r/Woodcarving

Hand carved dwarves I made.

4inch tall 2x2 block, hand carved, finished with black walnut Danish oil and wax.

A walnut frame I recently finished. Enjoyed carving it. Walnut is such a great wood to carve

I tried to do a little wizard dude, took me about 2 hours

Close ups for you to see the roughness of the carved, negatives spaces. How could I get them neat and flat?

Technique and tools you'd recommend, please and thanks.

So far I've been using a little exacto pen carving knife.

Working on a new handmade moon and star pendant. This is Part 1 showing the raw wood shaping, carving, and oiling process to bring out the natural grains before the final resin polish. Let me know what you think of the progress so far.

First and foremost does it LOOK like a penguin? I’m making it for my friend (he knows I’m new at all this) but if I can make any changes to it before I give it to him I want to. Idk what happened with the feet. Are they salvageable? Or should I just leave them. Any advice on altering the beak/wings? Thanks!
EDIT: looking at it again is there any way to make the wings more pronounced in the front?

I’ve been looking for a “couch hobby.” Something to do when we’re just hanging out inside, and the process is so enjoyable.

“Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.” - Jake the Dog

I make Harry Potter wands pretty much exclusively, and that’s where my skill set shines. I followed a YouTube tutorial for this and this is apparently a very simple carving and wow it was a humbling experience. Very difficult for me. But I managed! I did sand it obviously, my skills do not allow me for perfectly smooth surfaces with just a blade. I used some metallic blue paint mixed with either black or white paint to get the different colours and finished it with a clear gloss spray to give it the wet look all frogs deserve.

What are your thoughts on this hatchet that I inherited. Should I stick with what I got cause it works or go with something more ergonomic and new?

Hand carved from basswood

“‘A Montagna” 🪾🌋

Meaning “The Mountain” in Italian, this gentle spirit resides in the ancient forests surrounding Mt. Etna (Europes’s most active volcano) in Sicily, Italy.

With its long legs and perfect eyesight in both day and night, “A Montagna” is always keeping watch over the fiery mountain, helping alert and protect forest-dwellers of active eruptions. ☄️

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Item Description: A magic spirit-avatar hand-made from reclaimed pine tree wood, tree twigs, and a quartz sphere, all given to us by the hosts at Locanda Milia, a beautiful forest retreat we stayed at while visiting Mt Etna this past year. The quartz eye is free spinning and lights up when you turn the knob on his back.

Finishing process: Yakisugi (no sanding, no finish, only fireeeeee)

Was suggested this sub from another wood working sub. Been checking out the posts here. Good things, lots of good things.

Here is me sharing a mock up i started this weekend.

I got room to improve here. Best place to start I say. Carved marquetry is becoming a new goal maybe.

I'm really into renfaires and want a wooden rat "mask" (more of a hat I guess, I wouldn't want it to cover the face). Because the prices of mask makers are intensely high (rightfully so but still I don't earn that much) I'd have to make it myself. Question is just if that's realistic at all for someone who's only ever carved a stick to roast sausages over open fire? I have artistic skill, but it's definitely in the drawing and not the crafting area. I just really want to make this work somehow.

The brown marked part is the only wooden part, the ears, teeth and fur cloak would simply be attached. I'd love it even more if the fur cloak could be removed with pressure buttons or something, because in this summer heat I think I might die otherwise.

Mind you I'm not expecting to be done with it this season, I'd take as much time as I need.

Iv been making a lot of beads by hand out of devils club. I made these 8 necklaces for my tribe as gifts and the last picture is all my leftover beads that didn’t match good enough.
Iv probably carved 500 over the past year now hehe
I tried making some of them look like Pacific Northwest trade beads

“Psyke” the Forest Spirit

Although this forest-spirit is a gentle creature by nature, its sharp quartz horns and elevated psychic abilities also makes it one of the most deadly. Don’t worry, they are extremely friendly and only attack when provoked, to defend themselves & their community.

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Handmade from white pine and sealed with fire (yakisugi). Featuring moveable quartz spheres for eyes and quartz-point liberty spikes set into lava-rock sand cultivated from Mt Etna in Italy. (Europe’s most active volcano). Twist the last liberty spike to turn on the hidden light & illuminate the rest of the spikes + quartz eyes. 🌋 ✨

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