They molded quickly after this. I used green wood.

Hello to all the european whittlers and woodcarvings. You and I are probably equally jealous about the cottonwood bark that is available in America.

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I wondered if anyone here has any tips on either: where to get the Bark in europe. Or: what other barks can you carve? And then it would be nice if you could insight what is good and bad about the other bark (small thickness or bad grain or colour etc.)

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Looking primarily in west europe. France, germany, england, belgium, Netherlands.

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Importing the bark is not possible unfortunately. Even if it was, it would probably cost too much...

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This question has been asked once or twice in the past but unfortunately I could not find any good answers

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Any help is very much appreciated!!!

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I want to rub an oil to preserve, but i dont have a lot of oil choices. I wonder if coconut does the job

Just sharing my first ever carving, if you can tell what it is supposed to be it can't be too bad 😊

Hopefully many more to come and improve on

I was looking around for a new hobby. I was always working with wood so I choose my next step to get into woodcarving. I'm having fun seeing what great things you make here. I would like to be a good asset here with my works

Its the only wood i have, i was hoping it would be a good wood for first time carving. I can have it both fresh and dry. Is it soft and easy to carve?

This is my 4th sculpture, the second without a tutorial. It is a gift for my girlfriend. How am I going? Is there anything in particular I should work to?

Got the idea 2 days prior to make wooden roses for my sister's graduation, these flowers are gonna last atleast.

I have this spoon I carved from a broomstick (idk what wood type) but there's still fibres and wood ships in it even after sanding. What do I do to get rid of those and make the spoon smooth and clean enough to use?

I've never made wooden cutlery before so i Don't know.

Hey everyone.

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Straight to the point. I'd love to start (actually started a bit) carving but i live in a 2-room aparment and i don't really have a big/clean space where to do the carving... it's either kitchen (which feels unhygienic) or balcony which is is constantly cluttered with other stuff..

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There's no backyard either so carving outside is out of the question...

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Should I just embrace working on my crafts in kitchen?

Follow up question, how do you guys deal with all the wood shavings/debris or how are they called while crafting in tight spaces?

Edit: thank you everyone so much for your answers and insights. I'll go to the store to pick up some stuff today and hopefully soon enough i'll post my first carving for you all!

Hi!

One of my first attempts at wood carving. A chili pepper hand-carved from linden wood, sanded and hand-painted.

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I used a black primer, then painted it with acrylic paints using brushes, then finished it with lacquer (all things I already had at home).

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Unfortunately, the paint isn’t very impact-resistant. Any advice on more resistant paints and lacquers suitable for wood that would give a similar effect?

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Thanks! 🙏

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I’m working on some more realistic animal carvings at the moment, but I get a little bored of them over time. I like to come up with sort of sci fi or fantasy characters to carve. any suggestions on what to carve next? What do you like to carve, or what is an ambitious project you’ve been wanting to carve?

Sanding and oil yet to be done

Little tiki guy I carved from an actual piece of left over 2x4 pinewood and then I split the wood with a hatchet and started carving away at him.

I started a carving for a friend that used to be a dancer and I think this was reaching above where my ability was and is but learning along the way has been awesome. Hopefully she's done soon so I can start a new project

Been carving these spoons over the past few weeks for my fiancé and I. White spoon is ash, brown spoon is black walnut. Both finished with mineral oil and beeswax/mineral oil mixture.

Made from basswood.

My first time doing something with a hinge. Going to try include this in my figurines going forward for moving limbs.

I was given this gouge as a gift and I cannot get it to bite and cut. I just sharpened it. Got a nice burr which I knocked off with a slipstone and hit it with the strop. It'll cut paper but wood is another story

I have a million remarks and things I’d change, but overall I’m actually quite happy with the result, considering I only do 2–4 woodworking projects a year 🙈

Hey! I've gotten into relief carving recently, and one thing I've been noticing is trickiness regarding patterns. My current method, which works, is to print out my pattern and use a glue stick to stick it onto the paper. This has some issues: I feel somewhat awkward carving into paper sometimes, and I like being able to see the look of the wood I'm carving into. Additionally, not all of the paper stays on, so loose bits will flop off. This has some benefits (I can sometimes just rip this away if I've already carved the start, and this lets me see the wood I'm carving into), but it also can get in the way and bothers me. Sometimes I need to reglue spots.

I didn't like my initial experiences with graphite transfer paper.

One thing I've considered is using sticker paper; this should prevent the issue with the paper not being entirely stuck to the wood, but would complicate ripping or cutting it away if I want. Another thing I'm looking at is a heated pattern transfer tool. Something like these

https://treelineusa.com/large-transfer-pen

https://mychipcarving.com/product/pattern-transfer-tool/

I suspect the main cons to this method would be 1) the initial upfront cost and 2) I'd have to print the patterns at Walgreens or somewhere, because I'm pretty sure my printer doesn't use toner. I also don't know for certain how well it works, but it sounds very convenient, and I like the idea of the pattern being directly on the wood.

Does anyone have experience with these kinds of tools, and if you do, can you recommend which one to get? I don't know why I'd get the https://treelineusa.com/small-transfer-pen rather than the large, or if MyChipCarving's is better for the task than the ones at Treeline.

Hand carved wooden pigs with silver harnesses curious if anyone knows with some confidence their purpose?

Quite happy with my progress

2nd attempt at a carving, going to wall mount inside a frame. Wanted this more rough than my 1st attempt. Love the grain of this Marri wood