my take on a woodspirit carving tutorial

[Elines]

Brilliant - what more can I say

 

[woodspirits]

Actually I have a sister in mind... she's far more likely to make an eventual appearance with your wonderful skill-sharing, WoodSpirits Much gratitude!

your absolutely tight turbogirl! (bows from the ankles) of course he has a sister, or two... if you do carve his sister she's going to be one mean looking cow!! look forward to it.

 

[Opal]

An inspiration, Woody, through your work I whittled a couple with my SAK in one of the places I worked a few months back and stuck them either side of the shed, nothing to write home about, just a few minutes work, I told the staff it keeps the managers away, I was right.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Fantastic tutorial........seeing him "come to life " was amazing.......

 

[woodspirits]

Fantastic tutorial........seeing him "come to life " was amazing.......

thanks mate, it still gives me a thrill too, a bit like frankenstiens 'dad'?

Opal glad it helped you, post them up show the crew

 

[yomperalex]

Brilliant, thanks

Alex

 

[woodspirits]

thanks elines, alex, glad you enjoyed it. hopefully it may inspire you to give it a shot its great fun

 

[Barn Owl]

Fantastic tutorial.

 

[milius2]

Thanks for a great tutorial !

 

[sasquatch]

Only just saw this, thanks for sharing Steve! I know I say it every time but you really have a knack for bringing out the worst in a piece of wood in a great way! I love these evil looking woodspirits...

 

[woodspirits]

Only just saw this, thanks for sharing Steve! I know I say it every time but you really have a knack for bringing out the worst in a piece of wood in a great way! I love these evil looking woodspirits...

thanks chad, had a laugh when i read that!

thanks barn owl, and you too milius2 hoping this will help and inspire some of you to have a knock yourselves!

 

[milius2]

definetly will mate

 

[SimonD]

this is great steve, just need to find a nice piece of wood now

 

[woodspirits]

this is great steve, just need to find a nice piece of wood now

shouldn't be a problem, you have you own now!

 

[TurboGirl]

QUOTE=woodspirits;975940]... if you do carve his sister she's going to be one mean looking cow!! QUOTE]
Ahhh well now, things didn't go quite to plan... this is who evolved outta my piece of hazel from rough close and if its a she, I am SCARED!!
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/302173_2357996503785_1066438695_2683150_1162888544_n.jpg
He's really rough cuz my knife is a big ole mariners and the fleabay £2 carvers were toys in the hands of a child.... girl-child at that ... but Pops gave me a set of lovely ones marked 'Sheffield Education Committee' which I reckon Granpops 'saved' around the war era.... chuffed like you would NOT believe!!

And here's his best side
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/319974_2357996983797_1066438695_2683153_133057183_n.jpg
I defined the shades a touch with graphite to clarify where I needed to go next... had a lot of fun, thx, Woodspirits!!

 

[TurboGirl]

Hahaha guess whose overexcitement has the better of her, what a rubbishly V noob post V XD

 

[woodspirits]

Hahaha guess whose overexcitement has the better of her, what a rubbishly V noob post V XD

hiya tg, great first job! you certainly have the profile spot on it can be a bit fiddly eh? try a bigger piece of wood it may be a bit easier untill you get into it. get those gouges out, and lets see the next one, well done

 

[Wayne]

Great tutorial. Thanks for posting.

 

[Simon H]

Great tutorial, I enjoyed reading that. I tried one recently just with knives and really enjoyed it. I don't need any encouragement to buy more tools though...

 

[woodspirits]

Great tutorial. Thanks for posting.

thanks wayne, hope you found it usefull

Great tutorial, I enjoyed reading that. I tried one recently just with knives and really enjoyed it. I don't need any encouragement to buy more tools though...

thats how i kicked off simon, just a small knife. but the right tools make it so much easier (and quicker!)