Progressive Steps in the progress of Whittle-Carving of the “Nite Lite” character. The Half Pint format uses the scale of a half inch equals a foot. “Nite Lite” is the title of a three inch Half Pint carving depicting an old man wearing his night shirt, night cap and carrying a candle on his way to bed.
Half Pints are three inch by inch square carvings of various figures and subjects that utilize the half inch scale equals a foot of the proportions of a figure. They are slightly above the miniature two-inch size. A monochrome oil finish of Raw Sienna artist oil paint thinned with boiled linseed oil give a soft glow to the surface that allows the faceted texture of the slicing knife cuts to create a texture of color.
Half Pints are three inch by inch square carvings of various figures and subjects that utilize the half inch scale equals a foot of the proportions of a figure. They are slightly above the miniature two-inch size. A monochrome oil finish of Raw Sienna artist oil paint thinned with boiled linseed oil give a soft glow to the surface that allows the faceted texture of the slicing knife cuts to create a texture of color. Each is carved using only knives in the Whittle-Carving style of making slicing and rolling cuts to shape up the basic form of each figure and then refine with precise detailed slicing cuts.
A six-inch-tall by inch and half square base caricature of a hillbilly with jug at his side is the subject of this description of “Design by Carving.”
Tennis Any One” is a caricature carving introduced by with a vanity license plate slogan. The carving stands six inches tall on an inch and half base (the size of the basswood block from which it was Whittle-Carved using only knives to carve.)
Dark Fox and Running Turtle, as Native Americans whittle-carved in Butternut wood are presented in this photographic gallery. Dark Fox is holding a spear while Running Turtle is holding a medicine staff and is wearing a blanket/robe like a shell covers a turtle. A picture is worth a thousand words and this gallery will speak for itself through these photographic image Read the rest of this entry »
Dark Fox with a Spear and Running Turtle with a Medicine staff are eight-inch-tall carvings in Butternut wood carved in the Whittle-Carving style of using only knives in the carving process. The photographic journey will present the progressive development of the Whittle-Carving of each Native American figure with brief descriptive notations of the process.
“Woodcarving is the journey more than the destination,” which means it is the process of doing the carving project that gives the greatest enjoyment rather than the finished carving as the destination. During this journey there are tried and true signposts that give direction to the process of the journey. The two carving projects that are the backdrop focus of this discussion are two Indians, “Whittle-Carved” using knives to shape and detail Butternut wood blocks eight inches tall, two and three quarter inch thick and three and half inch wide.