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Delectable Carvings

Practice your carving techniques in a new and delicious way. If you are looking for new ways to use your woodcarving skills, you might want to step out of the woodshop and into the kitchen. According to world-class food sculptor Jimmy Zhang, you can apply the carving skills you use […]

by July 26, 2013 Features

No Vision Required: Dale Leavens’ Satisfying Challenges

Blind woodworker uses a variety or resources to improve his work. “When you’re blind, your environment suddenly shrinks to about as far as you can reach,” said Ontario, Canada, resident Dale Leavens. Dale was born with retinitis pigmentosa, a disease that caused him to lose his vision when he was […]

by February 8, 2013 Features

No Vision Required: Max Robinson’s Silver Linings

Nearly blind woodworker practices his cuts to ensure he works safely. Max Robinson was born with cataracts before an effective method of removing them was developed. Attempts to correct the situation left him with very poor vision in one eye and totally blind in the other. “I tend to work […]

by February 7, 2013 Features
The Work of Ellis Olson

The Work of Ellis Olson

The master of folk art Santas shares his inspiration In Woodcarving Illustrated Holiday 2012 (Issue 61), Ellis Olson showed how to carve “Checking the List,” an Old World Santa who is checking to see who is on his good list. Ellis also shared some of his background and a few photos […]

by October 19, 2012 Features

Gifts for Carvers 2012

Woodcarving Illustrated’s 2012 fall issue (wci60) includes a special advertising section that highlights some terrific gifts for carvers.   Scroll down to view the complete list of manufacturer links.     Gifts for Carvers 2012   Gifts over $300 Gesswein – www.gesswein.com RAM Products – www.ramprodinc.com Gifts under $300 Port-a-Strop […]

by August 10, 2012 Features

Hillbilly Reunion Message Board Project

The members of the Woodcarving Illustrated message board, an online community, have worked together on several group projects over the years. Most of the projects were auctioned for charity, including the recent wooden quilts created last year for tsunami relief: quilt 1, quilt 2, quilt 3. Members also exchange carved […]

by April 24, 2012 Features

Custom Carved Guitars

When Doug Rowell isn’t strumming a guitar, he’s whittling one. In Woodcarving Illustrated Summer 2012 (Issue 59) Doug showed some of the more than 100 solid-body, customized electric guitars that he has carved for popular collectors and musicians, including Russ Giguerre of The Association, Mike Botts and James Griffin of […]

by April 12, 2012 Features

Walking and Whittling

Summer is the season to get outdoors, whether you’re simply moving your carving bench from the basement to the back porch or packing your kit in the car for a camping trip. Similarly, walking sticks are simple projects for summer that can be useful in the neighborhood or in the […]

by April 11, 2012 Features
Motivated to Create: The Importance of Painting

Motivated to Create: The Importance of Painting

A self-help seminar inspired Phil and Vicki Bishop to quit their jobs and carve full time By Kathleen Ryan With distinctive down-home features, peculiarities of figure, and deliberately exaggerated faces, carvings by Phil and Vicki Bishop are designed to evoke smiles and keep us from taking life too seriously. Although […]

by January 18, 2012 Features

Charity quilts bring in $600 for Japan Relief: Quilt 3

In March, after the devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan, members of the Woodcarving Illustrated, Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts, and Pyrography Online message boards banded together to help. Within a few months, members from around the world had contributed dozens of carved, scrolled, or woodburned 4″ by 4″ squares. […]

by November 23, 2011 Features