Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 83 Summer 2018 E-Book

Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated

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

Seitenzahl: 118

Beschreibung

The Summer 2018 issue of the world's best how-to magazine for woodcarvers is packed with patterns, techniques, tips and projects for all skill levels. This issue includes quick-carve projects that are perfect for campouts and teaching kids. Celebrate the patriotic holidays by whittling eagle heads, or capture the sounds of summer with a wood spirit whistle. Try your hand at an action-packed baseball pitcher caricature, or chip-carve a peaceful summer scene. Harold Enlow shows how to carve a classic cowboy—from the iconic hat to the stubbly beard—in 20 easy steps. Karen Henderson reveals her simple trick that lets you handcarve colorful wood to make gorgeous spoons. Desiree Hajny teaches how to combine carving and woodburning techniques to create a fearsome tiger, and Deborah Pompano's lighthouse pyro pattern is perfect for beginners. But whatever you carve, keep your tools sharp! You can have sharp tools in just 10 minutes by using Bob Duncan's quick & easy method for hand-sharpening most knives, gouges & v-tools.

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ISSUE 83

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Emil Milan: Midcentury Master

By

Mindy Kinsey

Emil Milan is the most influential

carver you’ve never heard of

FEATURES

in this

issue

25

Making a Wood Spirit Whistle

By

Roger Beane

Capture the sounds of summer with

an easy-carve wood spirit whistle

28

Two-Hour Pelican

By

Don Swartz

Carve and paint this comical

bird in an afternoon

34

Chip-Carving a Summer Scene

By

Roman Chernikov

You won’t want to cover these

coaster-sized designs

41

Carving a Relief Caricature

By

Eric Owens

Whether you love hiking or

hunting, celebrate your hobby

with this easy, adaptable project

66

Carving a Snack Bowl

By

Mindy Kinsey and Jon Deck

Make your own modern vintage bowl

72

Capturing the Blue Marlin

By

Gordon and Marsha Stiller

Carve and paint a replica of this

maritime bad boy

PATTERNS

18

•

Exclusive Project

Display your favorite

vintage in style with Marty

Leenhouts’ chip-carved

wine

bottle

holder.

TECHNIQUES

44

Quick & Easy Guide

to Hand-Sharpening

By

Bob Duncan

Get back to carving faster with

this simple method for sharpening

your knife, gouge, and V-tool

62

Adapting a Roughout

By

Russell Scott

Simple steps help you carve a variety of

figures from the same basic roughout

COVER

Carve a Classic Cowboy ...

36

Sharp Tools in 10 Minutes

...

44

Quick-Carve Projects ...

22,

28, 54

Carve a Family Heirloom ...

22, 50,

56, 66, 72

Carving from Roughouts

...

62

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Editor’s Note

6

Letters to the Editor

8

News and Notes

10

Reader Gallery

14

Tips and Techniques

88

Book Shelf

90

Product Review

92

Calendar of Events

94

Coming Features

95

Ad Directory

96

Woodchips

DEPTS.

•

Bonus Pattern

Turn a Wood Spirit Whistle

into Santa with a couple small

changes (pg. 25).

•

Free Patterns

Download today and carve

tonight! Click our How To menu

for dozens of free projects.

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PROJECTS

18

Carving a Baseball Pitcher

By

Dave Stetson

Blend fact and fun in this action-packed

caricature’s pose

22

Handcarving a Spoon

from Hard Wood

By

Karen Henderson

Tired of boring basswood blanks?

A simple trick lets you handcarve

colorful wood to make gorgeous spoons

30

Tee Time

By

Dwayne Gosnell

Trade your nine iron for a #9 gouge and

slice away to carve this caricature golfer

36

Carving a Cowboy

By

Harold Enlow

From the iconic hat to the stubbly

beard, this cowboy is a classic

50

Making a Box for Chip Carving

By

Tom Noller

Adapt this simple box design to

create any number of unique looks

54

Whittling an Eagle Head

By

Pete Zanauskas

Celebrate the patriotic summer holidays

with these quick carvings

56

Crafting an Heirloom

Rocking Chair

By

Doug Lawrence

Add a custom carving to create

a unique keepsake for your family

68

Burnt Island Light

By

Deborah Pompano

This pyro pattern is perfect for

beginners because you can easily

blend blobs so they don’t show

74

Carving a Tiger

By

Desiree Hajny

Combine carving and burning

techniques to create a cat who

looks ready to pounce

82

Power-Carving a Horse Stick

By

Tamera Seevers

Transform a beautiful piece of

hardwood into a wand or walking stick

22

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Spoon!

Last fall, at the Wisconsin River Woodcarvers show in Stevens

Point, Wis., I saw a couple doing the weirdest thing I had ever

seen at a carving show: while the man poured water into plastic

shoeboxes, the woman pulled wrapped and apparently frozen wood

out of a cooler. He placed the water-filled shoeboxes on their table;

she dumped the icy wood into them. I stared in bewilderment—and

that is how I met Karen Henderson and her husband, Ron.

Karen handcarves spoons from colorful fruit and flower wood

like grapefruit, apricot, and my favorite, lilac. She uses green wood, which

is soft enough to carve by hand. (Learn more on page 22.) To preserve the

blanks, she dunks them in water, places

them in plastic bags, and freezes them.

Thus, the routine at the show.

I was absolutely fascinated. I lusted

after those swirly purple pieces of wood.

I wanted to create a silky smooth, curvy,

and delicately colored spoon like Karen’s.

I craved handmade spoons.

The Stevens Point show is wonderful.

More than 100 exhibitors displayed a

wide range of carvings and other artwork.

The contest was entered enthusiastically

and judged expertly. The charity raffle was

supported generously. I met terrific people.

I really recommend this show.

And the whole time I was there, I was itching for spoons. Eventually,

I bought three lilac teaspoon blanks to take home and freeze. Luck was with

me and, a few weeks later, not only did I win a set of carving tools in a raffle

at Artistry in Wood in Wilmington, Ohio, but Flexcut sent spoon-carving

tools for review purposes (see page 90). I was ready to carve my spoons.

At this point, it’s fair to ask: did I know how to carve spoons? Well, no,

not really. I had watched Karen’s presentation in Wisconsin, and I flipped

through some spoon-related books awaiting review in my office. (Wonderful,

gorgeous books—see page 88.) Figuring it couldn’t be

that

hard, I pulled on

a glove and started experimenting.

Forget the knife and spoon gouge; I used every tool I could find. I carved

with, against, and across the grain. I cut myself twice. I sanded for what

seemed like hours and was probably only about 20 minutes. I wasn’t nearly

patient enough to create the silky finish I admired in Karen’s spoons.

In the end, I carved three spoons and gave them to my son for

Christmas. I pictured him eating ice cream with them at college; he wants to

frame them. I bought a few more blanks from Karen—and have been eyeing

the lilac bush in my backyard. I really need to perfect my bowl and finishing

techniques. Then, I want to try decorative handles and maybe a deeper ladle

design, and... Well, let’s just say, you can never have too many spoons.

Happy Carving!

Mindy Kinsey

[email protected]

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editor’s

note

My fascination with carving spoons

began with Karen Henderson’s

watery bins of blanks. See page 22.

My first spoon.

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Correction

When we shared Joseph

Savarese’s letter in the Spring

2018 issue, we cited the

wrong issue for Don Lang’s

angel. It originally appeared

in the Winter 2016 issue

(#77) on page 62.

Daisy Pins

I thought you might be interested in seeing some

of the pins I have carved from Glenn Stewart’s article,

“Carving a Daisy Pin,” in the Spring 2017 issue (#79).

All of us as carvers put our own spin on things and

this project is no different. I carved them in black

walnut, yellow heart, butternut, and red cedar. I am

using water-soluble crayons for the painting and have

been very pleased with the results. I use a photocopy

and adhesive, and carve through the paper for my

pins. Thanks to you and Glenn for a fun and

satisfying project.

Rod Beamish

Mishawaka, Ind.

Repairing Checks

I am finishing a life-sized sculpted piece made from white pine. The wood

was wet as I started the piece and I moistened it partway through my work.

Additionally, I removed perhaps 20 percent from the underside pith area,

which has seemed to reduce the amount of checking. I have not tried any

product like Pentacryl but have sealed the ends of green pieces. I can “patch”

the checks but the color doesn’t always match, even when using splinters

from the same chunk of wood.

Do you have any suggestions concerning this checking repair? Also,

I’ve decreased the color value of the eyebrow knot, but is there a way to

blend the color?

J.J. Lynes

Mauston, Wis.

Editor’s Response: Your carving looks great! Unfortunately,

there’s not much you can do to prevent checking, especially

when you carve a green pine log. Pine checks under the best

conditions. Pentacryl may have helped in the beginning,

but I’m not sure how much it will help now. Consider just

leaving the checks alone, as any attempts at patching will

draw more attention to them. As for the knot, there’s not a

lot that you can do. An experienced finisher might be able

to mix a stain that you could apply to the whole carving

to make it match the color of the dark part of the knot, but

that’s really an art unto itself. You could also paint the

carving; some of the classic tobacco store Indians

were painted.

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Online Index

Do you have an index of projects—possibly with

pictures—that were in your older issues?

Bob Caddell

Via e-mail

Editor’s Response: We update our index (shown above)

every issue (although it does not include photos). Here

is the link: woodcarvingillustrated.com/article-index. I

hope this helps!

Warren Blades

By no stretch of the imagination are Warren blades

disposable (

WCI

Spring 2018, Issue 82, page 78). We

have been selling them for over 25 years and not one

of my customers buys them as disposable. The metal

is great and they can be kept sharp and used for a long,

long time.

Mac Proffitt

Smoky Mountain Woodcarvers Supply

Townsend, Tenn.

FOX HUNT

Susan Casler of Protem, Mo.,

and Wade Davis of Grayling,

Mich., are the winners drawn

from the correct entries

received for

WCI

Spring 2018

(Issue 82). The fox was hiding

in the rocks on the bottom of

page 58.

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

July 1, 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:

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news

and notes

Elves of Hope

For the past

three years, the

Cumberland Valley

Woodcarvers Club

in Chambersburg,

Pa., has teamed

up with the “Elves

of Hope” each

Christmas season

to provide gift bags

to cancer patients

going through

chemotherapy. A

2017 patient favorite

was handcarved

ornaments. Last

year, the Woodcarvers Club made a total of 70

ornaments; some patterns they designed and

some, said representative Kim Hykes, came

from “their favorite woodcarving magazine…

Woodcarving Illustrated

!”

For more information on the Cumberland

Valley Woodcarvers Club, contact Kim Hykes

at [email protected] or visit www.

fortchambers.com/httpdocs/CVCarvers/

CVCarvers.htm.

25th Anniversary Quilt

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Wilson

Park Senior Center Woodcarvers and Burners

Club in Milwaukee, Wis., members created a

42" (1.1m)-square wooden quilt held together

by a shadow box and frame. The quilt, similar

to one created 25 years ago, includes two of the

original contributors, Harold Kinas and Frank

Penne. This year’s quilt incorporates relief

carving, caricature carving, chip carving, and

pyrography, and took five months to complete.

Both quilts hang side by side in the main room

of the Center.

The Wilson Park Senior Center

Woodcarvers and Burners Club was formed in

1992 with about 50 members. They currently

have around 45 members, with a wide range

of skills. Said spokesperson Ed Thomas,

“Newcomers are always welcome.”

For more information, contact Ed Thomas

at [email protected].

Mystic Carvers Club