813 days ago
by MyChipCarving |
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Hello and welcome to the first (of many ;-) LJ Chip Carving Class.I’ll be leading you step-by-step through this class which is sure to be a lot of fun.
Skill level: All levels! I will provide instruction every step of the way! Beginners are my specialty :-). Advanced chip carvers are welcome too. Who knows, you might learn something along the way.
Age level: 12 years and up
Tools, equipment needed: Chip carving knife (If you need a knife and order one from the My Chip Carving S...
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794 days ago
by MyChipCarving |
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Lesson 5: Chip Carving Square #1In this lesson you will apply what you learned in Lesson 4. This first quilt square is made up entirely of three corner chips.
Here’s the pattern:
Right-click on the image and select “Save Image As” and save it to your hard drive.I hope the pattern size will remain the same so you can transfer it directly to your square.If you need to resize the image, this can be done with a photo editor or in Word after inserting the picture.
Practi...
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812 days ago
by MyChipCarving |
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If you need supplies for class, I’ll be glad to send them to you.I’ll be posting the first session on Monday, March 7th, but you can always start anytime during the week.
Order as many squares as you like. I’ll be providing plenty of patterns to choose from.Send an email to Marty@MyChipCarving.com to let me know what you need. Shipping is Priority Mail.
Swiss cutting knife w/free sharpening $24.95
6” basswood square – $1.50
4” basswood square &...
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805 days ago
by MyChipCarving |
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This class is new territory for me and for LumberJocks.
To help me pace the lessons properly, please reply to this posting with one of the following:
REWIND – slow down, I need to look at Lesson 1
PAUSE - give me a day or two and I”ll be ready for the next lesson
PLAY – I’m ready for the next lesson
FAST FORWARD – crank it up! I’m ready and rarin’ to go!
Marty LeenhoutsMy Chip Carving866-444-6996
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808 days ago
by MyChipCarving |
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Chip carving quilt squares, lesson 1
I have a couple of items to cover before we get started with the first lesson.
How many quilt squares should I complete?This is completely up to you! I hope that everyone will be able to complete one square to send to me for our LumberJocks Class Quilt. If you would like to send me more, that would be fantastic.
How many quilts will we make?I will assemble as many chip carved quilts as possible depending on how many squares you send me. From the l...
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798 days ago
by MyChipCarving |
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Lesson 4: Proper Technique
Needed in this lesson: chip carving knife, basswood practice board, mechanical pencil, t-square
We’ve all heard many times that “practice makes perfect”. But really this is faulty advice. It’s not “practice” that makes perfect, but rather, “perfect practice makes perfect”.
This is very true when it comes to chip carving. Developing proper technique from the start will lead to good results in short order and a ...
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827 days ago
by MyChipCarving |
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I’m wondering what you think about my adding some color to this chip carved plate. From the start I’d planned on adding a light, transparent, oil-based green color to the leaves and red to the berries.But now that I’ve gotten this far in the finishing process, I really like the way it looks and I’m chickening out when it comes to doing anything else to this chip carving.What do you think?
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627 days ago
by MyChipCarving |
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Welcome to another chip carving class. This time our project will be chip carving a basswood plate. I will lead you step-by-step through this project and when you’re done you’ll have a carved plate to display or give away as a gift.
Various plates styles and assorted carving patterns combine to make wonderful carvings. Here are some plates that I’ve carved:
Our plate will have a unique design. One that I’m sure you will enjoy carving.
Here is a supply list of ...
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675 days ago
by helluvawreck |
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I’ve been trying to learn chip carving for about 3 months. I like to carve free form chip carvings. I’ve still not gotten to the point where I’m satisfied with my chip carvings but I can do it better than what I could three months ago. I also try to do relief carvings occasionally but I haven’t done very many. Anyways, for the first time in a good while I decided that I wanted to do a relief carving so I chose this simple flower since I’m a beginner.
IR...
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780 days ago
by MyChipCarving |
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Applying a finish to your completed chip carving is a “make or break” step. Do it well and your chip carving comes to life and is something wonderful to behold. Do it poorly and your carving loses the beauty and the finish detracts from the chip carved design. Follow this lesson closely from start to finish and you’ll find success with each chip carving you complete from here on out.
I call this the My Chip Carving Quick & Easy Finish
Step 1 – Remove leftover...
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