The Wood Bee Carver is primarily a knife carver who enjoys the challenge of using only knives to carve various projects. Relief carving is a challenge of combining a three-dimensional image on a two-dimensional surface using a variety of slicing knife blade cuts. A profile image of Abraham Lincoln was Relief-Carved on a Mahogany block four inches tall, two and a quarter inch wide and three quarters of inch thick.
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Jan
CLASSICS
CLASSICS are carvings from an earlier time that have sentimental value in the carver’s collection. Read the rest of this entry »
29
Dec
OUTSIDE THE COMFORT ZONE
Carving “LOU” the Cat was an exercise in carving outside the comfort zone. Woodcarving is a learn by doing process making every carving project a learning experience and a practice carving. Carving a project that is outside the carver’s comfort zone is especially a stretch in the learning process.
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Dec
MERRY CHRISTMAS ~ 2018
A “Merry Christmas” greeting in the form of a Whittle-Carved Santa ornament (6 ” x 4″ x 1/4″ ~ basswood). Whittle-Carved means carved using only knives to shape and detail the carving.
3
Nov
ROSCOE and RUFUS
Hillbilly caricatures have been a common theme in the carving of figures. Roscoe and Rufus are six-inch-tall hillbilly caricatures Whittle-Carved using only knives to shape and detail the basswood block.
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Oct
TURNIP BEE Knife Tested
The best way to test a knife is to use it almost exclusively in a carving project to experience all the various slicing cuts it can make to shape the block of wood into the envisioned image of the carving project. In this test a six-inch-tall woodworker is holding a saw in one hand and a hand plane in the other hand. The completed carving is seen in the opening photos.
Whittle Folk Trolls have been an exploration in carving three-inch-tall characters that have bushy hair, beards and mustaches, long muscular arms and bare feet. Each one is a learning carving project and practice carving to learn to make each one a little different with facial characteristics and subtle changes in appearance.