Showing posts with label Mistakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mistakes. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

My First Carving Attempt...

Trying to follow the Pattern for the Santa Study Stick that I found through the Beginners Carving Corner and Beyond: Beginners tutorials and links that I mentioned in my previous Post.

I started with a piece of wood that I found under the house (wich probably isn't the best place to start).

As a result, while I can guess that it is probably pine, I do not know for sure.
I started the first few cuts, and then progressed on with the carving, only realizing too late that I had made the face too small. Instead of extending back about 2/3rds of the way into the wood, my carving only extends a little under 1/2 way.

Well, I guess that is what they call the learning process...

I haven't finished yet, but this is where I was up to when I finished off last night.