Creating a realistic rock from wood By Kenny Vermillion Photography by Carl Saathoff In Woodcarving Illustrated Spring 2013 (Issue 62), Kenny Vermillion offered a few simple techniques for carving a rock out of wood. Attached below is a full step-by-step article to carve, texture, and paint a stone carved from […]
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 […]
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 […]
Power-carve an assortment of animals two by two By Tom Hindes Thousands of men and women have probably received a rotary tool as a gift and, not knowing what to do with it, put it in a drawer. This is unfortunate because you can use a rotary tool to have […]
Members of the woodcarving community, take a bow. You sent a record-breaking number of entries, of outstanding quality, to this year’s Best Carving Design Contest and then turned out in huge numbers to vote. Your enthusiasm, skill, and creativity were a sight to behold. And this happened in a year […]
There were 16 entries in the whittling category. The editors narrowed the entries down to four nominees, and the winner was selected from those nominees in an online vote. Scroll down to see all of the nominees in the whittling category.
There were 17 entries in the walking stick category. The editors narrowed the entries down to three nominees, and the winner was selected from those nominees in an online vote. Scroll down to see all of the nominees in the walking stick category.
There were 57 entries in the stylized category. The editors narrowed the entries down to eight nominees, and the winner was selected from those nominees in an online vote. Scroll down to see all of the nominees in the stylized category.
There were more than 100 entries in the caricature category. The editors narrowed the entries down to 10 nominees, and the winner was selected from those nominees in an online vote. Scroll down to see all of the nominees in the caricature category.
There were 67 entries in the beginner category, which was limited to entries from people who had been carving for three years or less. Entries in the beginner category were also excluded from the voting for the Best in Contest. The editors narrowed the entries down to 10 nominees, and […]
