How to Carve

Chess is one of the most ancient and greatest board games. It is an incredibly beneficial pastime that helps develop logic, tactics, creativity, critical and analytical thinking, strategy, and more.

For many, woodcarving is not only a job but also a new exciting activity that wakes up your inner artist and quenches the thirst for the creation of something magical like wizard wood carving, for example. It can happen that woodcarving, a hobby loved since childhood, becomes a leading source of profit without losing its attractiveness at all. After all, in addition to the...

For some woodcarvers who make human sculptures and faces, the mouth part becomes quite a challenge. However, it is one of the most beautiful parts of a woman’s face. So, let’s go step by step exploring how you can easily carve on wooden sculpture beautiful feminine lips.   Step 1. Smoothen the rounded area in the face of your sculpture where the lips are...

What is spoon carving? What does this technique imply? One of the most common wood carving projects is a spoon. It is popular among those who make their first steps in woodcarving, as well as among the professionals. As all the woodcarving, making spoons is addictive and rewarding. With the best wood carving tools, the process is relaxing and meditative, and in the end,...

We offer you to learn to carve a traditional Celtic lovespoon in 20 steps - perfect for beginners. Let’s begin! Cut out the outside shape of the spoon. We offer to use a scrollsaw if you have one, in other case use a handheld coping saw. This lovespoon is a traditional Welsh custom, which dates back to the 17th century. The men gathered their...

To start off with, let’s gather what we'll need.    Here you see my carving knife. By the way, you could use any pocket knife. The fine blade of this woodcarving knife helps with getting into tight spaces. There is also the strop, and the bit of wood. I'm used to working with a larger piece here that I learned on, it's about two...

It's easy to carve a bear You can carve a bear with a few tools and some wood (we'd recommend going with basswood). First steps are always difficult. While futher it gets more pleasure than struggles. The funny look and unusual fur make a bear interesting wood carving project. Using your imagination you can carve many variations. You can easily make a polar bear...

The small project is a great choice for anyone who wishes to learn the basics of woodcarving. We recommend using a block of basswood (1.25″ X 1.25″ X 4″) to carve the great snowman using a fine detail knife. While shaping the snowman, the carver uses three cuts: the stop cut, pull cut and push cut. A woodcarver quickly gains the perfect practice to carve with...