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Animal Carving

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Caricatures

Carousels

Fan Carving

Fish Carving

Gargoyles & Grotesques

Greenmen

Pyrography

Relief Carving

Realistic Carving

Sign and Lettering

Sticks, Canes, including Diamond Willow

Wildfowl Carving

Woodspirits, Barkcarving

Other

Animal Carving

 

Architectural

 

Celtic High Crosses

Special Feature: Celtic Art - WOM Vol 5 Issue 1 - Articles include "The Store Celtic Cross" and "Gallery of Stone Crosses"

Celtic Art Resource Files in the Carvers' Companion Resource Files

Celtic Cross Gallery - cast Celtic crosses by sculptor Tim Chrisco

 

Chip Carving

A Chipcarved Hoechst by Jan Oegema - WOM Vol 4 Issue 6

 

Caricatures

Click the logo to visit the home of the Caricature Carvers of America. Well worth the visit for anyone interested in caricature carving.


Pete LeClair - see free projects from Pete in WOM issues beginning with the WOM Vol 4 Issue 2; visit his web page HERE

Carving the Uncommon Bottle Stopper at the CarvingWorld/WCI Site

Cutting Corners by Joel Hull at the CarvingWorld/WCI Site

 

Carousel Carving

General carousel information, carousels to visit, carousel figure studios, etc

Carousel ! - Your Carousel Information Center

Carousel Magic! - Builds or restores figures and builds carousels

Carousel Network - Carousel Horses, Antiques, Books, and Gifts

Carousels.com - Carousel and Amusement Parks, site 'Round and 'Round ezine

Carousels of New England - Carousels in the New England States

CoasterQuest.com - Carousels across the country, including on the National Mall. Coney Island, etc

Dentzel Carousel Co -

Showme Wooden Carousels - Carousel figures by Dana D. Mitteer

Wooden Horse Studio - Carousel figures by Bob Morris

 

Fan Carving

FanCarversWorld - Fan carving information, books, material & tools, instruction from Sally and David Nye

 

Fish Carving

FishCarver.com, including on-line instruction, safety information (particularly for power carvers,) tips and tricks on carving, painting, scaling and habitat, and a gallery of fish carvings by FishCarver owner Ed Walicki and others

 

Gargoyles & Grotesques

A Love of Monsters: Gargoyles and Architectural Details in NYC - Amelia Wilson's wonderful virtual tour of Gragoyles and things Monster in theBig Apple.

Gargoyles - History, comments, photos and lots of links

Gargoyles of Princeton University - virtual tour of gargoyles on the Princeton U campus

Gothic Architecture at About.com - guide to 12th through 16th centure gothic architecture

Celtic Cross Gallery and Comp-u-garc - cast gargoyles by sculptor Tim Chrisco

Gargoyles and Grotesques in stone by sculptor Walter Arnold

GargoyleStore at The Stone Griffin - cast gargoyles, griffins and green men

Gothic Sculptures at Earthly Things Store - cast gargoyles, etc

 

Greenmen

Coming soon

 

Pyrography

Pyrography articles by Kathleen Menendez in any  WOM issue

E-Museum of Pyrographic Art from Kathleen Menendez

Pyrography at Classic Carving Patterns site - look in the Index under Woodburning 101

 

Relief Carving

"The Prodigal Son" by Bill Judt - WOM Vol 3 Issue 2

Portrait Carving in Relief or "Portraits by the Inch" by Steve Schoolar - WOM Vol 3 Issue 3

Relief Carvings by Bill Judt - Gallery, Tips and Techniques, Instruction, Book author

Landscape Relief Carving Tips and Techniques at Classic Carving Patterns site - look in the Index under Landscape Relief Carving

 

Realistic Carving

"An Evening With Ian Norbury" by Robert Mace - WOM Vol 4 Issue 6

Ian Norbury (UK) - Gallery, Instruction, Book author

Ivan Whillock Studio (Faribault, MN) - Gallery, Instruction, Book author, tools

 

Sign and Lettering

 

Sticks, Canes, including Diamond Willow

"Carving a Custom Walking Stick" by Vern Robinson - WOM Vol 4 Issue 4

"Making a Brown Trout Stick" (with a Ram's Horn Head and a Hazel Shank) by Wilf Laidler - WOM Vol 4 Issue 5

"What is Diamond Willow" by Bob Gander - WOM Vol 2 Issue 2

"Making Diamond Willow Walking Sticks" by Ken Laninga - WOM Vol 4 Issue 2

Cane Corner - "Hershal Borders: Canes with a Theme" at the CarvingWorld/WCI Site

"How To" Pages at Twink's Sticks by Mik Strevens - includes:

Cane and Stick information at Classic Carving Patterns site - look in the Index under Canes and Walking Sticks

 

Wildfowl Carving

NFTN - Use of patterns for wildfowl carvings - by Laurie J. Gmyrek. WOM Vol 4 Issue 2

NFTN - Habitat Construction: Making Pine Needles - WOM Vol 4 Issue 2

Vic Kirkman Originals Gallery, Tips and Techniques, Online wildfowl carving lesssons, Instruction

Bird Carvers Online Community Chat Room, Discussion Forum, F.A.Q. and lots of other info for bird carvers.

The Eggtooth Newsletter from Vic Kirkman

Sharpening Of The Tupelo Knife and Basic Strokes Of The Tupelo Knife at The Eggtooth Newsletter

All About Tupelo Wood; How To Square A Block of Wood; About Lining Up A Wildfowl Pattern On Your Block at The Eggtooth Newsletter

Steps to carving and texturing a Common Merganser by Mike Dunk

Texturing Detail for the Head of a Goldeneye Drake by Mike Dunk

Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art and the Ward World Championship

 

Woodspirits, Barkcarving

Tips On Bark Carving by Tony Wispinski - WOM Vol 1 Issue 2

Woodspirits at Lois Henry's Dancing Fox site

Wood Spirits at Classic Carving Patterns site - look in the Index under Wood Spirit Carving

 

Other

Netsuke by Sue Wraight at Mik Strevens site

Carving Pig Decoys at the National Pig Carvers Associaton

 


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