toy

58

Carving a Caricature Elephant

By

Floyd Rhadigan

Basswood

egg reduces

time

spent roughing out

PROJECTS

64

Creating a Pierced Relief Carving

By

Dan Katz

15th-century

design

has

modern appeal

69

Chip Carved Crosses

By

John Niggemeyer

Miniature

designs make great

ornaments

or key chains

83

Folding Carving Bench

By

Jack Schmauch

Sturdy

carving bench

packs

easily for travel

TECHNIQUES

4

Editor’s Letter

6

From Our Mailbag

8

Product Review

10

Tips and Techniques

12

Reader Gallery

14

Relief Column

16

Announcing the

2012 Design Contest

88

Calendar of Events

94

Coming Features

95

Ad Directory

& Classified Ads

96

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Holding Your Work

By

Chris Pye

Use

simple methods to secure your

blank for easier and safer carving

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Making Custom Colors

By

Robert Triplett and Bob Duncan

Mix

your own dyes and stains

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editor’s

letter

Catching Up With the Woodcarving Community

One of the reasons I look forward to attending woodcarving

shows is the opportunity to find new contributors. I usually

come back to the office with a camera full of photos, and the

2011 Artistry in Wood show, held in Dayton, Ohio, was no

exception. I’ve already commissioned some fantastic articles

for future issues.

Other than finding new contributors, one of the nicest

parts of attending shows is keeping in touch with the

woodcarving community. It’s nice to get e-mails and letters,

but nothing compares to talking with folks face to face.

Having previously attended only local events, this was associate editor

Mindy Kinsey’s first visit to a major woodcarving show. Experiencing the

show with a first-timer let me see things in new ways, and I was able to

really enjoy aspects I had come to take for granted.

A special treat at this year’s show was the Hillbilly Reunion scene.

Members of the

Woodcarving Illustrated

message board joined forces to

create this fantastic group project. Tom Hindes undertook the massive

task of creating a shipping crate to protect the carvings and backdrop,

and then drove the scene to the show. Mindy and I proudly displayed the

scene in the

Woodcarving Illustrated

booth and enjoyed discovering new

elements of the project throughout the weekend. Artistry in Wood show

chairman Don Worley enlisted the help of local businessman and club

member Ron Farley to ensure the crate made its way safely back to our

home office. It really was a group effort from beginning to end.

It’s a great feeling to be a part of such a wonderful community. I’m

already looking forward to meeting new friends and catching up with old

ones at the 2012 show. And I know that after getting her first taste of the

Artistry in Wood show, Mindy is just as eager to return next year as I am.

Shannon Flowers

[email protected]

WCI

message board members joined forces to create a hillbilly reunion scene.

Look for more information in the next issue of

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from our

mailbag

When I was introduced to the art, my good friend

Van Kelly, a carver at Silver Dollar City, told me, “No

matter what is bothering me, when I’m done carving,

my worries are on the floor with the chips I’ve made.”

Throughout my four years of carving, I’ve found that

to be very true. I’ve written a poem about it.

The Carver’s Worry Jar

We make some people laugh,

We make some smile.

We make some stand in awe,

But they all love our style.

We are carvers. We are artists.

We use our tools—only the sharpest.

U-gouges, V-tools, skews, and a knife,

We sit and do our best to bring wood to life.

We carve and our chips

Fall where they may.

At the same time,

Our worries whittle away.

These chips are those worries,

But they are mine no more.

Because, as I carve,

My worries are there with my chips on the floor.

Nathan Dampf

Jefferson City, Mo.

Boy Scout Carver

I used the “5-Minute Wizard” article from

Woodcarving Illustrated

Summer 2008 (Issue 43)

to introduce my twelve-year-old grandson, Tyler

Hull, to woodcarving. He took the idea a step further

and carved his Pinewood Derby car into a wizard.

Tyler, now a member of Boy Scout Troop 10, entered

the open class and won first place best of show for

Pack 36 in Billings, Mont., and first place best of

show in the open class for the city of Billings. He also

took second place in the state competition. Thanks to

Tom Hindes for his great article and to

Woodcarving

Illustrated

for inspiring woodcarvers, both young

and old.

Darrell Hagen

Helena, Mont.

FOX HUNT

Bob Van Kirk of Warsaw, Ind., and William Popp of Mustang, Okla., are the

winners drawn from the correct entries received for

WCI

Holiday 2011 (Issue

57). The fox was hidden on page 92, in the photo on the John C. Campbell Folk

School ad.

Find the fox in this issue, and contact us with 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 March 27, 2012,

to be eligible.

NOTE: With his feet on the “ground,” the contest fox faces left (other

foxes in

WCI

don’t count).

Send your entry to

Woodcarving Illustrated

, Attn: Find the Fox, 1970 Broad

Street, East Petersburg, Pa. 17520, or enter online under the contests link at

www.woodcarvingillustrated.com.

The Carver’s

Worry Jar

Tyler Hull

poses with his

award-winning

5-Minute Wizard

Pinewood Derby

race car.

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product

review

Denker Carving

Shave

And a beginner can use the tool right away to remove

wood quickly without developing a lot of skills.”

In addition to the hand version, Jim makes a

Rotary Carver that attaches to an angle grinder. This

tool allows you to remove wood even more quickly.

The standard carving discs that fit on an angle grinder

can be hard to control

and may kick back if you

encounter a hard grain area.

The Denker Rotary Carver is

designed to never kick back.

Using the Rotary Carver, I

hollowed out a bowl in less

than a minute.

All of the Denker tools come with a holder

fashioned from a piece of plastic pipe so you can

touch up the edge with a grinder or sharpening stone.

Because you only use a small arc of the cutter at a

time, you can also rotate the cutter to keep exposing

unused parts of the blade. Even after all the work I did,

I haven’t rotated the cutter, let alone sharpened it.

The Denker Shave is available for $69.95. The Rotary Carver is available

for $49.95. Replacement cutters are available for $9.95. To order, visit

www.DenkerDesign.com or call 781-545-2617.

Simple tool allows

even beginners to

remove wood fast

By Bob Duncan

The Denker Shave uses a sharpened punch to help even

inexperienced carvers remove a lot of wood fast.

The Denker

Rotary Carver

To hollow out a bowl or remove a lot of excess wood

quickly, carvers often resort to power tools or large

gouges—tools that take practice to use safely. Instead,

I reach for the Denker Shave. It was invented by Jim

Denker, a woodcarver, mechanical design engineer,

and inventor. The simple-looking design, which

resembles a scorp, disguises its usefulness and utility.

The heart of the tool is a ⅝

"

(16mm)-diameter

sharpened punch used by manufacturers to die-cut

everything from plastic and leather to soft wood and

metal. This sharp and long-lasting cutter is attached to

a wooden handle. The adjustable depth control allows

you to take lighter or heavier cuts.

Jim’s early models didn’t have the depth control.

“They could remove more wood with each cut, but

they also cut too deeply and got stuck,” he said. Jim set

the depth control to consistently take cuts that you can

pull the cutter through with one hand, allowing you

to cut quickly and remove wood fast. In a video on his

website, www.denkerdesign.com, Jim shows how fast

he can remove wood, but I wanted to see how fast I

could do it having no experience with the tool.

I started with a black walnut branch I wanted to

turn into a bowl. I left the bark on the edges, but used

a drawknife to flatten the top. The Denker Shave isn’t

good at removing bark because the bark clogs in the

depth control. I attached the branch to my bench and

started hollowing. I was shocked at how fast the chips

flew. In five minutes I removed about 1

"

(25mm) of

wood without much effort.

Jim said he designed the tool to make it easier to

remove large amounts of wood. “Gouges and chisels

require you to drive the tool forward to remove wood

while you push back on the tool to maintain control.

These tools require more skill to maintain control

and avert accidents. The Denker Shave can be safely

carried in your pocket with nothing covering the blade.

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tips and

techniques

Quick & Light

Lapboard

From Barbara Gillander

Spring City, Pa.

Recently I wanted to use a CD of carving

instructions, but I didn’t want to make a mess

in the room where my computer is set up. So, I

used a piece of foam core to create a lapboard.

Foam core, or foam board, is light, easy to cut,

and inexpensive. You can find it at craft and

office supply stores. I cut the bottom of the

lap board to fit the inside dimensions of my

computer keyboard tray. The back and sides

are 2

"

(51mm) tall and the front is 

"

(19mm)

tall. I used tape around the outside edges to

lock the front, back, and sides to the bottom.

Now I can watch the carving CD and carve at

my computer without making a mess.

TOP TIP

in our Summer Issue wins a

an autographed copy of

Carving Faces

Workbook

, Harold Enlow’s newest book.

Send your tip to

Woodcarving

Illustrated

, 1970 Broad Street, East

Petersburg, Pa., 17520, or e-mail

[email protected].

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Magnetic Knife Sheaths

From Tom Borecki, via e-mail

I use free refrigerator magnets

from pizza restaurants and other

places to make magnetic sheaths

that stay on my tools. Trace a left

and right profile of your blade onto

the magnets, adding a 

"

(3mm)

margin around the blade. Cut the

profile, put the pieces back to back

(magnetic sides together), and

sandwich the two pieces between

strips of duct tape. Trim off the

excess tape, leaving a 

"

(3mm)

overhang around the edges. Slip

the knife into the sheath, and the

magnets will hold it in place until

you want to remove the sheath.

Reusing a

Scissor Rack

From Dianne Hart,

Hickory, N.C.

I scrapbook and

carve. When

I purchased a full set of

decorative-edge scissors, they

came with a wooden carousel.

I didn’t need the carousel to

store my scissors, but I found

that it works great for palm

tools. The set of scissors I

purchased was about $20 for eighteen scissors and the

rack. The carousel is sturdy and keeps the tools upright

with the blades separated and visible so you can see

which tool to reach for. If you don’t know a scrapbooker,

you can still buy the kit and donate the scissors to a

church or school.

Use foam core

to make a

lightweight

lapboard.

Reuse a craft

scissor rack as

a tool rack.

Turn free magnets

into stay-in-place

knife sheaths.

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reader

gallery

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First Carving Project

Mike Sublett

of Springfield,

Mo., created his nativity scene

based on Shawn Cipa’s book

Woodcarving the Nativity in the

Folk Art Style

. Mike said this

was his first official carving

project, and he learned a lot

while carving it.

Poplar Chains

Geoff Maxwell

of Darwin,