Hi Everyone. This is my first post so please be gentle with me
I have been carving wood for nearly a year and recently decided to have a go at carving in green wood. I was given a load of silver birch by my neighbour who had just had hers lowered and it has been seasoning since early winter. I've been told that I have to remove the bark from the wood in order for it to dry out properly and after reading a few articles on making pots and baskets out of the bark I decided to have a go myself. However I seem to be really not having much luck. I've found that the bark is still green underneath. Does that mean I can't harvest the bark off in one go? When I have been able to start stripping it I have found the bark to be quite hard and not flexable at all like I have seen elsewhere. Am I cutting too deep perhaps?
I hope someone can help me out as I really do enjoy carving in green wood and feel that it would be wonderful if I can turn the bark into something else too rather than having to burn it.
Many thanks
I have been carving wood for nearly a year and recently decided to have a go at carving in green wood. I was given a load of silver birch by my neighbour who had just had hers lowered and it has been seasoning since early winter. I've been told that I have to remove the bark from the wood in order for it to dry out properly and after reading a few articles on making pots and baskets out of the bark I decided to have a go myself. However I seem to be really not having much luck. I've found that the bark is still green underneath. Does that mean I can't harvest the bark off in one go? When I have been able to start stripping it I have found the bark to be quite hard and not flexable at all like I have seen elsewhere. Am I cutting too deep perhaps?
I hope someone can help me out as I really do enjoy carving in green wood and feel that it would be wonderful if I can turn the bark into something else too rather than having to burn it.
Many thanks