Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 68 Fall 2014 E-Book

Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated

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

Seitenzahl: 140

Beschreibung

Featuring 29 projects. Carve a realistic wood spirit in 24 steps. Make a folding knife for $5. Easy bark houses for all seasons. Painting special - beautiful results from ordinary house paint.

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TECHNIQUES

32

Make an Old Knife New Again

By Terry Trier

Custom-grind an old folding knife into

your perfect carving knife

62

Learn to Paint: Using Latex Paint

By Betty Padden

For durable paint that is easy to blend,

try latex house paint

82

Carving a Gourd

By Jim Widess and Ginger Summit

New book provides inspiration

and instructions

19

Decorate your

bark house for any

holiday by adding

scenery and

accessories.

FEATURES

34

Carved Funeral Coaches

By Kathleen Ryan

Breathtaking designs

honor the deceased

48

Born to Carve

By Toni Fitzgerald

Hailing from a family of carpenters,

Michael Morris produces gorgeous

cabinets and clocks

86

A Different Breed of Woodworker

By Kathleen Ryan

Allan Breed carves historically

accurate reproduction furniture

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Carving Instructions

Learn to Paint: Using Latex Paint, pg. 62

Get instructions for carving the pumpkins.

Holiday Head Start

Find more free patterns for

ornaments and decorations.

Article Extras

Low-Relief Animal Scenes, pg. 60

Get

more gunstock patterns.

Spooky Halloween House, pg. 19

Enjoy

a gallery of bark houses

for all seasons.

Behind the Scenes

Open House & Woodworking Show, pg. 10

Enjoy lots more pictures of the

show, plus

see an exclusive video of the action.

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PROJECTS

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Spooky Halloween House

By Bob Hershey

Adding scenery and a sky gives

a bark house a whole new look

27

Hand-Carving a Camping Cup

By Rick Wiebe

Rustic cup is traditional,

functional, and sensible

37

Carve a Welcoming Wood Spirit

By Millard Harrell

Learn how to carve a smiling face

even when the mouth isn’t visible

44

Painting the Fisherman

By Susan Thornton

Use acrylic paints to breathe

life into this angler caricature

50

Cranky Mornings Coffee Mug

By Bob Yancey

Create an amusing cup

for any coffee drinker

54

Carving a Peach Pit Pig

By Kivel Weaver

Forget spitting seeds; use them

to learn a 19th-century folk art

56

Plucky Pilgrims

By Lawrence Spinak

Versatile patterns can be

flat pins or 3-D decorations

67

One Ornament for Two Holidays

By Glenn Stewart

Clever reversible ornament

can be used for fall and

winter seasons

88

Sweet Songbird Pin

By Rick Jensen

Practice relief-carving techniques as

you make a folk-art feathered friend

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Editor’s Note

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From Our Mailbag

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Reader Gallery

10

News and Notes

12

Tips and Techniques

DEPARTMENTS

14

Product Reviews

90

Calendar of Events

94

Coming Features

95

Ad Directory & Classified Ads

96

Woodchips

60

Low-Relief Animal Scenes

By Lora S. Irish

Use these designs to carve

gunstocks—or anything else!

72

See-Through Ornaments

By Bruce Nicholas

Pierce these chip-carved designs

to add sparkles of light

75

Carving Father Winter

By Susan Hendrix

Classic Christmas figure is easy

to carve and can be personalized—

perfect for holiday gift-giving

78

Sven the Happy Barkeep

By Floyd Rhadigan

Celebrate Oktoberfest by

carving this cute caricature

PATTERNS

Head Start

Holiday

Head Start

Holiday

Head Start

Holiday

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editor’s

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Identification Statement: Woodcarving Illustrated vol. 18, no. 3

(Fall 2014) (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.

Volume 18, Number 3 (Issue No. 68)

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Publisher

Alan Giagnocavo

Editor

Mindy Kinsey

Technical Editor

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Jon Deck

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Turning Nothing Into Something

This issue is about Autumn: crunchy leaves, cool

nights, and crackling fires. In these pages, you’ll find

a pumpkin plaque, a Halloween bark house, some

pilgrims, a scarecrow, and an Oktoberfest celebrant.

But this issue is also about usefulness; that, and

making do, and turning nothing into something, or

something into something else. Those values and

attitudes might be identified more with pioneers than

pilgrims, but they are admirable ideals, either way.

Lots of carvers turn their cutoffs into trinkets; we have a

great example in Rick Jensen’s songbird pin (page 88). But Kivel

Weaver takes the idea to the extreme with his peach-pit pigs

(page 54). Following in the footsteps of folk-art carvers from a

century ago, Kivel shows you how to carve a piece of trash into

a tiny but charming treasure.

Similarly, Terry Trier reshapes the blades of old electrician’s

knives to form custom carving knives (page 32). If you don’t

happen to have an old knife, follow Terry’s lead—he buys them at

flea markets and yard sales, or from eBay, for about $5 each.

Old house paint is something most of us do have lying

around. Betty Padden, a professional sign maker, uses it to paint

carvings (page 62). Betty says latex house paint occupies a good

middle ground—it stays wet longer than acrylics, which makes

it easy to blend, but not as long as oils, so it can be recoated and

layered quickly. Thinking hesitantly about those big gallons in

the garage? Betty says most paint stores will sell small samples of

latex for a couple of bucks each. Plus, exterior latex paint is super

durable, so it’s perfect for signs or carvings that will sit outside.

And like signs, many carvings are not just decorative but

also useful. Either the carving itself is purposely functional, as

in our hand-carved cups (page 27), or the carving decorates a

functional object. For many inspirational examples of the latter,

check out our features about carved funeral coaches (page 34),

custom clocks (page 48), and reproduction furniture (page 86),

and try your hand at carving a gourd (page 82) or a gunstock

(page 60). For a different type of double-duty project, see the

reversible scarecrow/Santa ornament on page 67—one carving

can serve up two seasons’ worth of decoration!

Whether you’re talking pilgrims, pioneers, or just plain

people, most of us agree that autumn is a time of gratitude. We

at Fox Chapel don’t finish the harvest and gather the family so

much as we compile the catalog and buckle down after summer

vacations, but the feelings are the same. You, our readers

and customers, allow us to turn our thoughts and ideas into

something that’s useful to you, and for that we give thanks.

Mindy Kinsey

[email protected]

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from our

mailbag

Comfort Birds

I was surprised to see the article in this recent issue

on the comfort birds by Frank Foust. Frank had

an incredible idea for carvers to bring comfort to

others. I followed his lead and started a comfort

bird carving group in Utah. The group has carved

and given away hundreds of these birds to ill or

grieving people. He is to be commended, as is

Woodcarving Illustrated

for promoting the concept.

Kurt Jarvis

Via E-mail

FOX HUNT

Sherman Fields of

Chester, Va., and John

Modjewski of Eagle

River, Wisc., are the

winners drawn from the

correct entries received

for

WCI

Summer 2014

(Issue 67). The fox was

hiding on the label of a

can of epoxy sealer on

page 26.

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 October 10, 2014, 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.

Soap Carving & Kids

Thanks for the soap carving article! I would like to

start a soap carving class at my church. What age

do you think a youngster should be to start

the class?

William J. Murphy

Via E-mail

Our editors respond: We think soap carving is a

great way to get kids involved in carving. You might

talk to local Scout groups to get an idea of their age

requirements; I believe they usually begin to teach

carving to 8- and 9-year-olds. However, we generally

tell people that kids are ready when they can sit still,

pay attention, and follow instructions for about 30

minutes. Some kids might be ready at age 7, while

others won’t be until they are 10 or 11, or even later.

It’s also helpful to have extra adults on hand to help

and to monitor the kids.

Morin’s

Shorebird

In the mid-1970s, my wife and I were visiting relatives

in Marin County, Calif., and I purchased the [above]

carving. The only notation about the artist was the last

name, “Morin.” An Internet search provided the name

and carving gallery of Kevin Morin on your website. I

am interested in determining whether he carved our

bird. Do you have any additional information on him?

John Forrester

Via E-mail

Our editors respond: We don’t have any information on

Mr. Morin. If you do, please contact the magazine at

[phone] or [email protected].

Pencil Snowmen

In WCI Holiday 2009 (Issue 49), you showed how

to carve pencil Santas. I did that, then tried a

snowman. I used foam sheets to cut a circle for the

hat brim. Both the Santas and the snowmen are

very popular.

Connie Clausen

Canton, Ga

One

WCI

reader

is seeking

information

about the carver

of this shorebird.

These snowman

carvings are

based on Ron

Johnson’s

Whittling Santa

Pencils article

from

WCI

.

Send your letters to: From Our Mailbag, Woodcarving

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

or e-mail [email protected].

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reader

gallery

Love Letter

Wine Box

Bart Fitch

of

Manteca, Calif.,

created this

wine box by

combining several

patterns from

past

issues of

Woodcarving

Illustrated

. Bart

made it for his niece.

According to tradition, the

night before the wedding,

the bride and groom write love letters to each

other, and during the wedding, the letters are

locked in the box with a bottle of wine. On

their first anniversary, the couple opens the

box, reads the letters, and drinks the wine.

Bart made the box from basswood and used

sugar pine for the heart picture frame.

First Carved Fish

Jerry Franklin

of

Macon, Ga., carved this bass from 2x6 construction pine.

He cut the glued-up blank with a band saw and used a

rotary tool to carve the fish. Jerry carved the body and

tail from one piece of wood, and added the fins later. He

finished the piece with water-based paint and several

coats of clear polyurethane.

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Santa Ornaments

Ed Maxwell

of Fairhope, Pa., carves

ornaments every year for his wife, seven

grandchildren, and great-grandchild. Ed,

who is 74, started carving in 1994.

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Carved Castle

Greg Young

of Germantown, Wis.,

carved this castle when his kids were

younger and Harry Potter was just

starting to be popular. The piece is

painted with acrylic paints.

Gila Monster

Oliver Harrigan

of Milwaukee, Wis., carved this

realistic Gila monster for his son, who lives in Arizona.

The Gila monster is native to the southwest desert.

Oliver, who is 83 and has been carving for more

than 20 years, designed the pattern from

reference photos, and then carved the piece.

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Let’s see your latest work! Send good, clear photos (professional color

prints or 300dpi resolution digital images) and 100 words describing your

project to: Reader Gallery, Woodcarving Illustrated, 1970 Broad St., East

Petersburg, PA 17520, or e-mail [email protected].

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The air smelled of spring mixed

with steam, coal smoke, sawdust,

and fuel as nearly 2,000 people

gathered at the Rough and Tumble

Engineers Historical Association

in Kinzers, Pa. They came from as

far away as California and Oregon

for the Fox Chapel Publishing 2014

Woodworking Show and Open

House, held May 9 and 10.

This was the third such event

for Fox Chapel Publishing, the

parent company of

Woodcarving

Illustrated

magazine, but the

first held at Rough and Tumble, a

non-profit museum dedicated to

preserving America’s agricultural

and industrial history. The

barn, exhibitors and vendors from

around the country manned booths

and display tables. Arbortech and

MDI Woodcarvers offered carving

tools, while Hillcrest Carving

offered wood as well as tools. Ben

Fink's Wood Shop sold scroll saw

blades, and Bushton Industries and

Seyco sold woodworking tools.

In addition to teaching

seminars, Dylan Goodson

showed off his realistic carvings,

including a life-size crucifix;

Wayne Barton exhibited his chip

carvings; Chris Howard and Leah

Goddard presented realistic human

and animal carvings; Everett

Ellenwood offered sharpening and

introductory carving; and Pete

Ortel and Jim Feather focused on

caricature carving. Stephan Forrin

lectured in totem pole carving

styles and demonstrated totem

pole carving between classes. Tom

We’ve finally found a home for our show.

Mark your calendar for next year — May 8-9, 2015

Photos by Scott Kriner, Shane Rottier, Barrie Casement, and Mindy Kinsey

Zoe Boni wowed onlookers

with her chainsaw carving.

Alan Giagnocavo tried an

Arbortech tool while his

son, Alex, looked on.

Wayne Barton

taught chip-

carving design.

news

and

notes

Fox Chapel Publishing’s

Open House &

Woodworking

Show 2014

company’s president, Alan

Giagnocavo, sees the new venue

as a unique opportunity. “Rough

and Tumble is a hidden gem right

here in Lancaster County,” he said.

“There’s so much going on, from

steam trains to antique plows, a

sawmill, and tractor pulls. I knew

our readers would be fascinated

by the museum, and I figured that

Rough and Tumble members are

probably woodworkers, even if they

don’t know it yet.”

The show was scheduled

in conjunction with Rough and

Tumble’s annual Spring Steam-Up.

Members shake off the winter dust,

fire up their antique tractors and

engines, and invite the public to

see, touch, and smell history.

Amidst this background,

carvers, scrollers, and turners

were entirely at home. In one

Jo Schwartz

demonstrated

woodburning

techniques.

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Hindes, Bob Hershey, and Jeff Pretz

taught hands-on carving classes.

Additional offerings in scrolling,

turning, and general woodworking

rounded out the schedule of

40 classes.

Demonstrators offered hands-

on projects in the other barn.

Inside, the Lancaster County

Woodcarvers and the Conewago

Carvers taught beginners how

to carve a simple owl. Outside,

Chris Lubkemann carved intricate

pieces from twigs, and chainsaw

carvers Zoe Boni and Joe Dussia of

Appalachian Arts Studio wowed

onlookers with their loud, fast and

furious work. Other clubs and

volunteers helped show-goers cut

a simple puzzle with a scroll saw,

turn a pen, make a craft, or try

woodburning.

Show attendees wandered

all over the outdoor museum

Left: Fox Chapel’s Kelly Varnes-Sierra