Archive for July, 2020

21
Jul

CARVE A COWBOY DUDE MAGNET by Don Worley

   Posted by: woodbeecarver    in Carving Friends, Carving Projects

 

                               

Carve along with Don Worley by using his simple follow-along trail of photographs and landmark descriptions for carving Cowboy Dude refrigerator magnets.

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17
Jul

DON WORLEY ~ Woodcarving Friend

   Posted by: woodbeecarver    in Carving Friends

 

 

Don said of the four photos above ~ I carved two 2″ X 3″ blocks to be part of the Buckeye Roundup auction. One has 2 Fireman and the other has 2 Cowboys. I used the same face carving techniques as in my Carving Biker Dudes book. After carving some Cowboys I used the same pattern and carved the Fireman.”

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11
Jul

HALF PINT MINIATURE GALLERY

   Posted by: woodbeecarver    in Carving Projects

HALF PINT MINIATURE CARVINGS are three-inch-tall figures carved in the Whittle-Carving style of the Wood Bee Carver using only knives to carve these figures.  Miniatures are commonly defined as a carving that will fit into a two-inch cube. Three-inch miniature is the classification used by the Affiliated Wood Carvers Association at the International Woodcarvers Congress competition. “Half Pint” uses the half inch scale of a half inch equals a foot which makes “Half Pint” proportionally equal to half of the average height of six feet tall humans.

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4
Jul

UNCLE SAM ~ Happy Independence Day

   Posted by: woodbeecarver    in Carving Projects

UNCLE SAM carved in 2008 ~ six inches tall and inch and half square base, carved in the Whittle-Carving style of using only a knife.  Finish is Artist Oil Paint thinned with boiled linseed oil and final coat of Deft.

             

UNCLE SAM carved in 2007 in the Whittle-Carving style of using only a knife ~ four inches tall and an inch square base.  Finish is Artist Oil Paint thinned with boiled linseed oil and final coat of Deft.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY ~ JULY 4, 2020