Bookmarks carved using craft sticks or ice cream sticks are another example of the Old Carver’s Law: “Leave no wood un-carved.” As a boy whittling with a pocket knife, I often picked up discarded pop cycle sticks off the play ground to carve into toy rifles. In later years these same kind of sticks are carved into book marks as a souvenir novelty carving. Because of the direction of the grain of wood and its gnarly grain there is a limit of subjects that can be carved on the end of a craft stick. The photographs depict some designs such as ear of corn, acorn, pineapple, saw, flower, shoe and the latest edition of a chip carved quilt square. Read the rest of this entry »
Crusty Sam is carved from a two and half inch by and inch square block of basswood with a Murray 529 knife. Bud Murray (1490 Thunder Mountain Road, Camdenton, MO 65020 or wjmurray@dam.net or 573-346-7321) makes this style of knife for me. Bud has been custom making knives and carving tools for a good number of years of top quality. The blade shape is one that I have developed over the years for the most efficient slicing action. The handle is an extension of Bud’s palm handle design for his custom made carving tools which also fits my hand comfortably. Four views of Crusty Sam show off the results of Whittle-Carving using the Murray 529 knife.
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Everybody loves a clown be it someone who is “in clown”, someone who is clowning around to bring a little humor to life, a circus clown, a picture or art work depicting a clown or simply the subject for a wood carving. The photographic essay of recent carvings of clowns is presented in this posting as a bit of humor as well as examples of “Clowning Around” with woodcarving. Read the rest of this entry »
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A carved knife blade cover is attractive and offers protection while at the same time is a curiosity piece for fellow carvers who would also like to make their own blade cover. Read the rest of this entry »
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Carving faces is one of the most important features of carving a likeness of a human. The face is the central focal point of any carving in the likeness of a human be it realistic or caricature. Carving a bust is ninety percent face and ten percent the chest area of a bust. It is the head covering and the clothing outfit that determines the character of the bust while almost any face could go with any of the outfits. Thus learning to carve faces is essential to carving a full figure as well as a bust, a bottle stopper or a shelf squatter. Read the rest of this entry »
Shelf Squatters are faces carved out of a inch and half square by three inch tall block of basswood with an area cut out of the back to allow for the block to sit on a shelf. This little photo display of the most recent versions of Shelf Squatters is for viewing with out any descripive explanation.
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