It looks like I might have some time on my hands, and not be able to do my main hobby of Archery. I was looking for something else to fill the gap, and inspired by a visit to a local shop selling Wood Spirits carved in logs and the encouragement of my wife, I decided to take up wood carving.
After much trawling the web I chose a
starter set of tools from Flexcut. These have served me very well so far. A trip to
John Boddy's timber merchant resulted in some basswood, and I started by carving a couple of projects found on YouTube.
The first was an owl, chosen for it's simplicity and the excellent step-by-step
tutorial. (Excuse the blurry pic, it was done on a phone)
The second was a wood spirit. Again this had a good step by step
video, but there was a little less guidance than the owl project as there were no measurements and layout lines to mark. This proved to be a real confidence booster, and has made me want to do a load more of these.
No comments:
Post a Comment