something i whittled.....

[allyourblood]

woah; thanks for the link, T. i was just kinda goin' at it, but this'll help.

abe m.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

woah; thanks for the link, T. i was just kinda goin' at it, but this'll help.

abe m.

I met an old man in Yosimite National Park who was carving a ball in cage, I asked him how he knew what to remove from the block.

His answer,"Remove everything that wasn't a ball and everything that wasn't a cage, and what you'll have left is a ball in a cage"

It worked, BTW first time whittlers use Bass Wood it carves like butter, you can find some nice pieces on EBay cheap.

 

[lagarto]

T, thanks for the link. I think you can also find decent Basswood blocks at hobby stores such as Michael's. I've never whittled with it, but I took a History of Ship Construction class a couple years ago, and we had to make models of various historic ship types; basswood was the preferred medium since it is so easy to work with.

Lagarto

 

[allyourblood]

It worked, BTW first time whittlers use Bass Wood it carves like butter, you can find some nice pieces on EBay cheap.

yes. i found a nice bag of bass wood at Michael's (an arts and crafts store) for around 5 bucks. comes will all different sizes and shapes; some long, thin pieces, and some decent blocks as well.

abe m.

 

[Don Luis]

I found another picture which also has a big spoon I made (some work was done with a gouge in this one), there is also a rattle which of course is not whittled but turned in a lathe.

The two balls in cage was darkened with brown leather dye and I used sandpaper to finish them.

Great hobby and occupational therapy.

Luis

 

[allyourblood]

beautiful work Don, thanks for the pics. i think my favorite part of whittling is just... checking out! not really thinking about anything other than what i'm doing with my knife (like everyday! LOL!). very relaxing. it makes the breaks in work very enjoyable, and makes getting back to work easier too.

abe