Category: Wood Carving
Whittling Wood Like a Pro
For a complete beginner or an expert looking for an insider tip, we broke down the basics for you with these 10 whittling tips and tricks below.
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Author Spotlight: Chip Carving Expert Wayne Barton
Meet the author and wood carver Wayne Barton, the leading icon in wood chip carving and the talent behind The Joy of Chip Carving.
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10 Wood Carving Gift Ideas
Around here we take handmade gift-giving seriously! We’ve put together a round-up of Christmas past and present and the very best gift ideas from Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine.
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Whittling Projects: How to Carve Hair
Carve tiny caricatures with expert small carver, Jack Price! Sample his new book, Carving Small Characters in Wood with this tutorial on how he carves hair.
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Undercover Santas: Wood Carving Designs
How does Santa know if children have been good throughout the year? Award-winning woodcarver Russell Scott has a theory. Santa goes undercover! Preview 6 Santa wood carving designs from Russell Scott’s Carving Undercover Santas.
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Free Wood Carving Design: Fall Birdhouse Pattern
In celebration of the new Woodcarving Illustrated Fall 2019 issue release and our new Lora Irish Patterns, we’re sharing a free pattern that will get you in the mood for carving on a cool Fall evening! This Fall birdhouse pattern by Lora Irish will inspire relief carvers, pyrographers, and even scroll sawers.
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Ice Cream Earrings: A Whittling Project Treat
This simple wood carving can be done in just a few hours with a dowel rod and your whittling knife.
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Incredible, Not Edible, Wood Carving Art
These woodcarvers are expressing their love of food with these realistic food sculptures! We’ve all heard the term “too pretty to eat” but what about art “too realistic you want to eat”? Here are two culinary carving masterminds that will have your stomach rumbling — but remember they’re made out of wood!
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Classic Cottonwood Bark Wood Spirit Carvings
When you’re walking in the forest, the trees seem so alive around you. That’s the inspiration for my green man in cottonwood bark.
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5 Women Who are Rocking the Woodworking World
In celebration of Women’s History Month & International Women’s Day, we compiled a list of incredible women who are not only talented woodworkers but business-savvy creatives.
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Free Wood Carving Jewelry Pattern
Make your own wooden jewelry these floral wood carving patterns that can be attached to any jewelry chain.
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Wood Carving from the Heart: An Interview with the Tree Wiz
Wooden heart expert, Gary Burns aka the Tree Wiz, has been power carving for more than 5 decades. Check out this interview he shares his power carving tips.
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