VOTING HAS ENDED FOR THIS CONTEST. Vote now for the 2015 Woodcarving Illustrated People’s Choice Awards. Here are the finalists for the Realistic Mammals (not human) Unpainted category sponsored by King Arthur’s Tools. Voting will end on November 15, 2015 and the winners will be announced in the Winter issue […]
For the past year, Hun School students Logan and Sam Leppo ’17 have been hard at work in their family workshop constructing handmade wooden toys to donate to local homeless children. The twin brothers are fourth generation woodworkers, and their passion for crafting is a tradition they wanted to share […]
Adding scenery and a sky gives a bark house a whole new look By Bob Hershey One of my favorite things to carve is a themed bark house. Over the years I’ve created houses for Christmas, July 4th, and Thanksgiving, but my favorite houses are for Halloween. Cottonwood bark lends itself especially well to an eerie Halloween look. […]
The 2015 Fall Issue of Woodcarving Illustrated is now available. This issue is packed with projects, how-tos, patterns, and more. Features: The Art of Leaf Carving Skeletal Remains Meet Döderhultarn Decrypting Thai Carving Getting a Handle on It Techniques: Learn to “Weave”Wood Straw-Stuffed Scarecrow Old World-Style Chip Carving Nuts for the […]
Do you have a great new carving you can’t wait to share with the world? This is your chance to show it off—and maybe collect some cash! Presenting the 2016 Woodcarving Illustrated People’s Choice Awards. New This Year: Instead of one big contest, we’ll be running small contests all […]
New technique creates unique straw texture By Jim Hiser You can’t really call something a scarecrow if it’s not stuffed with straw. For years, I struggled to find a way to create the look of straw texture in wood. I finally found a way to create a straw-like texture that […]
By Kathleen Ryan For centuries, Asian culture has recognized paper cutting (kirigami) as an art form. Cutting and engraving plant leaves have recently emerged as an offshoot of that ancient craft. Although the terms are often interchanged, the methods for accomplishing leaf carving and leaf engraving are distinctly different. Leaf […]
By Kathleen Ryan Maskull Lasserre transforms flea-market finds into eerie works of art by carving internal bones and muscle structure that were never there before. “My work really begins where the rest of the world ends. I like to start with a material that has some history,” said Maskull. After […]
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Mix and match elements from different carvings to create a new look By Don Dearolf In Woodcarving Illustrated Fall 2015 (Issue 72) we shared an article by the late Don Dearolf on carving caricature Native Americans. Below are bonus patterns for two more projects. After I find a general pattern for […]
