Chip Carved boxes Almost finished and in progress

Beautiful boxes, The carvings are magnificent. I love the edge detail on the lid, did you accomplish that with one bit?

-- Chris, Hubertus, WI

I wish I had a bit or maybe a panel raising plane with that shape. The edge was already done when I purchased it. It’s a blank plaque from a local crafts store. The company that makes them is called Walnut Hollow and they supply to both of my local crafts stores, A.C. Moore and Michaels.

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Gorgeous your daughter will cherish it!! Dont stop now :) Will love to see it when its finished :)

I love the chip carvings. I want to learn how to do that, is it very hard to learn?

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Larryw – Actually it is surprisingly easy to learn, but it takes a lot of practice. I learned by both doing and reading. I started with an X-acto knife and made an african design on the box the X-actio knife came in. Picked up a few books but it really took off when I found the book by Wayne Barton. I now have all of his books. The continue to both inform and inspire. Rick Butz put out a book with a section on chip carving and the style he describes worked best with the x-acto knives. For a minimal investment on the two knives and sharpening stones recommended by Wayne is definately worthwhile. I also look at any book or magazine that has chip carvings articles. After a while you kind of pick up what designs would make good chip carvings. But there is no substitute for practice. You can pick up a basswood plank from just about any craft or hobby store. They are usually 3”x24” and get the 3/8ths thickness. Then just grab a simple design and start carving.

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Sharp looking boxes, they have little to go I see, Your daughters will Love them, thanks for sharing

-- It's Mic Keep working and sharing