Carved Dish
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this and the kuksa!!!!
you are a talented fella - kuksa tutorial was great - one for this definitely!
you are a talented fella - kuksa tutorial was great - one for this definitely!
Heres your tutorial then...
Get yourself a log of fresh wood and chop it down the centre with your axe.
Choose which piece of wood you would rather use and carve the split surface smooth. Also carve the bottom slightly flat so your dish doesnt roll onto it's side.
Make 2 cuts where you would like the handles to meet the bolw section as shown in the picture. Mind you dont cut too deep otherwise you wont have handles at all!
Chop off the wood to form the basis of the handles.
Now round off the ends of the bowl section, draw your handle shapes on and begin to carve those to shape too.
Keep on carving untill you are happy with the shape of your dish.
This carving job may take a while so if you decide to stop and carry on the next day put your work in a plastic bag so that it does'nt dry out.If the wood dries it will be harder to carve!
Now its time to carve the bowl out with your crook knife. This may take a while of carving and you will soon find out if your hands are tough enough!
When the whole project is carved and you don't need to do any more carving you should leave it to dry out so that you can sand all the bumps and scratches away. Green wood will just clog the sand paper and you wont got as smooth finish.
Place inside an open bag for over a week. Without putting your work in an open bag it is likely that your dish will dry too fast and the wood will split.
When the wood is totally dry, sand with coarse sand paper to start and them move on to finer sand papers to get a really smooth finish. You should get all the main bumps and scratches out with the coarse paper before moving on to the finer stuff.
Finally oil. I used veg oil.
Article by Jonathan Ridgeon
Get yourself a log of fresh wood and chop it down the centre with your axe.
Choose which piece of wood you would rather use and carve the split surface smooth. Also carve the bottom slightly flat so your dish doesnt roll onto it's side.
Make 2 cuts where you would like the handles to meet the bolw section as shown in the picture. Mind you dont cut too deep otherwise you wont have handles at all!
Chop off the wood to form the basis of the handles.
Now round off the ends of the bowl section, draw your handle shapes on and begin to carve those to shape too.
Keep on carving untill you are happy with the shape of your dish.
This carving job may take a while so if you decide to stop and carry on the next day put your work in a plastic bag so that it does'nt dry out.If the wood dries it will be harder to carve!
Now its time to carve the bowl out with your crook knife. This may take a while of carving and you will soon find out if your hands are tough enough!
When the whole project is carved and you don't need to do any more carving you should leave it to dry out so that you can sand all the bumps and scratches away. Green wood will just clog the sand paper and you wont got as smooth finish.
Place inside an open bag for over a week. Without putting your work in an open bag it is likely that your dish will dry too fast and the wood will split.
When the wood is totally dry, sand with coarse sand paper to start and them move on to finer sand papers to get a really smooth finish. You should get all the main bumps and scratches out with the coarse paper before moving on to the finer stuff.
Finally oil. I used veg oil.
Article by Jonathan Ridgeon
I love it!!...Top Job!
At this rate of churning things out you could go into mass production and make yourself a fortune
At this rate of churning things out you could go into mass production and make yourself a fortune
Eric_Methven
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
You are amazing Jon. Brilliant work. I wish I had the time to even attempt something like that. Beautiful. Keep the tutorials coming. :You_Rock_
Beautiful. Keep the tutorials coming. :You_Rock_
Im pleased everyone likes this one! I had a feeling you would.
Making this kind of thing isnt easy its just a case of building your skills up and then it will seem a little easier. Youve just got to keep going and not give up.
This dish took hours to create. One thing about carving is that you should be patient and not expect the final piece to pop into existance with little work.
Absolutely fantastic work, you make it seem so easy
Making this kind of thing isnt easy its just a case of building your skills up and then it will seem a little easier. Youve just got to keep going and not give up.
This dish took hours to create. One thing about carving is that you should be patient and not expect the final piece to pop into existance with little work.
Great tutorial as are the others.
I am glad to see they are being put in articles section of the site.
I am glad to see they are being put in articles section of the site.
That's a fantastic job! I'm gonna make one, although not as classy, a lot rougher and probably wonky
Nice is an understatement, you have inspired me! Very nice work there!:You_Rock_
Best regards,
Penvisser
Best regards,
Penvisser
