Carving

“Persian Chippendale” Table

December 6, 2018

(enlarged view) Sturgeon decorated this Chippendale-style table with pre-Islamic designs from Persia. “Of the three nations in existence continuously for 2,500 years (China, Egypt, and Persia), only Persian designs have…
A Quick Shop Sign – SketchUp to Carving

August 1, 2018

Tim Killen decided to make a Shop Sign, one that could also serve as a company logo. With a combination of SketchUp, an image transfer process, carving tools, and lampblack & shellac, I developed a sign that will work
Carving 300-lb. Poles

January 31, 2018

It's rare, but sometimes a carving job requires a bucket truck
Ep 6: Hollowing out the bowl with an adze

November 16, 2017

In this episode, after a safety talk, Dave uses the adze to hollow out the bowl, bringing to light what will be the finished surface
Ep 5: Laying out the inner bowl

November 15, 2017

In this episode, Dave lays out the elliptical inside of the bowl using a compass, nails, and a piece of string
Ep 4: Refining the outer curve of the bowl with an ax and drawknife

November 9, 2017

The bowl begins to present itself from within the log as Dave begins the hewing process with a carving ax and drawknife
Ep 3: Laying out the curve of the bowl

November 9, 2017

In this episode, Dave shows how he lays out the outside curve using a compass, and how he cheats things a little when the wood doesn't totally cooperate
Carving Class with The Master, Dimitrios Klitsas

October 9, 2017

It was hard carving away what I considered my best work—really hard—but now my best work is better
How to Think Like a Carver

October 2, 2017

Being able to rewind the clock and figure out what the first moves a carver made on any given project is tricky to do
Design by a thousand kerfs

July 6, 2017

Silhouette of the Past within the Present