Author Topic: Wood Spirit Carving Tutorial (very pic heavy) (Read 303885 times)

wolfy · « **Reply #50 on:** May 14, 2015, 06:50:06 PM »

OUTSTANDING job, godchaser64......fo r a first effort, it's unbelievable!

If you get a chance, go to INTRODUCTIONS and tell us a little about yourself. With a handle like that, I don't know if you're an evangelist or a demon.

to the forum!

PetrifiedWood · « **Reply #51 on:** May 14, 2015, 07:32:03 PM »

Cool! That came out really nice!

Unzinators · « **Reply #52 on:** September 02, 2015, 02:37:33 PM »

My first try. Happy with the progress so far, but my stick is cracking right down the middle! Should have let it dry first I guess

wolfy · « **Reply #53 on:** September 02, 2015, 03:36:09 PM »

Nothin' wrong with that......good job!

upthecreek · « **Reply #54 on:** September 02, 2015, 04:11:39 PM »

Quote from: Unzinators on September 02, 2015, 02:37:33 PM

My first try. Happy with the progress so far, but my stick is cracking right down the middle! Should have let it dry first I guess

That does look good

Creek

Spyder1958 · « **Reply #55 on:** September 02, 2015, 08:48:36 PM »

Having fun yet?

Unzinators · « **Reply #56 on:** September 03, 2015, 03:23:57 PM »

Finished it. Not bad for my first time ever. But plenty of room improvement before I get to godchasers level!

Sarge · « **Reply #57 on:** September 03, 2015, 07:20:36 PM »

Nice work!

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Spyder1958 · « **Reply #58 on:** September 04, 2015, 03:26:50 AM »

Heck ya, that came out great Billy.

Bush-Ninja · « **Reply #59 on:** September 04, 2015, 04:24:37 AM »

Thats pretty cool. May do something similar on the next staff i make.

keithfife · « **Reply #60 on:** March 03, 2016, 07:09:34 PM »

Thanks so much for posting this tutorial. I was able to follow it and was mostly successful with duplicating what you did using a box knife! I have ordered a couple of flexcut carving knives and am anxious to see how it goes using them.

Gearbrain · « **Reply #61 on:** May 28, 2016, 04:49:29 AM »

Hello all. I registered to b and b just to comment on the wood spirit tutorial. I just learned I could carve about two months ago and this is the best tutorial I've seen. Great job and great pics to follow. Thanks!

upthecreek · « **Reply #62 on:** May 28, 2016, 05:23:18 PM »

Thanks for joining. It is as good as it gets. I miss my friend Frank. Haven't spoken to him in a while.

Creek

mucushigh · « **Reply #63 on:** July 05, 2016, 06:54:31 PM »

my first try on a piece of stained eucalyptus wood

Jinx34 · « **Reply #64 on:** January 08, 2017, 08:21:59 AM »

Excellent tutorial, one of the best I've seen on any subject.

upthecreek · « **Reply #65 on:** January 08, 2017, 08:38:10 AM »

It is a good one. Welcome to the forum.

Creek

Plumber · « **Reply #66 on:** June 02, 2020, 07:39:52 PM »

I thought this would be a fun project. So I took the poll saw out back, to see what I could find. There were some dead branches on the Black Walnuts, but I thought they would be too hard. Than I saw some of those pesky Black Locusts coming back up, and thought since I had to cut them down anyway, why not use a green one to carve a Wood Spirit. Green wood being soft, it would be easy to carve.

Boy, was I surprised. That stuff is as hard as oak! So anyway, this is my first attempt at a Wood Spirit.

wsdstan · « **Reply #67 on:** June 02, 2020, 08:00:29 PM »

I like it. It would make a nice top for a walking stick.

Plumber · « **Reply #68 on:** June 02, 2020, 08:04:55 PM »

Quote from: keithfife on March 03, 2016, 07:09:34 PM

Thanks so much for posting this tutorial. I was able to follow it and was mostly successful with duplicating what you did using a box knife! I have ordered a couple of flexcut carving knives and am anxious to see how it goes using them.

Keith, I like the way you carved the stained wood. Is this a walking stick?
Don't know why this came out in your post.

Plumber · « **Reply #69 on:** June 02, 2020, 08:10:12 PM »

wsdstan, as it drys, it's starting to crack up very badly.

Plumber · « **Reply #70 on:** June 02, 2020, 08:19:21 PM »

All of my walking sticks are dry, and very hard. Walnut, Diamond willow (Bebb Willow), and Hophornbeam. (Iron wood)

wsdstan · « **Reply #71 on:** June 02, 2020, 10:16:02 PM »

I think Dabberty mentioned one way to try to prevent that by making it dry slowly when it is carved in green wood. Might want to try that.

wolfy · « **Reply #72 on:** June 03, 2020, 08:48:34 AM »

Very nice work, Plumber....especial ly for a new carver! I see 'guests' viewing this tutorial quite often when I logon to the forum each day.....probably because it's so well done! According to the post-count, it is bumping 300,000 hits which, I believe, makes it the most viewed thread on our forum!

Plumber · « **Reply #73 on:** July 03, 2020, 11:47:35 AM »

I tried another one with a stick from my Brother's place. It looks like basswood bark, but seems to be a bit too hard to be basswood. Can anyone tell what it is by looking at the strange inner bark?

Plumber · « **Reply #74 on:** July 03, 2020, 12:04:58 PM »

Why is it that all of the pictures posted from Photo Bucket seem to have kicked the bucket? I have never had a photo from Imgur go away.

wsdstan · « **Reply #75 on:** July 03, 2020, 01:24:36 PM »

Wood identification from photos is really difficult. You might review this site and see what you can find.

https://www.wood-database.com/

Plumber · « **Reply #76 on:** July 03, 2020, 02:20:07 PM »

Here is a picture of my latest attempt at whittlin'.

This wood is very light, and nondescript, but the inner bark is very different.

Plumber · « **Reply #77 on:** July 03, 2020, 03:04:21 PM »

The outer bark looks like Bitternut Hickory, but I have never seen one on my Brother's property.

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