Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 65 Holiday 2013 E-Book

Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated

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

Seitenzahl: 123

Beschreibung

FEATURESAgainst the GrainBy Mindy KinseyBook and exhibition showcase unusual designs in woodCarving in KenyaBy Bob DuncanAfrican artist creates a successful business teaching others to carveMiniature MarvelsBy Kathleen RyanDalton Ghetti carves intricate designs in pencil graphiteRoughouts & KitsBy Bob DuncanGet to the fun part faster by starting with a pre-cut blankPROJECTSCarving a SnowmanBy Lori DickieTurn a generic basswood shape into a charming snowmanMaking a Mouse in a Stocking OrnamentBy Leah GoddardCute ornament shows off your attention to detail and realistic carving skillsPlayful Reindeer OrnamentBy Floyd RhadiganCarve this quick and easy ornament for everyone on your listFolk-Art Napkin RingsBy Jeff PretzCarve and paint these colorful pieces in an afternoonSimple Folk-Art SantaBy Mike DeiterMake a unique band-saw blank and complete the carving in a weekendCarving a ZebraBy Moses KirimiKenyan carver created a stylized zebraTramp Art Christmas TreeBy Andy DiPaceSimple seasonal design is quick and easy to carveRelief Carving a Traditional OrnamentBy Glenn StewartVersatile design can be a pin or an ornamentWhittling a SantaBy Gayle IhlenfeldtUse just knife to carve most of this holiday favoriteCarving a Double Ball-in-CageBy Joseph A. SavareseUse hand tools to create a whimsical but exacting projectCarving a Baby ShoeBy Howard HawreyCommemorate a birth or first Christmas with a unique version of a traditional giftCarving a Realistic RaccoonBy Desiree HajnyCreate a realistic piece by carving, woodburning, and painting

Leseprobe

60

Santa in a

chimney

can be

whittled

with just

one knife.

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Editor’s Note

8

From Our Mailbag

10

Reader Gallery

14

Product Reviews

16

News and Notes

90

Calendar of Events

94

Coming Features

95

Ad Directory

& Classified Ads

96

Woodchips

DEPARTMENTS

FEATURES

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Against the Grain

By

Mindy Kinsey

Book and exhibition showcase

unusual designs in wood

48

Carving in Kenya

By

Bob Duncan

African artist creates a successful

business teaching others to carve

66

Miniature Marvels

By

Kathleen Ryan

Dalton Ghetti carves intricate

designs in pencil graphite

68

Roughouts & Kits

By

Bob Duncan

Get to the fun part faster by

starting with a pre-cut blank

in this

issue

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Carving a Snowman

By

Lori Dickie

Turn a generic basswood shape

into a charming snowman

27

Making a Mouse

in a Stocking Ornament

By Leah Goddard

Cute ornament shows off

your attention

to detail and realistic carving skills

32

Playful Reindeer Ornament

By Floyd Rhadigan

Carve this quick and easy

ornament for everyone on your list

38

Folk-Art Napkin Rings

By

Jeff

Pretz

Carve and paint these

colorful pieces in an afternoon

42

Simple Folk-Art Santa

By Mike Deiter

Make a unique band-saw blank and

complete the carving in a weekend

51

Carving a Zebra

By

Moses Kirimi

Kenyan carver creates a stylized zebra

54

Tramp Art Christmas Tree

By Andy DiPace

Simple seasonal design is

quick and easy to carve

Bonus Patterns

Carving a Snowman, pg. 22

Relief Carving a Traditional Ornament, pg. 56

Extra

patterns for making even

more holiday projects

Online Exclusive Pattern

Caricature Santa by Don Dearolf

This

comical Claus wears his ”day

after” outfit of boots and jeans

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• carving galleries • tips

• article index

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Relief Carving a

Traditional Ornament

By Glenn Stewart

Versatile design can be

a pin or an ornament

60

Whittling a Santa

By Gayle Ihlenfeldt

Use just a knife to carve most

of this holiday favorite

70

Carving a Double Ball-in-Cage

By

Joseph A. Savarese

Use hand tools to create a

whimsical but exacting project

75

Carving a Baby Shoe

By Howard Hawrey

Commemorate a birth or first

Christmas with a unique

version of a traditional gift

78

Carving a Realistic Raccoon

By

Desiree Hajny

Create a realistic piece by carving,

woodburning, and painting

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editor’s

note

Identification Statement: Woodcarving Illustrated vol. 17, no. 4

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

of February, May, August, and November by Fox Chapel Publishing Co. Inc.,

1970 Broad Street, East Petersburg, PA 17520.

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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 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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’Tis the Season

Christmas is, to me, a time for roadtrips. I grew up in a town

many hours’ drive from both sets of grandparents, so my

childhood holiday memories include long hours in the car

followed by happy reunions with seldom-seen relatives.

So, although it’s completely coincidental, in a way it

makes sense that this Holiday issue is stocked with projects

by people who visited us here at Fox Chapel Publishing. For

example, Andy DiPace, Jeff Pretz, and Mike Dieter are all

members of our local carving club, the Lancaster County

Woodcarvers (as is Don Dearolf, who designed our online

bonus Santa project). They each spent a morning carving in our photo

studio, while our photographer, Scott Kriner, snapped photos over their

shoulders and Bob Duncan took notes about their processes. Not only

is it an easy way to complete an article, but we like hanging out with the

carvers, watching them work, and getting to know them better.

Moses Kirimi, a carver and businessman from Kenya, landed in

our photo studio through another local connection. Ten Thousand

Villages, one of world’s largest fair trade organizations, helps

disadvantaged artisans in 38 countries by selling their work in North

America. The company’s headquarters happen to be here in Lancaster

County. When Moses and his wife, Esther, came to visit Ten Thousand

Villages awhile back, one of the company’s managers brought them to

visit us, as well. Moses brought a selection of axe-like adzes, which are

his carving tools of choice; a log to sit on and several more to carve;

and samples of both his original work and the reproductions that his

artisans produce for sale. We enjoyed hearing his amazing story and

watching the chips fly as he hacked a log with an adze. We share the

experience beginning on page 48.

The well-known caricature carver Floyd Rhadigan usually stops at

Fox on his way to or from teaching a class in the area. He stays for a

few days and carves several pieces for upcoming articles, telling stories

from the road and sharing news of the carving world like a long-ago

tinker or travelling salesman. The comical reindeer ornament on page

32 is the last piece from his most recent visit, so it’s time to schedule

another fun- and work-filled visit with Floyd.

Rick Jensen is another itinerant carver who stops at Fox from time

to time. He doesn’t have a project in this issue, but you’ll remember

his charming bark house from the Spring issue (#62). In September,

Rick not only spent two days in the studio carving and painting a

terrific project for a 2014 issue, but he also graciously—and somewhat

nervously—agreed to teach a carving class to the Fox staff. A dozen

beginners, most of whom had never held a carving knife, spent the day

with chunks of bark, loaner tools, and patient instruction from Rick,

and we each went home with something that looked like a little house.

It was a terrific learning experience, and we are very grateful to Rick for

sharing his time and talents with us.

These men may not be our relatives, but they and the other artists

featured in this issue are part of the Fox carving family. We look

forward to seeing them—and you!—again soon, whether in person

or in print. Happy holidays!

Mindy Kinsey

[email protected]

Rick Jensen gives carving details

to Fox Chapel CSR Gail Larkin.

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from our

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Reversed Pattern

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2013

Woodcarving Illustrated

I enjoyed the Turkey/Santa holiday ornament in

Woodcarving Illustrated

Fall 2013 (Issue 64) and plan to use

it in a class. However, the pattern of the turkey faces right

and all the instructions have the turkey facing left. This is a

bit confusing, but I can work with that, although beginning

carvers might have a hard time. But, the patterns of the

turkey and Santa are both for the same side of the wood.

You can’t make the double-sided ornament from them. In

order to get a pattern for the other side, you have to go to the

trouble to getting it into a computer and use software (if you

have it) to flip the image in reverse. This is an inconvenience

and not every subscriber will have the technology to do it.

If the pattern was of the left facing turkey, like the one in all

the photos, everything would have worked out fine.

Vince Hale

Via E-mail

Editor’s note: You are absolutely right. We carefully checked

that the patterns aligned, without ever thinking that they

shouldn’t. Here is a flopped pattern for our readers. Thanks

so much for drawing our attention to the error!

FOX HUNT

Roman Pawlowski of Kalamazoo,

Mich., and Kristopher Ream of

Greenwood, Ind., are the winners

drawn from the correct entries

received for

WCI

Fall 2013 (Issue 64).

The fox was hiding in the straw on

page 50, in the Caricature Horse

article.

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 December 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.

Editor’s note: In

Woodcarving Illustrated

Holiday

2011 (Issue 57), Frank Foust demonstrated how

to carve Comfort Birds, which are simple birds

he gives to people in need of comfort or sells to

benefit missionary work and disaster relief. Since

then, we’ve heard from many readers who have

carved the birds and given them away. Cindy’s

poem is a nice addition to the tradition.

Comfort Bird Note

I wanted to put something with a Comfort Bird

when I gave it to a person who needed it, so I

wrote this poem and thought I would share it

with you.

I am a Comfort Bird

I have flown to you

I will sit in your palm.

Together we can fly

to a place so calm.

Just hold me tight

for this flight.

Cindy Austin

Darien, Wis.

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reader

gallery

Male Figure

Boris Plotnikov

studies carving at

the Hans Kantor

studio in Israel.

This male figure

is carved from

eucalyptus and

is 11 

" by 13 

".

Wolf Handle

A carver for 20 years,

Tod Downey

works at the

National Zoo in Washington, D.C., where he builds

housing, furniture, and toys for the animals. When the

zoo added two Canadian wolves about a year ago, Tod

built their dens and a shed for the animal keepers. To

add a personal touch, he carved two wolf-shaped handles

for the doors. The handles are 4" by 12" and made from

scrap 4x4 wood.

Carved Cabinet Door

Connie Spicer

of Vero Beach, Fla., carves

reclaimed items that are destined for a landfill.

She uses a high-speed drill and carbide bits to

create detailed designs, such as the tree on this

maple cabinet door. The design was created by

an artist named Amy Edwards of Woolongong,

Australia, and used with permission. Connie

added the quote using white RubnBuff and

finished the door with butcher-block wax.

For more of Connie’s work, visit her website,

spiceoflifestudio.com.

Flamenco Dancer

A carver for about six years,

Ian C. MacLachlan

of

Bedford, N.S., Canada, also

studies Spanish with a lady

who used to dance Flamenco.

As a Christmas gift for her,

Ian designed and carved this

dancer. He carved a stylized

face and hands so the focus of

the piece would be the pose,

motion, and dress.

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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].

reader

gallery

Fly Fisherman Santa

Steve Brown’s

Santa is 10" tall,

made of basswood, sealed with

boiled linseed oil, and painted

with acrylic washes. The rod

and reel were added separately.

Steve lives in Madisonville,

Ky., and is an award-winning

carver, instructor, author,

and show organizer who has

been carving since 1977. See

more of his work at www.

sbrownwoodcarving.com.

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Caricature Beer Can

Inspired by Floyd Rhadigan’s “Caricature Beer Bottle” article

(

WCI

Spring 2012, Issue 59),

Debra Jakel

of Montgomery, Ala.,

carved a special beer can in honor of her dad, Hank, and her

uncles. The men, who call themselves “The Saints,” enjoy drinking

beer (from a can) together at family events. A career artist but new

carver, Debra learned to carve from Carole Jean Boyd.

Juniper Man

When a friend gave

her a couple of juniper

limbs,

Kathy Robbins

of Prescott Valley,

Ariz., turned them

into mountain men.

This one is 17 

" tall,

including the base.

Layered Relief

Paul J. Reinhart

of Tiffin, Ohio,

creates relief carvings by carving

two or three layers separately and

attaching them to complete the

image. Not only is his method

easier than carving the image from

one piece of wood, said Paul, but

“doing one layer at a time gives it

a three-dimensional look which

enhances the shadow lines.”

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Sjöbergs, the company that has set the standard for

full-size workbenches and smaller carver’s benches,

has created a mobile workstation they call the

Smart Vise.

The Smart Vise measures 14 " by 14 ", can be

clamped to any table or workspace, and includes a

versatile bench vise that can be used to hold relief