Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 64 Fall 2013 E-Book

Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated

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

Seitenzahl: 136

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FEATURESThe Wonderful Wizard of OregonBy Toni FitzgeraldGary Burns uses self-taught techniques to carve out a fantastic nicheBack to SchoolBy Mindy KinseyLearn to carve or hone your skills at schools and classes across the countryStory TimeBy Kathleen RyanCarlo Olkeriil tells American stories in traditional Palauan styleCarving Like ManiacsBy Ayleen StellhornTurning a Halloween hobby into a pumpkin-carving businessCNC Woodworking and Laser CuttingBy Bob DuncanComputer-controlled routers and lasers speed production for repetitive cutsPROJECTSCarving a Wood SpiritBy Harold EnlowDetailed instruction for carving your first wood spiritPower Carving an American Bison in ReliefBy Jose ValenciaLearn the techniques to carve a gunstock on a less expensive wooden plateCarving a GoldfinchBy Bob GugePractice power carving by making this popular songbirdDouble-sided Holiday OrnamentBy Glenn StewartIngenious Santa/turkey ornament is a real attention-getterCarving a Caricature HorseBy Dave StetsonWeary old nag is a great companion for any cowboy carvingCarving Kris KringleBy Bob MasonGet a head start on your holiday carving with this simple SantaCarving a ChipmunkBy Desiree HajnyCarve, burn, and paint this realistic version of a backyard visitorPATTERNSA Fantasy FavoriteBy Don DearolfCustomize this caricature wizard by changing the staff and paint colorsCarving a Little GuyBy Keith RandichLearn to carve a basic figure and then personalize it as much as you likeTECHNIQUESChip Carving an EagleBy Lora S. IrishPractice basic chip carving techniques with this patriotic designCarving a Native American EyeBy John BurkeTechniques for capturing the distinctive shape of these special eyes

Leseprobe

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Realistic chipmunk is

a great fall carving.

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Editor’s Note

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From Our Mailbag

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Reader Gallery

10

News and Notes

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Relief Column

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Shop Notes

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Book Reviews

90

Calendar of Events

94

Coming Features

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Ad Directory

& Classified Ads

96

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FEATURES

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oregon

By

Toni Fitzgerald

Gary Burns uses self-taught

techniques to carve out a

fantastic niche

30

Back to School

By

Mindy Kinsey

Learn to carve or hone your skills at

schools and classes across the country

37

Story Time

By

Kathleen Ryan

Carlo Olkeriil tells American stories

in traditional Palauan style

54

Carving Like Maniacs

By

Ayleen Stellhorn

Turning a Halloween hobby

into a pumpkin-carving business

68

CNC Woodworking

& Laser Cutting

By

Bob Duncan and Mindy Kinsey

Computer-controlled routers

and lasers speed production

for repetitive cuts

in this

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PROJECTS

PATTERNS

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Carving a Wood Spirit

By

Harold Enlow

Detailed instructions for

carving your first wood spirit

32

Power Carving an

American Bison in Relief

By

Jose Valencia

Learn the techniques to carve

a gunstock on a less expensive

wooden plate

38

Carving a Goldfinch

By

Bob Guge

Practice power carving by

making this popular songbird

46

Double-Sided Holiday

Ornament

By

Glenn Stewart

Ingenious Santa/turkey ornament

is a real attention-getter

50

Carving a Caricature Horse

By

Dave Stetson

Weary old nag is a great companion

for any cowboy carving

56

Carving Kris Kringle

By

Bob Mason

Get a head start on your holiday

carving with this simple Santa

74

Carving a Chipmunk

By

Desiree Hajny

Carve, burn, and paint this realistic

version of a backyard visitor

Holiday Head Start

A

collection of cute Christmas items

and great gift ideas so you can start

your Christmas carving early

Online Exclusive Article

Delectable Carvings by Kathleen Ryan

Meet Chef Jimmy, a world-class carver

of fruits and vegetables.

Bonus Whittling Pattern

Man in the Moon by Dave Stetson

Make

your own moon man using just

one knife and a scrap of wood.

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Additional

online features: community forum • carving galleries • tips

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

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A Fantasy Favorite

By

Don Dearolf

Customize this caricature wizard by

changing the staff and paint colors

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Carving a Little Guy

By

Keith Randich

Learn to carve a basic figure and then

personalize it as much as you like

TECHNIQUES

22

Chip Carving an Eagle

By

Lora S. Irish

Practice basic chip carving techniques

with this patriotic design

61

Carving a Native American Eye

By

John Burke

Techniques for capturing the

distinctive shape of these special eyes

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Wild Wood

My friend and I took our kids miniature golfing the other

day. Our local course, Village Greens in Strasburg, Pa., is

fantastic—it rambles down a shady hillside crisscrossed with

burbling streams and liberally planted with flowers. You

cross over a swinging bridge and under a waterfall; water

is the trickiest and most pervasive obstacle in the cleverly

plotted course. Plus, you can order milkshakes from the

20th hole for pickup when you’re done playing.

As we were waiting to tee off, I spied large, root-like knobs standing

along a stream under a tree—cypress knees. I recognized them from

the samples, both carved and un-, at the office, and I was oddly excited

to see them growing. It’s hard to explain, but seeing them in the wild,

as it were, made them very real to me. It’s like I suddenly understood

the relationship between the wood we usually see—carved, painted,

and finished—and this dirty, natural, and lumpy wood that still

somehow inspires people to go get some and turn it into something

cool and creative. And in a small way, I felt the magazine in the middle,

helping other people make that connection.

One of the artists featured in this issue, Gary Burns, a.k.a. “Wiz,”

is especially inspired by dirty lumps of wood. Gary carves pine knots

from well-rotted trees because he likes the way the wood carves when

it’s full of pitch. He also carves maple burls, which he says don’t chip as

much as regular maple and have interesting grain. Learn more about

Gary and his carvings, and get some tips for carving burls and knots,

beginning on page 18.

And speaking of cool and creative, check out pages 54 and 55

(go ahead, I’ll wait). Artists Marc Evan and Chris Soria morph into

the Maniac Pumpkin Carvers at this time each year. Using standard

carving tools, art supplies, and kitchen gear, they will create 500-plus

decorative pumpkins over the course of three months. Like Gary with

his knots, the Maniacs not only carve what’s available, but turn the

ordinary into something extraordinary.

This issue offers you plenty of opportunities to do the same.

Although most of our projects use traditional blocks, you could easily

carve them in found wood—or found vegetables. Or, add a carving to a

common object. Jose Valencia usually carves his low-relief images into

gunstocks, although he demonstrated his art on a plaque for us

(page 32). Our grape vine relief pattern (page 14) and eagle chip

carving pattern (page 22) would both look great on furniture.

We have articles or projects

about power carving, tech,

caricatures, wildlife, and even

holiday gifts. I hope that one

of them inspires you to make

something extraordinary.

Mindy Kinsey

[email protected]

Cypress knees growing at the

local miniature golf course.

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Story Boards

I usually listen to classical music

as a background while carving

(I usually carve with hand-held

tools so I can hear the music). I

often develop mental images of

the musical scenes, whether it is a

symphony, opera, or ballet.

For many years, I carved

Nordic, Celtic, and a variety of

legendary and mythological figures.

But in the past few years, I have

been carving storyboards. One

consisted of 17 relief-carved scenes

from Peer Gynt

(an opera based on

a Norwegian fairy tale) embellished

with background pyrography. I’ve

nearly completed a storyboard of

14 scenes from Peter and the Wolf.

Fred Sontheim

Gibbons, AB, Canada

Editor’s Note: Learn more about storyboards

on page 37. They are part of carver Carlo

Olkeriil’s heritage; he was raised on the South

Pacific island of Palau, but now resides in

Astoria, Ore.

For my 40th birthday, I treated myself to a one-week class at the

Geisler-Moroder Woodcarving School in Tirol, Austria. The

school exceeded my expectations. I was surprised to learn of all

the talent in the room. Sitting near me were two other authors

published in

Woodcarving Illustrated

: Carol Kent (Twisted

Spiral Ornament, Holiday 2005, Issue 33) and Jim Farley (Build

Your Own Carving Stand, Spring 2009, Issue 46, and Building

a Tilting Carving Table, Spring 2010, Issue 50).

By the way, my

Woodcarving Illustrated

T-shirt was a big hit at the school.

Joseph Savarese

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Editor’s Note: Joseph has written two articles for

Woodcarving

Illustrated

: Creating Toy Block Ornaments

(Woodcarving

Illustrated Presents Hand-carved Holiday Gifts Volume 2)

and

Carving a Sleepy Owl (Summer 2012, Issue 59). Look for his

whimsy ornament in an upcoming issue

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FOX HUNT

Robert P. Chartier of Ware,

Mass., and Larry D. Graf of

Bismarck, N.D., are the winners

drawn from the correct entries

received for

WCI

Summer 2013

(Issue 63). The fox was hidden

on page 25, among the Folk Art

Fish Keychains.

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 September 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.

Continuing Education

Woodcarving Illustrated

authors Joseph Savarese, Carol

Kent, and Jim Farley pose outside the Geisler-Morodor

Woodcarving School in Tirol, Austria, with their

instructor, Pascal Wirth.

from our

mailbag

SET IT

STRAIGHT

In our 2013

Whittling

Special Issue, several

photos in the Man in the Moon article

by Dave Stetson were inadvertently

flipped. A PDF of the corrected article is

available for download on our website

(www.WoodcarvingIllustrated.com).

For a free printed copy of the article,

contact our customer service department

at 800-457-9112 or customerservice@

foxchapelpublishing.com.

Embellished Star Ornaments

I found Jody Sebring’s Moravian

star ornaments (Holiday 2012,

Issue 61) interesting and inspiring.

After carving 14, I decided to

carve a tree to match. I didn’t want

the tree to be lonely, so I carved

a little armadillo inspired by the

Oaxacan (Mexico) carvers.

Ramon Sola

St. Anthony Village, Minn.

Ramon Sola

painted his

Moravian

stars and

added stems

to create a

colorful tree.

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Honoring Veterans

Bird sculptor

Ralph Ziegler

of Racine,

Wisc., based his patriotic sculpture

on a photograph by Frank Glick,

which shows an eagle perched on a

gravestone at Fort Snelling National

Cemetery in Minneapolis. The self-

taught carver commented, “I don’t

know if I’ve ever seen anything more

awe-inspiring than the very symbol of

American freedom serving as honor

guard over those who’ve paid for it.”

Spiral Trees

Bob and Vicky Boyce

of LaPlata, Md., created

these ornaments for their grandchildren and great-

grandchildren. Bob carved 20 trees based on Dennis

Carlson’s pattern (

WCI

Holiday 2011, Issue 57), and

Vicky painted them. The pair also made a shelf display

by carving three additional trees in different sizes.

reader

gallery

Harley Cow

Gary Hayes o

f White Bear

Lake, Minn., created this

caricature based on Harold

Enlow’s Ozark cow design.

Gary made the piece for a

daughter’s friend who works

on a ranch in Texas and

rides a Harley motorcycle.

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Carved Mascot

J. Roy Miller

of Bullhead, Ariz., a

1963 graduate of Manheim (Pa.)

Central High School, carved this

Baron von Stiegel, the high school’s

mascot. The 17"-tall piece was carved

from a tamarisk log. Roy used hand

tools, an electric chisel, and a rotary

tool. The piece will be sold at auction

to raise money for the school.

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Back

After

Flood

news and

notes

Dennis and Susan Thornton pose with their 26

students aboard the Celebrity cruise ship

Eclipse

.

When the White River flooded in Spring 2013, Holli and Rich Smithson’s

home and business, located in Tipton, Ind., were flooded. Holli and Rich

have owned Helvie Knives for nine years, after buying it from Ken Helvie.

The couple saved most of their belongings by moving them to an

upper floor. “We did shut down our web site for about 10 days and didn’t

accept any new orders,” Rich and Holli said. “We notified customers that

had existing orders to let them know of our situation, and everyone was

understanding. We continued operations with the existing orders while we

cleaned up and tore out wet materials in both our home and shop.

The Smithsons send their thanks for the many offers of help and

support. “We can’t express how grateful we are to the carving community!”

Carving Cruise

More than 25 carvers took part in a carving cruise in

January 2013. Aboard the cruise ship

Eclipse

, Dennis

Thornton, a member of the Caricature Carvers of America,

taught a class on creating a pirate sea captain caricature.

His wife, Susan, taught the carvers how to paint the

carving. The 14-day trip to the south Caribbean was the

second cruise sponsored by Cherry Ridge Campgrounds

of Honesdale, Pa., and coordinating travel agent Mary Lee

Cipriano. Another cruise is in the works for 2015.

Cruise participants learned to carve

and paint this caricature pirate.

Yuma Carving Show

The North End Community

Center Carving Club of Yuma,

Ariz., held its 8th annual

Woodcarving Expo on January 11

and 12, 2013. Thirty-six carvers

and eight equipment and supply

vendors exhibited before a crowd

of more than 1,200 visitors. They

also presented demonstrations

ranging from tool sharpening to

chip carving, caricatures, relief

carving, and painting.

More than 50 carvings

competed for awards. Ed Miller,

Vernon Brown, Fran Ladrow, John

Bender, Al Kirk, and Larry Thorpe

all won first-place ribbons. Vernon

Brown’s chip-carved walking stick

also took the Best of Show award.

Ed Miller won the People’s Choice

award, and John Bender won the

Carvers’ Choice award.

The club will hold its next

show on January 10 and 11, 2014.

For information, contact the City

of Yuma Parks and Recreation

Department at 928-373-5243.

Floodwaters inundated the home and

business of Holli and Rich Smithson.

John Bender’s relief-carved leopard was

the Carvers’ Choice winner in Yuma.

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The Shuswap Carvers Society is hosting a unique

contest: they invite you to carve a curling rock.

Curling is a sport in which players slide large

granite stones, which look like oversized hockey

pucks with handles, across a sheet of ice toward a

target, adjusting the slide of the stone with brooms.

The Tim Hortons Brier is the annual Canadian

men’s curling championship; the winners of the

competition represent Canada at the men’s world

curling competitions. In 2014, The Brier will be held

in Kamloops, B.C., which happens to be the home of

five of the eight organizers of the Shuswap School of

Carving and Arts (SSCA).

The SSCA offers a week of woodcarving and other

craft classes each September. As a way to promote

both the school and the art of woodcarving, the

carvers contacted the organizers of the Brier and