Rick Jensen has taught America how to carve cottages from bark By Bob Duncan It’s something of an incongruity that one of the most innovative and influential carvers in the United States uses a humble found wood as his medium. Rick Jensen has been carving cottonwood bark—literally, the thick bark of dead plains cottonwood trees, which Rick […]
By Bob Yancey This year, I had a lot of fun adding faces to traditional Christmas objects, like stockings and candles. I made sure to give these caricatures some attitude! With a little pen work, it’s easy to customize these pieces with names, dates, or funny sayings. Carving the Ornaments […]
The 2014 Holiday issue of Woodcarving Illustrated is now available. This issue is packed with projects, how-tos, patterns, and more. Features: (Bark) Cottage Industry Moose Antler Madness 2014 Holiday Gift Guide Techniques: Chip-Carved Barrettes Learn to Paint: Using Thinned Acrylics Projects: Cottonwood Bark Santa Claus Folk-Art Angel Ornament “Shorty” the Christmas Elf […]
