Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 76 Summer/Fall 2016 E-Book

Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated

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

Seitenzahl: 138

Beschreibung

PATTERNSCarving a Halloween SignBy Vernon DePauwUse a few simple tools to create a folk-art signJack o'PhantomBy Floyd RhadiganEasy carved "folds" make this silly spook look like it's floatingOn-the-Go Carving DeskBy Tom NollerQuick and easy plywood box protects your tools and contains your chipsFEATURESDepth-Defying ArtBy Kathleen RyanRick Harney's portraits are so much less than they appearChange of HeartBy Toni FitzgeraldBrian Paul Kolakowski found his third calling in woodA Tough Nut to CrackBy Kathleen RyanRussian artist Arkady Tsesarsky turns ugly nuts into ivory-like miniature marvelsWinning WondersMeet the winners of the third 2016 People's Choice ContestPROJECTSRealistic LighthouseBy Bob HersheyThe natural shape of cottonwood bark makes it perfect for this projectBuilding a Whimsical BankBy Bill PowellForget bark: Use basswood blanks and shallow relief techniques to make a village worth visitingSweet TreatsBy Jack ProseiloThese easy-to-carve trinkets look good enough to eatCarving a CroneBy Suzy FueshkoUse a delicate touch with your tools to create this haunting carvingMake a Majestic BisonBy Jim WillisUse hand tool to re-create this American iconWise Wizard Practice PieceBy Mike PoundersPick a feature and exaggerate it to enhance your skills and customize your carvingLearning to Carve SoapBy Barbara MillikanGood clean fun can be the beginning of a lifelong passion for carvingCarving a Caricature WoodsmanBy Jim FeatherTurn the head to give your carving movement and personalityCarving a Train-in-StationLike a ball-in cage, this captive locomotive slides on its rails

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FEATURES

PATTERNS

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Carving a Halloween Sign

By

Vernon DePauw

Use a few simple tools to

create a folk-art sign

66

Jack o’Phantom

By

Floyd Rhadigan

Easy carved “folds” make this

silly spook look like it’s floating

68

On-the-Go Carving Desk

By

Tom Noller

Quick & easy plywood box protects

your tools and contains your chips

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Depth-Defying Art

By

Kathleen Ryan

Rick Harney’s portraits

are so much

less

than

they appear

36

Change of Heart

By

Toni Fitzgerald

Brian Paul Kolakowski

found his third

calling in wood

42

A Tough Nut to Crack

By

Kathleen Ryan

Russian artist Arkady Tsesarsky

turns ugly nuts into ivory-like

miniature marvels

44

Winning Wonders

Meet the winners of the third

2016 People’s Choice Contest

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PROJECTS

•

More Details

Need more help with the

Train-in-Station (pg. 80)? Get

more photos & steps online.

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Bonus Patterns

Make candy bowls to

complement your carved

Sweet Treats (pg. 38).

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Editor’s Note

6

Letters to the Editor

8

Reader Gallery

12

News and Notes

90

Calendar of Events

94

Coming Features

95

Ad Directory &

Classified Ads

96

Woodchips

DEPTS.

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Check out

Woodcarving

Illustrated

on Facebook

Follow us on Twitter,

twitter.com/woodcarving

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Realistic Lighthouse

By

Bob Hershey

The natural shape of cottonwood

bark makes it perfect for this project

30

Building a Whimsical Bank

By

Bill Powell

Forget bark: Use basswood blanks

and shallow relief techniques to

make a village worth visiting

38

Sweet Treats

By

Jack Proseilo

These easy-to-carve trinkets

look good enough to eat

46

Carving a Crone

By

Suzy Fueshko

Use a delicate touch with your

tools to create this haunting carving

53

Make a Majestic Bison

By

Jim Willis

Use hand tools to re-create

this American icon

62

Wise Wizard Practice Piece

By

Mike Pounders

Pick a feature and exaggerate

it to enhance your skills & customize

your carving

•

Paint Instructions

Follow step-by-step in-

structions for painting the

Wise Wizard (pg 62).

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Learning to Carve Soap

By

Barbara Millikan

Good clean fun can be the beginning

of a lifelong passion for carving

73

Carving a Caricature

Woodsman

By

Jim Feather

Turn the head to give your carving

movement and personality

80

Carving a Train-in-Station

By

Joseph A. Savarese

Like a ball-in-cage, this captive

locomotive slides on its rails

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Identification Statement:

Woodcarving Illustrated

vol. 20, no. 3

(Fall 2016) (ISSN#1096-2816) is published quarterly 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 20, Number 3 (Issue No. 76)

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A Hard Issue

A year or so ago, I started getting an interesting

complaint from some readers: that our projects were

too easy. Given that these folks often reference early

issues of the magazine, I assume they are experienced

carvers; therefore, I suspect it isn’t so much that the

projects have grown easier as that their skills have

improved. Nevertheless, enough people said something

that I went looking for some more difficult projects.

I quickly realized that difficulty is relative. Any project is

hard for a beginner—or those new to a technique. A simple

caricature may be a challenge for an experienced whimsey

whittler, for example. It’s hard to judge what’s difficult for more

advanced carvers because I don’t know their precise skill level or

where their interests lie.

Plus, a good percentage of our readers are, in fact, beginners.

That means the majority of our projects need to either be

accessible for beginners or tread the line between being

challenging in an inspiring way and being so difficult as to be

discouraging. That’s a tough one.

Too, our instructions tend to be very detailed (again:

beginners) but some projects are definitely more challenging

if you skip the steps. Or, read enough that you get the gist of

the technique and create your own version of the project with

unique details and variations.

Finally, we’ve realized that sometimes people don’t want to

carve difficult projects so much as see them and be inspired by

them. To that end, we have been trying to include more features.

We would also consider a “masters” page in the Reader Gallery if

people think it would be useful and if experienced carvers would

contribute. In both cases, drop me a line with your thoughts.

All that being said, we have been trying to include more

challenging projects, or those with a new twist in the material

or technique. In this issue, for example, we offer a woodsman set

on a partial angle in his blank, a bison captured in an unusual

pose, and a unique take on the ball-in-cage. I hope this issue will

challenge carvers of any skill level. (Beginners, fear not: we have

included step-by-step instructions for everything. Experts, just

skip to the patterns and have fun!)

One more thing. We have an ongoing discussion about

Halloween. We know some people love it, but Alan Giagnocavo,

our publisher, worries that others are strongly against the

celebration. We have included several Halloween projects in

this issue, including a very creepy crone and some cute candies.

We’ll be doing a poll to get feedback from you about Halloween.

Sign up for our e-mail newsletter (there’s a form on our website)

or follow us on Facebook to get a link to the poll.

Happy carving!

Mindy Kinsey

[email protected]

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FOX HUNT

Bruce Cowan of Essex Junction, Vt., and

Tommy Anderson of Quitman, La., are the

winners drawn from the correct entries

received for

WCI

Summer 2016 (Issue 75).

The fox was hiding in the headdress of the

Hopi Katsina carving on page 21.

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 20, 2016,

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.

letters

to the editor

I used InLace for the first time to

add a design to a project and am

pleased with how it turned out. In

Woodcarving Illustrated

Winter/

Spring 2016 (Issue 74), project

author Roger F. Wolford said to use

an undercut in the design process

because “the InLace may fall out.”

The instructions that came with

the InLace did not indicate that I

must use an undercut. I wondered

if the undercut was necessary and

contacted InLace Products with

my question. They replied that an

undercut is not essential, but if the

wood does not dry correctly or if

the project will be kept outside in

changing weather conditions, the

undercut will be helpful if the

wood shifts.

George Mons

Bluffdale, Utah

Comfort Birds

Having just read the article in

Woodcarving Illustrated

Spring 2016 (Issue 74)

about comfort bird carving becoming popular, I thought that you would like to

hear my story.

After seeing your original article in

Woodcarving Illustrated

Holiday 2011

(Issue 57), I started carving comfort birds. While visiting my thoracic surgeon

for a follow-up appointment, I gave her a bird and told her that I had started

carving them to give to friends, family members, and neighbors who had been

touched by cancer. My surgeon suggested that I give the birds to the children at

the Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester (NY) Medical

Center to aid in their therapy.

Since that time I have showed the members of my carving club, the Genesee

Valley Carving Club, how to carve and finish the birds. The club members have

carved about 50 birds, and to date I have carved and given over 500.

I could relate innumerable stories that have emerged from this activity. The

rewards that I have received far outweigh the time and effort that goes into

making them. It has been one of the most rewarding things that I have ever

found to do with my time and talent. I wish to sincerely thank you for your great

article that has prompted so many carvers to join you in this wonderful effort.

The little birds make a difference in many people’s lives.

Chris Nilsen

Pittsford, N.Y.

To Undercut

or Not to

Undercut

A Question of Font

I recently received a comment

on my blog site, www.

jimthechairmaker.wordpress.

com, asking what font I used on

the toolbox that was featured in

Woodcarving Illustrated

Winter/

Spring 2016 (Issue 74). I used

the font Becker, which can be

downloaded for free from websites

such as www.1001fonts.com. The

pattern for the font and numbers

used on my toolbox can also be

found as a downloadable PDF file at

woodcarvingillustrated.com/blog/

personalizing-your-tool-box/.

Rev. Jim Paulson

Bowling Green, Ohio

The font used on

Jim Paulson’s

tool chest is a

free download.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your

thoughts and comments about our magazine

and woodcarving in general to:

Letters, Woodcarving Illustrated, 1970 Broad

St., East Petersburg, PA 17520, or e-mail

[email protected].

www.woodcarvingillustrated.com

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Kubbestol

Gary Hayes and his daughter, Janiel,

of White Bear Lake, Minn., came up with the idea

of carving a pair of kubbestol chairs in the 1980s

when their neighbor felled a basswood tree and

offered the base log to them. Life became hectic,

and they shelved the project. After retiring in 2014,

Gary completed one of the chairs for his daughter

and finished it with acrylics and natural stain.

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Chain

Erich Heise of Dumaguette City,

Phillippines, carved this chain from a single piece

of poplar. It is " by 1" by 21".

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U.S. Air Assault

Douglas Weldy of Osceola, Ind.,

carved this piece to honor his grandson, who

recently graduated from Air Assault Cavalry Scout

school. Douglas began carving in the 1980s to

occupy his free time while traveling the world

as a machine startup and repair engineer. He is

a member of the Council Oaks Woodcarvers, the

Goodtime Carvers, the Crystal Valley Woodcarvers,

and the Fruitbelt Carvers.

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Antler Rosette

Pennie Hanke of Graham, Wash.,

learned how to carve antler at a seminar and got

hooked on the detail she can achieve with it. This

moose antler rosette measures 3" in diameter.

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Carving Bonus!

Cogsworth from Beauty & the

Beast is fun & easy to carve!

By Marty Leenhouts

This Disney character is sure to grab the attention of

young and old. EZboard, high-density urethane, makes

it a snap to carve!

Rough Out

Apply the pattern with graphite

paper. I used my scroll saw to

make the rough out. Slow down

the speed for greater control.

You can also use a band saw or

hand tools.

Carving Cogsworth

Sharp tools are crucial when carving. EZboard is no exception. Use assorted

gouges and chisels to form the feet and base of the clock.

I used my chip carving knife to outline the

recessed pendulum area. Flatten this area as

much as possible. Spots that are hard to

reach and flatten can be leveled with spackle

before finishing. Because EZboard does not

have any grain, clean, smooth carving can be

done in any direction. Work your way around

the front to form the details. The back can be roughed out and shaped until it

looks like the back of a clock! Shorten the “arms” and “hair” so they stand

apart from the rest of the clock body. Watch the video on carving Cogsworth at EZcarving.com.

Painting Cogsworth

materials &

tools

Pattern

, free at EZcarving.com

EZboard

, 5-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 1-1/2"

$2.02 at EZcarving.com

Acrylic Color Mixing Set

like

Golden Color Theory Set.

Palette Knife

to mix paint

Assorted gouges & chisels

Chip carving knife

Satin spray lacquer

Call EZcarving at 866-970-5858

Marty Leenhouts is a

professional carver and

regular contributor to

Woodcarving Illustrated.

He lives in Garden City, MN

The trick to painting this Disney character is to use the same

colors as the original. Mixing unique colors is easy with a

color mixing chart. I use the Golden Color Theory Set.

Select the color from the chart and use the ratio provided

to mix the perfect color. It only takes eight tubes of paint

(included in the set) to mix

any color imagineable!

Note:

Disney is a registered

trademark. This pattern cannot

be sold but may be used for carving.

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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,

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PA 17520, or e-mail editors@

woodcarvingillustrated.com.

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Honky Tonk Piano Player

James Compton

is a 76-year-old self-taught woodcarver from

Ringtown, Pa. He has served several terms as the

president of the Schuylkill County Woodcarvers

Club. A Bill Higginbotham book inspired this

carving. Jim carved the 11"-tall figure from seven