29 days ago
by jjw5858 |
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If you are at your desk stressed, maybe stuck inside on a rainy day, or possibly contemplating troubles of the world, I have something for you to read. Here is a short journey of an escape to something that may bring a positive rejuvenation to your spirit…...................
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29 days ago
by sandyf |
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Hey im new to anything woodbut i have always wanted to carve.Now seems the right time for some reason.
The only tools i have at the mo is a carvimg knife and some cheap chisels…oppps but yeah guess it takes a while to build your kit right !!
Ok so be kind to me please.I found some wood yesterday whilst walking thewoods and started carving tgis shape.Supposed to be a mouse
Well thats the start anyway.Needs more work anyway
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30 days ago
by RaggedKerf |
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Note to my readers: This entry is part of the secret project I’ve mention previously. Now that it’s been delivered, I can post this without ruining the surprise…
I put some more time in on the carving….another two days (which is really only about 4 hours), and it’s all done!
I carefully trimmed the wood to the pencil lines then used chisels to gentle chamfer the edges of the letters and the winged foot. Then I trimmed an emory board to a point amd used ...
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30 days ago
by RaggedKerf |
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Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has consumed my shop time since February. That’s why it’s been so slow on the blog for the last few months. Now that it has been delivered, I can post the details.
I just love relief carving. It’s so relaxing. And it’s pretty comfortable on the mini-bench too. Though I will look into making an angled piece to hold the work so I don’t have to crane my neck over the w...
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30 days ago
by RaggedKerf |
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Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has consumed my shop time since February. That’s why it’s been so slow on the blog for the last few months. Now that it has been delivered, I can post the details.
While fuming over the death of my hand plane (see death of a plane below) I decided to switch tactics and work on the detail piece that will grace the front of the chest. I plan to use a piece of basswood, carved, and set i...
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30 days ago
by RaggedKerf |
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Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has consumed my shop time since February. That’s why it’s been so slow on the blog for the last few months. Now that it has been delivered, I can post the details.
My mother competes every year in multiple track meets for seniors, known collectively as the Senior Games (they’re broadcast on ESPN sometimes). She’s been doing this for a few years and has amassed quite the co...
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35 days ago
by jjw5858 |
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After the recent events of the Boston marathon in some way there is a feeling of guilt I have continuing to share ideas and projects involving woodcraft.
But I also think of things this way, I am a musician and woodworker. Whenever there is some tragic thing as national as all of this is for everyone to endure as a country, I can only do what I do best to help anyone feel a little normal again. Even if it is just for ten minutes.
I don’t understand this time we live in, it is pret...
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37 days ago
by mpounders |
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I was contacted a while back by a lady in California who had seen the cane I carved from a Bradford Pear branch. She rescues and has raised monitor lizards and was interested in buying a cane from me. I came up with a design and she approved it. She did want the head lifted a bit and she especially liked the “expression” of the other lizard. Here is the design I came up with.
She wanted something that looked like the lizard was sitting on the handle, rather than part of or ...
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38 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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No job should be this much fun.
I know I have said it before, and that some of you may think that I am exaggerating, but I find if anything, I tone it down. This past week and a half should be proof of that.
In the last week and a half, I drew up seven new candle trays as well as a new project for the August issue of Creative Woodworks and Crafts magazine and pretty much got all the prototypes finished. I still have one more tray that I didn’t even really show you yet, but I wil...
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40 days ago
by jjw5858 |
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Lately I have been very fortunate to connect with many important artisans. All of this spoon carving business, website, and wood crafting has not only shown me things about myself, but has begun to show me the interest and support that other people can supply back onto me and this work I have been doing. I am very grateful for the positive communication. Thank you!
It is nice to leave the daily news turned off and make some of our own positive headlines I think. Far too much negativity and...
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