Carving a Simple Wood Spirit with a Flat Chisel
Learn the art of woodcarving and create your own wood spirit with just a mallet, chisel, wood, and clamp. This step-by-step class is suitable for beginners and experienced woodworkers, offering techniques to carve the brow, eye socket, nose, cheekbones, beard, and lower lip. Discover the origins of wood spirits and how they were used for protection. Limited budget, tools, and space? No problem! Start carving today and create something you’ll be proud of.
What you’ll learn
- How to make different cuts to reveal a face
- A simple step by step system that can be replicated and modified to suit
- How to read the grain of the wood and keep the flow with possible mistakes
In this class you’ll learn how to carve your very own wood spirit, a traditional woodcarving that people have been creating for centuries. It found it’s origins in Europe where travelers often carved wood spirits into their walking sticks or other pieces of wood for protection from the spirits of the forest.
In this class you’ll learn :
How to cut out the brow and eye socket
Simple shaping of the nose
Establishing the cheek bones
Creating the beard and lower lip
Finishing touches
All with just a mallet, one flat chisel, a piece of wood and a clamp!
I’ll also show you some examples of what can be achieved with just flat chisels at a more advanced level.
When you’ve finished your project I would love to see it!
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who finds the thought of carving to be a daunting and costly process will get something from this class. Whether it’s your first time picking up a chisel or you’re an experienced woodworker who has never dabbled into a more free flowing and artistic form of wood shaping. I like to show that you can create something you’re proud of with limited budget, tools and space.
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