Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 82 Spring 2018 E-Book

Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated

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

Seitenzahl: 125

Beschreibung

The Spring 2018 issue of the world's best how-to magazine for woodcarvers is packed with patterns, techniques, tips, and projects for all skill levels. Bob Hershey shares his step-by-step instructions for creating realistic fur texture on a caricature bunny, while Dylan Goodson shows you how to carve an amazingly lifelike rendition of the human hand. Russell Scott's charming "Holding Tightly" project makes an easy-carve gift for your Valentine sweetheart. Kathleen Ryan describes the fascinating 700-year history of hand carved cookie molds, setting the stage for Keoma McCaffrey's delicious cookie mold carving project. With its simple body shape and feather structure, Randy Conner's Carolina wren makes a perfect first power carving subject. And if you are just starting out in woodcarving, don't miss Bob Duncan's snap guide to all the tools you need to get started.

Leseprobe

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ISSUE 82

PATTERNS

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Handmade With Love

By

Kathleen Ryan

Handcarved cookie molds have

been used to make edible artwork

for more than 700 years

60

2017 International

Woodcarvers Congress

A look at the top winners and a

few of our favorite carvings from the

country’s top carving competition

74

Carver Sticks to Scriptures

By

Kathleen Ryan

Ron Vance makes his walking

sticks meaningful by carving them

with gospel messages

76

Recommended Beginner Tools

By

Bob Duncan

Your snap guide to the tools you

need to get started carving

FEATURES

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34

in this

issue

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Holding Tightly

By

Russell Scott

Customize this easy-carve

design to make a gift for your

Valentine or any special event

64

Stylized Dancer

By

Barbara Millikan

Elegant design highlights a

no-fail way to create depth

without wasting wood

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TECHNIQUES

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Creating Realistic

Fur Texture

By

Bob Hershey

This caricature bunny blends

realism with whimsy, making it

the perfect project for practicing

fur techniques

55

Creating a Custom

Blade Cover

By

Roger Beane

Ingenious leather sheath turns

any blank into a blade cover

58

Creating Natural

Pigment Paints

By Alan Garbers

Learn to make and

use paints from the

pages of history

66

Carving Realistic

Hands

By

Dylan Goodson

Step-by-step

instructions will

help you carve

expressive, lifelike

hands

PROJECTS

COVER

Top Tools for Beginners

...

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Carve Einstein and 10 Other

Knife Blade Covers ...

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Learn the Best Techniques

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18, 55, 58, 66

Power Carve Your 1st Bird

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42

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Editor’s Note

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Letters

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Reader Gallery

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Tips and Techniques

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Product Review

91

Classified Ads

92

Calendar of Events

94

Coming Features

95

Ad Directory

96

Woodchips

DEPTS.

42

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Wood Toxicity

Check our chart to be sure

you’re using safe wood to carve

your cookie molds (pg. 34).

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Bonus Pattern

Download the pattern for a

vertical format welcome sign

(pg. 50).

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Cribbage Board Rosette Carving

By

Marty Leenhouts

Learn to carve a classic design by

decorating a plate or game board

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Carving Cookie Molds

By

Keoma McCaffrey

Use scrap wood to make quick

carvings that you’ll use for years

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Dancing Hearts Wood Burning

By

Deborah Pompano

Pair simple burning with easy painting

for a pretty spring pyro project

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Power Carve Your First Bird

By

Randy Conner

Simple pose, shading, and feather

structure make the Carolina wren

a perfect first bird project

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Carving a Welcome Sign

By

Vernon DePauw

Simple system for carving letters like an

expert. Plus! Learn how to apply gold leaf

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Folding Cross

By

Ron Vance

Use a disposable blade and

a series of strategic cuts to

create a symbol of the season

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Carving the Female Face

By

Chris Howard

Detailed instructions teach

proportions and explain

techniques for creating

an attractive portrait

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Woodcarving Illustrated

vol. 22, no. 1

(Spring 2018) (ISSN#1096-2816) is published quarterly by

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Protect your respiratory system,

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Read manuals supplied with your tools.

Be aware most accidents occur when you are tired or distracted.

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Projects vs. Techniques

Whether we’re chatting with readers at shows or checking social

media, one thing is clear: you buy

Woodcarving Illustrated

for the

projects. You come to us looking for inspiration and instructions

for your next carving, so of course we try to give you plenty—and

a wide variety—of projects. Our goal is for you to find something

to carve in every issue.

But what we hope you actually take away from each issue are

the techniques.

The difference? Projects are instructions to make one carving.

Techniques are the keys to making any carving. They are the skills,

vocabulary, muscle memory, and ideas you combine to build confidence in

your carving ability until you can look at a pattern you’ve never seen before

and think, “Yeah, I can do that.” Some combination of the piece you carved

in class, a couple of articles you saw in the magazine, a demo at a show, and

a show-and-tell at your carving club gels in your mind, and you can “see”

the steps for making your next project in your mind before you ever pick

up a knife.

This issue has a lot of cool projects, but where it really shines are

those techniques. Some are subtle, with the techniques built into the

larger instructions. For example, you can learn letter carving by making

a welcome sign or glean the steps in carving a bird by making a Carolina

wren. A few are more explicit: insert Roger Beane’s knife sheath design

into any blank and then carve your choice of design for a cover.

And we have a number of articles specifically devoted to teaching

techniques. A sidebar in Vernon DePauw’s sign article gives detailed

instructions for applying gold leaf to any project. Bob Hershey shares

step-by-step instructions for creating realistic fur texture on his rabbit

or any animal. Dylan Goodson’s realistic hand carving admittedly looks

like a horror movie prop because it’s intended as a practice piece, not a

stand-alone project. But carving just a hand will help you understand

the anatomy, shapes, and procedure for carving all hands. Then you can

generalize the technique to your current carving, using the tool sizes and

level of detail appropriate to your project.

I’m always excited when we see “our” projects on your tables at shows

or receive photos of your completed work. But I would be especially

pleased to hear that we’ve helped you make

every

project

a little better—your letters more crisp, the hands more

expressive, the fur more realistic, etc. Drop us a line and

tell us what you learned—and let us know what you’re

still looking for, too. We’ll see if we can find someone

to teach you how to do that.

Happy Carving!

Mindy Kinsey

[email protected]

Note to Professional Copy Services — The publisher grants you

permission to make up to ten copies for any purchaser of this

magazine who states the copies are for personal use.

editor’s

note

Carving a practice

hand will help you

make better hands on

all of your projects.

See page 66.

letters

to the editor

Inspiring Angel

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 editors@

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Woodcarving Illustrated

Issue #78 (Spring 2017) included

an angel carving by Don Lang. He carves them and donates

the proceeds to assist with a friend’s medical bills. Wanting

to donate to this cause, I found his contact information and

purchased an angel and some basswood blanks so I can carve

my own.

While I was on a family vacation, I decided to carve a

modified version of the angel (I added longer hair draped over

the shoulders). A lady noticed me and came over to watch. She

seemed fascinated but also melancholy. After a couple hours, she

asked to see the angel. She instantly fell in love with it, clutched

it to her chest, and asked to purchase it. I told her that I don’t sell

them and explained the story of the original piece. With tears

in her eyes, she shared that it was the 10th anniversary of her

sister’s passing. I decided to give the angel to her. I asked her to

make a donation to a charity that her sister had supported, but

instead she asked for my favorite charity and promised to make

a donation to it. Her friend said that it was meant to be, and

the woman mentioned that her sister had long hair just like the

carving. It really touched my heart when the lady walked away

clutching the angel close to her heart.

Joseph A. Savarese

Brooklyn, New York

Creative Inspiration

I enjoyed carving the Americana Whale

from

Woodcarving Illustrated

Summer

2017 (Issue 79) so much that I decided to

do a mermaid. I hope to add more to the

collection, including angels and Santas, in

the same style. I have been carving about

16 years and belong to the Suffolk County

Woodcarvers Guild. Love your magazine

and always look forward to receiving the

next issue in the mail.

Linda Zusmer

Bay Shore, N.Y.

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FOX HUNT

Carl Beckendorf of Fairmont,

Minn., and David Birch of Apple

Valley, Calif., are the winners

drawn from the correct entries

received for

WCI

Winter 2017

(Issue 81). The fox was hiding in

an ornament pattern on page 80.

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 March 22, 2018,

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.

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Missing Measurement

I really enjoy your magazine. It always has projects for

all ability levels that are interesting useful and fun to

do. The Summer 2017 issue (#79) has a Quick Wizard

on page 66. The bottom measurement for the bottom

of his hands is missing. This same illustration is used

for a Santa in the special holiday issue so it is also

missing there. I could estimate the measurement, but

the illustration should be complete.

Vic De Pauw

Via e-mail

Editor’s Response: Our apologies! The measurement

is ½

" (see above). The corrected drawing is also on our

website: woodcarvingillustrated.com/wp-content/

uploads/2017/12/WEB-Wizard-Diagram.pdf

Kindling Pine

I’d like your assistance in discovering the extent of

kindling pine carving. I have not been able to find

any information on the subject. I work with the

trunks and roots of long-dead pine trees in which

resin is present in concentrated amounts. Because of

the difficulty in working kindling pine, the number

of people involved may be very small. I have been

unsuccessful in connecting with others who may be

working this medium. If you have any information

on the subject of kindling pine carving, please share

it with me.

James Elliott

Swansea, S.C.

Editor’s Response: We’re not familiar with the art

of carving kindling pine (also called fatwood). If

you have information about it or know carvers who

work in this medium, please contact us (editors@

woodcarvingillustrated.com or 1-800-457-9112).

Valuing Carvings

We recently acquired one of Andy Anderson’s

carvings called

The Indian Taxi Cab

at an auction. It

is signed and dated. We were just wondering what it

might be worth. Would appreciate any information

you could give us. Thanks for your help.

Beth Neal

Via e-mail

Editor’s Response: Andy Anderson was an American

artist in the early 20th century who was known

for his Old West carvings. Values for his work vary

widely; last year, “Antiques Roadshow” appraised one

at $1,000 to $8,000, and eBay has listings ranging

from $750 to $3,500. You may be able to pay for an

appraisal from an auction house that deals in folk art,

such as Skinner’s (Boston and New York), Freeman’s

(Boston), or Morphy’s (Denver, Pa.). Congratulations

on your carving; I hope you enjoy it!

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reader

gallery

John Miklos

Misa, Ariz.

John began carving reliefs when his shop teacher

brought a salt block to class. He now has several

awards from the Desert Woodcarving Show to his

credit and is

the president of the Grand Canyon

State Woodcarvers.

Freedom Heartsong

Torrance, Calif.

“One of my favorite things to make and carve are trees,”

said Freedom. He handcarved these custom 9' (2.7m)-

tall doors from African mahogany using unique grinder

attachments and a proprietary technique to rough out

the design, and Swiss Made hand tools and a handmade

mallet for the details. He stained the leaves, deer, and

earth to highlight the scene and backed the carved

portions with tempered glass. See more of Freedom’s

work at www.heartsongwoodwork.com.

Kim Hykes

Chambersburg, Pa.

A member of the Cumberland Valley Woodcarvers

from Chambersburg, Pa., Kim created this child’s

rocking chair for a Relay for Life event. The ribbons

in the tree represent different forms of cancer. Kim

added animals to the design so the chair would

appeal to children.

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