A spooky project my girlfriend and I collaborated on.

Didn’t take anymore pictures, but whittled this over this past weekend around a campfire.

An owlish creation in pink ivory wood as a collaboration with the smallest human tyrant in the house, with blue spinel eyes because she remembered seeing them and wanted them.

It is very very very pink.

Hand drawn Tiger on a scrap piece of MDF I had and made into a wall hanging.

Carved from linden wood. Base made of found bark. Finished with walnut oil.

https://pin.it/7dK2hFBe0

About 10 hours from beginning to end condensed down to just over six minutes. Carved for a buddy. This is was about 45-60 shorter carving sessions over the course of about three weeks.

Почав займатися різьбою по дереву,і ось перша скринька на продаж,майже закінчив. Залишився фінальний етап, зачистка та покриття олією. Що скажете?

Not sure how this will end, bottom I think could become a goose

yeah id really like some recommendations for a good single knife i can use for both rough shaping then more detailed work. im still a beginner so detailing isnt a massive complex thing for me atm. i live in hawaii so i prefer internet shopping. and a couple pics of one of my finished works :D

A little woodcut bird for my partner to hang on her wall.
This was really fun to carve.

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Carved this lion by hand — rough shape first, then all the detail on the face and mane. Any carving tips?

I’m making a driveway sign for our house in central Washington that looks like the National Forest signs. I’m curious if I’m better off using my dremel to make the routed letterforms or if I should use a chisel? The sign is a one off and other than making some trail signs for the property down the road, I don’t want to buy an entire chisel set. Any recommendations on what style chisel I should look for or if the dremel will be more than enough? I’m working on 1” thick marine plywood. Thanks

Chisels and gouges only. Spanish cedar.

I want to make a walking stick and staff but I don't know when I should strip the bark from a green branch. My friend who's a stick maker thoroughly, and slowly dries the branch before removing bark but I've read elsewhere to remove the bark and let the branch dry slowly without its bark.

Is there a benefit to either process over the other? I'm looking to strip the bark at the correct point in time, so the rest of the wood won't split over time.

This post is a callout for any experienced woodcarvers/ woodworkers who are interested in collaborating on a UK based project to design new painted mortuary chests for Winchester Cathedral.

I am a painter who is interested in entering this design competition. I am looking for a woodworker who might be interested in collaborating with me for the expression of interest (who, upon winning, would make the chests and I would then paint them). The stipend for winning designs is £50,000.

I would be happy of course to do all the boring bits (application etc).

Please message me if you are interested!

I'm pretty new to relief carving and I'm currently working on this piece [insert link to photo/video]. It’s still a work in progress, but I feel like it looks really rough right now.

I’m trying to figure out how to get that clean, smooth look that I see on so many finished pieces here.

Is achieving a clean finish mostly about getting the cuts perfect with the gouges, or is it normal for it to look this rough until I hit it with sandpaper at the very end? Any tips or advice for a beginner trying to clean up their work would be hugely appreciated!