As ever, Canada heartily approves of this superb little carve. Your instructions are so clear and concise. The video is excellent; you can SEE the cuts distinctly. Loved the 'dad' jokes. My son rolled his eyes when I shared the eagle joke. Perfect.
I was reading the latest WCI issue and while I was reading the Succulents article I was thinking to myself this technique is like the guy who did the fish and flower video! Then I discovered it is the guy who did the fish and flower! You've only been carving since 2019, that's impressive. congrats on the WCI article! by the way the eagle is next on my list. Thanks again for sharing your talent!
I love this - and all of this series. I especially like the way you lay everything out with line cuts - very effective. I'm really curious if you do that in the first stages of creation for these projects or if you first cut them through trial and error and then to back from an original and figure out the staging. I would love to eventually learn how to bring my own creation ideas to life and it seems like learning how you do these types of things might be a helpful learning experience. Thanks again for bringing all of these to us - I always look forward to them!
Thanks! And that's a great question. The answer is that it varies. I started using these straight line cuts specifically because I was thinking about how to explain clearly and simply how to carve for complete beginners to understand and follow along. So in the first case I knew I wanted to carve a fish and then I worked backwards to figure out a simple way to do it. I followed a similar approach for the eagle here. But sometimes I just make clean cuts in pattern lines not trying to make anything in particular. Lots of times that doesn't go anywhere, but sometimes I see a shape that looks like something and then I work out a pattern and process to do it intentionally. That's how I came up with the succulents that were in the recent issue of Woodcarving Illustrated. It's kind of like looking at the clouds and seeing a shape in them. I have lots of prototypes and failures before arriving at each final design. It could make for an interesting video.
I have been looking at a number of different teaching videos I am finding I can learn more from yours. Many thanks
Thank you for this fun project :) please keep the 1x1 series coming
Awsome tutorial, as always!! Thank you, verry much!
As ever, Canada heartily approves of this superb little carve. Your instructions are so clear and concise. The video is excellent; you can SEE the cuts distinctly. Loved the 'dad' jokes. My son rolled his eyes when I shared the eagle joke. Perfect.
Great video! Merci.
I was reading the latest WCI issue and while I was reading the Succulents article I was thinking to myself this technique is like the guy who did the fish and flower video! Then I discovered it is the guy who did the fish and flower! You've only been carving since 2019, that's impressive. congrats on the WCI article!
by the way the eagle is next on my list. Thanks again for sharing your talent!
Haha, that's awesome! Thanks for watching... and reading!
Fantastic design and teaching how to get there! Let forward to trying one of these. Thanks
Great carve, nice detail, simple but effective defining lines
I love this - and all of this series. I especially like the way you lay everything out with line cuts - very effective. I'm really curious if you do that in the first stages of creation for these projects or if you first cut them through trial and error and then to back from an original and figure out the staging. I would love to eventually learn how to bring my own creation ideas to life and it seems like learning how you do these types of things might be a helpful learning experience. Thanks again for bringing all of these to us - I always look forward to them!
Thanks! And that's a great question. The answer is that it varies. I started using these straight line cuts specifically because I was thinking about how to explain clearly and simply how to carve for complete beginners to understand and follow along. So in the first case I knew I wanted to carve a fish and then I worked backwards to figure out a simple way to do it. I followed a similar approach for the eagle here. But sometimes I just make clean cuts in pattern lines not trying to make anything in particular. Lots of times that doesn't go anywhere, but sometimes I see a shape that looks like something and then I work out a pattern and process to do it intentionally. That's how I came up with the succulents that were in the recent issue of Woodcarving Illustrated. It's kind of like looking at the clouds and seeing a shape in them. I have lots of prototypes and failures before arriving at each final design. It could make for an interesting video.
@@dywoodcarving that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the explanation!
This would be a great blade cover for the contest Dave
Thanks! You're right, it is a good shape for that!
What size v-tool did you use?
It is a 1/4 inch 60 degree vtool.
Thanks, appreciate your reply. Love your videos, thanks you for sharing your skills, very helpful for beginners like me.