Show us your wood carvings.

[spader]

Hi All

Recently I did my first wood carving on a piece of wood found in our street. I am not even sure what wood it is, but when it was debarked the inside was very whitish without much grains I can see. and it was quite dense, and yet soft to carve, and it seems to hold details reasonably well. It is only about 2 inches tall, and still needing to be smoothed out with sand paper. I have changed my avatar with the picture of my carved statue. Right now, I have put some linseed oil on it to prevent it from splitting.

I have found it hugely interesting, and am thinking of keep carving more - maybe all the statue faces in the Easter island. They all look relatively simple so easier to carve for a beginner like me.

But please upload your wood carvings here be it old or recent ones - I would love to see them.

Thanks & regards.

 

[fishfish]

heres a few of mine:

shrink pot:

one of hundreds of spoons:

hazel whistles:

kuksa's:

Decoy:

toy soldiers (canon turned):

carved chain on a catty:

walnut pike lure:

 

[Niels]

This is one of my latest ones, using hazel and just a knife

2012-11-28 18.39.27 by Sami knives, on Flickr

It's supposed to be a bear.

 

[fishfish]

i like that a lot,reminds me of some of the Inuit art.

 

[Niels]

i like that a lot,reminds me of some of the Inuit art.

Thanks, I love your soldiers! They would make an awesome bunch of chess figures

 

[fishfish]

i am making more soldiers at the moment for the kids xmas prezzys,a chess set is on my list of things to do.

 

[gsfgaz]

Some very talanted work there Fish ,, i love the fishing lure , have you killed with it yet ... amazing stuff

 

[gabrielsdad]

Did you used to make hunter catapults fish? If so how come you stopped mate? Cheers

 

[fishfish]

Some very talanted work there Fish ,, i love the fishing lure , have you killed with it yet ... amazing stuff

god no! after 30 hours of work ide cry if it got torn up! lol i made it for a show,got a first for it.

 

[Dreadhead]

love your work fish some great stuff there and i like that bear very much Niels its got character!

 

[fishfish]

common dreddy you must have loads of stuff to show!

 

[Dreadhead]

haha the only thing iv ever carved from wood was a thors hammer years ago which ended up in the bin i think. tis only leather i get on with im afraid!

 

[mountainm]

Fish is a hard act to follow, I've done a couple of measly spoons and a wood spirit...

 

[sasquatch]

Just finished this a few nights ago and tried it 3 times now. Smokes a dream.

Finished dyeing it today, it looks a lot darker in normal light. I've never been one for taking pictures on a mobile and getting results.

It's well seasoned cherry, I used a folding saw, a coping saw, various drill bits, my bushcraft knife and my folder. Finally a bent gouge to rusticate it and a bit of sand paper. Not really wood carving I guess, more general wood work perhaps. I'm happy with it...

 

[Dreadhead]

ooo thats a beaty Chad i like the finish on it

 

[sasquatch]

Cheers Hamish, it really does look better in real life just like the knife pics I take. I'm no photographer thats for sure.

 

[Elen Sentier]

I love those hazel whistles, Fish. Just been doing Ogham staves with the group but not gonna show them here yet

 

[woodspirits]

Just finished this a few nights ago and tried it 3 times now. Smokes a dream.

Finished dyeing it today, it looks a lot darker in normal light. I've never been one for taking pictures on a mobile and getting results.

It's well seasoned cherry, I used a folding saw, a coping saw, various drill bits, my bushcraft knife and my folder. Finally a bent gouge to rusticate it and a bit of sand paper. Not really wood carving I guess, more general wood work perhaps. I'm happy with it...

great work chad, i really like the colour and blackthorn look on the bowl, yes thats carving in my book.

 

[Andy T]

Really nice work Chad.

 

[sasquatch]

Thanks guys. Glad it's considered carving