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There MUST be surfaces - where the wood meets the air. The surface is really what you see, what whoever views your carving sees. So you have to deal with them: make choices about what you've left for the viewer after you call your work done.
I hope this short series starts you off building a repertoire of techniques from which you can make conscious choices. In this lesson I'll look at bigger surface texturing, from gouge cuts to rasp scratches, and from frosted to punched surfaces.
| 29 January 2024 08:56
Si - You'll be pleased to hear we have a workshop called 'Celtic Knot Knowhow'.
You'll find it in the directory in the Ornamental category, towards the bottom of the list, and I think you'll find it's just what you need.
| 24 January 2024 19:20
Hi Chris. How’re you doing? So I’m carving a relief running Celtic knot. The pattern creates 1 cm squares in the middle, some with one rounded corner. I’m struggling to carve out the middles to a flat surface. Currently using a quarter inch double bevel flat chisel to line in to about 2 mm depth, then removing the middle with same tool starting in middle and angling down to an edge. Turn 90 degrees and repeat. It’s not working well. Should I be using the standard levelling technique, I.e v groove around inside edge, line in then remove middle with a gouge followed by a flat chisel? Cheers. Si
| 20 January 2015 17:51
Chris. Invaluable. Moves me away from always trying for the "perfect cut, perfect slice cut". Interesting that this video is juxtaposed next to the "From the Chisel". I have been so hyper-focused on getting everything perfect from the chisel (you make it look so disgustingly simple!) that I with this video I can let lose a little and have some fun with texturing. I love textures. My goal will be to be able to do the "perfect slice" when I need it and to have a bevy of options for textures available. Thanks.
| 08 August 2013 16:38
A wonderful video! I would never have thought of using frosters or punches for the background and for details like the little flowers on the beaver.
