Wood carving, Pyrography, Crafts

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Today’s focus project: Chip Carving Seminar

Chip carving has become for the woodworker an art form complete in itself. This technique uses triangular shaped cuts that create intricate and intriguing designs dancing across the surface of the wood. Patterns for chip carving are defined by a few basic elements, as the triangle or free form line, yet by varying the size and position of these elements new patterns are created.

Chip Carving Seminar by Lora Irish
Chip Carving Seminar
Chip Carving Supplies
Chip Carving Graphed Patterns
Chip Carving Hand Positions and Grips
Chip Carving – Triangles and Square Chips
Chip Carving – Straight-Wall Chips
Chip Caved Game and Chess Board
Chip Carving Sampler Pattern Layout
Chip Carving Common Mistakes
Chip Carved Shortbread Cookies

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GatorWorld Carving Foam

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Ya’ kno’ how sometimes you can feel in total control of your project and direction in which that project is headed.  Then sometimes it feels like the project is totally in control and you are only along for the ride.

The carving foam shanty house was meant to be rustic, dark, and part of a gaming terrain design.  But somehow … I don’t know when or where … it suddenly took a left hand turn to end up as GatorWorld.

The shanty is constructed with 3/8″ foam board, 1″ thick cuts from insulation carving foam, and cereal box cardboard for the windows and doors.  Carving foam balloons are suspended on 18-gauge copper wire.  The palm tree with paper leaves is also carving foam; wood beads become coconuts, and a string of fairy lights is wrapped around the trunk.

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Cosplay Fantasy Dagger – Sculpture foam

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Cosplay and diorama terrain game building are all the rage today.  This fantasy knife, made from sculpture foam, rests on a white taill deer antler, which is also foam created.  The only weight to this plaque lies in the round basswood slab.  The dagger rests in the antler spike and can easily be removed for play and rest back into the antlers after the fun is done.

The map on the basswood slab is a map of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and worked with artist quality colored pencils.

Supplies needed for this project

12″ x 6″ x 2″ sculpture foam

10″ x 13″ x 3/4″ basswood end slab

flat aluminum jewelry wire

assorted lampwork jewelry beads

assorted metal jewelry beads

super glue

colored pencil set

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Nordic Style Carving – Sculpture Foam

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Nordic Style Carving is worked with smooth edges, simple shapes, and little or no detailing.  When worked in wood, as sugar pine or black walnut, the wood grain becomes the dominate feature of the carving.

With high density sculpture foam, a Nordic styled bird carving becomes the base for adding small areas of texture or as the background for a full acrylic scene painting.

Supplies

6″ x 5″ x 1″ block of sculpture foam
basic set of carving knives
220- and 320-grit sandpaper
graphite paper for tracing
6mm black glass beads for the eyes
acrylic craft paints

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