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.

Posted on February 16th, 2008 by John
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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 […]

Posted on February 16th, 2008 by John
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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 […]

Posted on February 14th, 2008 by John
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