Woodcarving, Beekeeping, and Country Life

“That’s not a knife, this is a knife!” The famous line from ‘Crocodile Dundee’ still makes me laugh. In my mind a knife is the number one tool you’ll need to start woodcarving. They can be used in many different situations and can make a surprising number of cuts (which we’ll cover in a future show). Continue reading Woodcarving Knives – Woodcarving Article

Carving fish is not like carving turkey though it sounds like it would be. It’s actually much more complicated.

The carving pictured is a grayling that I did in a class with Ed Walicki. Ed is one of the premier fish carvers in the world and I was blessed to be able to spend a week with him in his studio. I learned more in five days than I would have learned in five years on my own. Continue reading Woodcarving – Fish Carving

If you don’t know who Lynn Doughty is you are missing out. He is an incredible carver. He focuses most of his talent carving caricatures of western scenes. He has been showing the progress of many of his carvings. Here you can see a new carving of his, Joshua Deets, that is . . . → Read More: Woodcarving – Lynn Doughty’s Blog

Here’s a picture of a woodspirit I carved out of cottonwood bark. I feel like this one came out pretty well. The composition is good, the finish came out well, and the contrast between the inner bark and outer bark is very pleasing. Continue reading Woodcarving – Cottonwood Bark Woodspirit

Welcome back to Novice Nibblings the column that is guaranteed to help you lose weight, grow hair, look good and smell better. Maybe not but I hope it will help you keep taking steps towards improving as a woodcarver. Today, we’ll talk about our friend, wood.

“The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seeds according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.”
Genesis 1:12

It was definitely a good day, especially if you like to carve wood. While every tree serves a purpose and are all good some of them are better than others when it comes to carving. Today I want to talk about wood and what makes some of them more loved than others. Continue reading Wood – Woodcarving Article

For our first installment I’m going to talk about some basic things you’ll want to have handy to get started woodcarving. Some of these are things you already know and some of them you may not have thought of but I have found them all to be very handy.

Wood

I bet you already had this one figured out. If you didn’t know you needed wood to be a woodcarver you may need to find a friend to help you along. Continue reading Getting Started – Woodcarving Article