Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 63 Summer 2013 E-Book

Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated

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

Seitenzahl: 124

Beschreibung

FEATURES2013 Woodcarver of the Year: Fred CogelowBy Bob DuncanCombining relief techniques with realism to create fine-art carvingsBest of ShowAppreciating some of the best carvings in the country Plus! 10 More Great ShowsTECHNIQUESCarving Decorative ElementsBy Chris PyeLearn to carve rope molding, a lettered banner, and a scalloped shellPROJECTSFolk-Art Fish KeychainsBy John ReichlingSimple designs are easy to carve and fun to paintBring Home a Garden GnomeBy Floyd RhadiganMake a mascot that's sure to bring good luckCarving an AcornBy Butch ClarkRealistic habitat accent teaches texturing techniquesPocket-size GremlinsBy Tom BoreckiPractice exaggerated facial features with these funny fellowsMaking a Rustic Measuring CupBy David DrakePower carve a cup from salvaged woodCreating a Realistic BeaverBy Leah GoddardCombine carving, woodburning, and painting to make an adorable animalSunken GreenmanBy Lora S. Irish"Reverse relief" design is an easy introduction to relief carvingCarving a DollBy Janet Denton CordellLearn to carve children's faces by making a jointed dollFun & Easy Flag pinBy Steve OliverMake this patriotic project in an afternoonSimple SunflowerBy Dennis ZongkerPractice basic carving techniques with this attractive project

Leseprobe

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Simple fish are easy

to carve and paint.

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2013 Woodcarver of the Year:

Fred Cogelow

By

Bob Duncan

Combining relief techniques with

realism to create fine-art carvings

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Best of Show

Appreciating some of the

best carvings in the country

Plus! 10 More Great Shows

FEATURES

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Carving Decorative Elements

By

Chris Pye

Learn to carve rope

molding, a lettered banner,

and a scalloped shell

TECHNIQUES

in this

issue

www.woodcarvingillustrated.com

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Folk-Art Fish Keychains

By

John Reichling

Simple designs are easy

to carve and fun to paint

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Bring Home a Garden Gnome

By

Floyd Rhadigan

Make a mascot that’s sure

to bring good luck

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Carving an Acorn

By

Butch Clark

Realistic habitat accent

teaches texturing techniques

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Pocket-size Gremlins

By

Tom Borecki

Practice exaggerated facial

features with these funny fellows

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Making a Rustic Measuring Cup

By

David Drake

Power carve a cup

from salvaged wood

PROJECTS

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Editor’s Note

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From Our Mailbag

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Reader Gallery

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News and Notes

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Tips and Techniques

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Relief Column

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Shop Notes

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Product Review

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Calendar of Events

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Coming Features

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Ad Directory

& Classified Ads

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Woodchips

DEPARTMENTS

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Creating a Realistic Beaver

By

Leah Goddard

Combine carving, woodburning, and

painting to make an adorable animal

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Sunken Greenman

By

Lora S. Irish

“Reverse relief” design is an easy

introduction to relief carving

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Carving a Doll

By

Janet Denton Cordell

Learn to carve children’s faces

by making a jointed doll

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Fun & Easy Flag Pin

By

Steve Oliver

Make this patriotic project

in an afternoon

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Simple Sunflower

By

Dennis Zongker

Practice basic carving techniques

with this attractive project

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Bonus Project

Folk-Art Fish Keychains, pg. 24

Download the pattern to make a fish-shaped

rack for your family’s keys

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Buyer's Guide

Shop Notes: Woodcarver's Safety Gear, pg. 86

Compare carving gloves and choose the one that

matches your projects and style of carving

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Extra Reference Photos

Bring Home a Garden Gnome, pg. 28

More angles and different views make it even

easier to carve this cute character

Additional

online features: community forum • carver galleries • article

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Identification Statement: Woodcarving Illustrated vol. 17, no. 2

(Summer 2013) (ISSN#1096-2816) is published four times a year in the

months of February, May, August, and November by Fox Chapel Publishing

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Woodcarving and the use of associated equipment can potentially result in health hazards and

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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 supplied with your tools.

Be aware 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.

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Mindy Kinsey

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The Tipping Point

As in any relationship, it’s easy to like a project based on

appearance, but love takes more. For me, a good inspiration

story can make the difference. This issue is full of them: Steve

Oliver carved his first flag pin for his wife during Operation

Desert Storm. Tom Borecki carries gremlin blanks and a

pocket knife for carving on the go. (And to be perfectly

honest, Tom calls them “wood boogers,” not gremlins, but

I just couldn’t imagine putting that word in the magazine

in really big type. I’m sure you understand.) David Drake designed

his lizard-handle measuring cup so he could make barbeque sauce in

public while keeping the recipe a secret. Chris Pye made his original

sea chest for his infant grandson. I don’t have the skill to make very

many of these projects, but I’ll be telling their stories, and others from

this issue, for years.

Our interview with this year’s Woodcarver of the Year, Fred

Cogelow, is the ultimate behind-the-scenes story. No one looking at

one of Fred’s gorgeous, detailed, realistic, and award-winning carvings

would ever guess that he taught himself to carve or that he did so

poorly in his first carving competition that he took five years off before

entering again. Fred’s wit, experience, and unique world view are

obvious from his work, but the details add a richness not captured in

his carvings. A picture is worth 1,000 words, of course, but sometimes

you need the words to get the whole picture.

Which, in a roundabout way, brings me to my next topic: patterns

vs. pictures. Or, perhaps, patterns

and

pictures. We tend to take a

“more is better” attitude toward pattern views and reference photos

and provide as many of both as we can cram onto our pages. We also

add as many details as possible to the patterns. As you might imagine,

it takes a lot of time and resources to take the photos and draw the

patterns. Which led me to wonder, are they useful to you? Which

do you use more, the patterns or the photos? Do you prefer simpler

bandsaw patterns or the detailed versions we usually provide? Please

send me a note and let me know.

And speaking of letting me know, you may remember that in

the Holiday 2012 issue (Issue 61), our publisher, Alan Giagnocavo,

mentioned that he misses getting together with woodworkers and

would like to invite all of you to visit us here in Pennsylvania. We have

tentatively scheduled our next Open House for Spring 2014. Please

get in touch (800-457-9112 or [email protected])

and let us know what you’d like to do and who you’d like to see—we’ll

take it from there. Look for details in upcoming issues, on our website

(www.woodcarvingillustrated.com), in our e-newsletter (sign up via

the website), and on Facebook (search for the magazine).

Mindy Kinsey

[email protected]

I love a good inspiration story.

Chris Pye made his original sea chest

(see page 60) for his grandson.

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We’d love to hear from you! Send

us your comments and ideas

on woodcarving to: From Our

Mailbag, Woodcarving Illustrated,

1970 Broad St., East Petersburg,

PA 17520, or e-mail: editors@

woodcarvingillustrated.com.

Whittling Moravian Star

Ornaments

In

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Holiday 2012 (Issue 61) Jody

Sebring indicated that he didn’t

know the origin of the Moravian

star. A web search turned up

the Monroe County Historical

Association’s site, which indicated

that the stars originated in Saxony,

Germany, where they were used

to demonstrate geometry in

Moravian schools.

For people carving the stars,

I suggest you leave the layout lines

on the blank as you carve the edges

of the points. When you do the

final sanding, you can sneak up on

the line from both sides to create

a straight and true edge with no

waviness.

Ed Barnett

Via e-mail

Editor’s Note: Thank you, Ed, for

the history of the stars. Jody is still

looking for the origin of the basic

pattern he used to create his stars.

Do any readers know where the

pattern came from?

I would like to thank

Woodcarving Illustrated

and Kathleen Ryan for the article “No Vision

Required” in the Spring 2013 issue (Issue 62).

I am a woodcarver who recently began losing

vision in one eye. After the doctors diagnosed

the problem and told me my vision loss would

be permanent and possibly worsen in both

eyes, I became somewhat like a ship’s sail with the

wind taken away from me.

When I received the Spring issue of

Woodcarving

Illustrated

, I picked up my now very useful magnifying

glass and began reading. My heart raced as I

discovered the “No Vision Required” article and read

FOX HUNT

John Banack of Murrells Inlet, S.C., and Julie

Guthrie of Phoenix, Az., are the winners drawn

from the correct entries received for

WCI

Spring 2013 (Issue 62). The fox was hidden on

page 48, in the pattern for the Dragon Puzzle

Box.

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 June 25,

2013, 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.

Vision-Impaired

Woodcarver

from our

mailbag

Carving Pencils

I’m having a hard time finding

resin or plastic pencils, like the

ones Randy True uses in his

book

Whittling Pencils

and in the

“Carving a Leprechaun Pencil” in

Woodcarving Illustrated

Spring

2013 (Issue 62). All of the pencils

I find have a wooden body.

Paul Dezii

Cherry Hill, N.J.

Editor’s Note: Randy True is also

having trouble finding resin pencils,

so he suggests the basswood pencils

available from The Woodcraft

Shop, 800-397-2278, www.

TheWoodcraftShop.com.

through it. The inspirational stories of the vision-

impaired carvers was like a strong wind filling my

deflated sail. Thank you so much for reenergizing my

carving spirit!

Scott Burke

Adel, Iowa

This toy tractor with wagon was designed and built by Armando Del

Gobbo, one of the blind woodworkers featured in our Spring issue.

reader

gallery

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Carving Local Bark

Wayne Dick

of Bland, Va., likes the

look of carvings in cottonwood bark,

but cottonwood is scarce in his area.

So, Wayne applied the cottonwood

bark carving techniques to the bark of

a few local trees. He settled on tulip

poplar bark and black locust bark. The

wood spirit is carved from black locust

and the whimsical house is carved

from tulip poplar.

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Cartoon Walking Stick

Richard Boeckenstedt

of Dyersville,

Iowa, turned this walking stick on a lathe,

and then traced more than 100 cartoon

characters onto it. Richard spent five

months carving, burning, and painting

the characters onto the stick.

Carving Knots

William R. Donaldson

of Wilmington, N.C.,

carves a variety of nautical and rope knots from

wood. Pictured are (clockwise from top left) the

bowline, a simple running knot or slip knot, a

square knot, a sheepshank, a carrick bend, and a

figure eight.

Share your latest work! Send your high-

resolution digital photos or high-quality

prints and a brief project description to:

Reader Gallery, Woodcarving Illustrated,

1970 Broad St., East Petersburg, PA 17520, or

e-mail [email protected].

www.woodcarvingillustrated.com

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Woodcraft and

Pfeil Celebrate

50-Year

Partnership

Woodturning Cruise

Start planning now for a 12-day

Woodturning Cruise in Norway.

The cruise, scheduled for August

11–23, 2014, will travel from

Stavanger to the North Cape

and back. Onboard activities will

include woodturning classes and

demonstrations, as well as other

woodworking and craft classes.

Visit www.woodturningcruise.com

for more information.

40th Annual Woodcarving

and Wildlife Art Festival and

Competition

The Lancaster (Pa.) County

Woodcarvers celebrated their 40th

annual Woodcarving and Wildlife

Art Festival and Competition

March 23 and 24 at Millersville

(Pa.) University. The show featured

guest appearances from carvers

Bruce Henn, Dennis and Susan

Thornton, Shawn Cipa, and

Wayne Barton.

The show included a mix

of carvers, artists, and vendors.

Woodcarving Illustrated

sponsored a Spit and Whittle at

their booth, where most of the

featured carvers provided hour-

long demonstrations. The club

also raffled off a tilt-top table

featuring hand-carved blocks of

Pennsylvania wildlife to benefit

SOAR (Support Our American

Recruits). For more information,

visit www.lancarvers.com.

news and

notes

Numerous in-depth

classes are held during

the week of the Congress.

Sweepstakes

Enter to win a carving package

worth nearly $2,000. The grand

prize includes a sharpener, a

bench, and a set of carving

tools. Second prize is a set of

sharpening stones. Entries for

the sweepstakes, sponsored by

Sjobergs, Tormek, Pfiel, Norton,

Woodcraft, and

Woodcraft

Magazine

, will be accepted

until May 30, 2013. For more

information or to enter, visit www.

Woodcraft.com/gettheedge.

22nd Woodworker’s Showcase

Classes. Competitions. Vendors.

Kids’ corner. The Northeastern

Woodworkers Association’s fine

woodworking exposition, held

March 23 and 24 in Saratoga

Springs, N.Y., had it all—plus a

great location. The show featured

seminars, tools, and materials for

fans of carving, turning, scrolling,

and furniture making, plus extras

like an exhibit of antique tools and

a hands-on pen-turning booth.

There was so much to do—both at

the show and in the picturesque

town of Saratoga Springs—that

it was hard to see everything

during the two-day show. For

more information, visit www.

nwawoodworkingshow.org.

Woodcraft and the world-famous Swiss

toolmaker Pfeil are celebrating their 50th

anniversary as international business partners.

Based in Langenthal, Switzerland, Pfeil

opened its doors in 1902 as a fabricator of cutting

tools. The company added carving tools to its product

line in 1942, and the tools’ superior quality soon

attracted a following among professional and amateur

carvers in nearby Brienz, a world-famous carving

center and home to the Brienz Wood Carving School.

Today Brienz students still use Pfeil tools and will