Wel­come to The Carvers’ Com­pan­ion, the home of a wide vari­ety of resources for and by woodcarvers.

Wood­carver Online Mag­a­zine (WOM)

Now in its six­teenth year of pub­li­ca­tion, Wood­carver Online Mag­a­zine (WOM) is the first on-line “e-zine” for wood­carvers, by wood­carvers. Pub­lished six times a year, WOM is filled with reports of major carv­ing events, how-to arti­cles, pat­terns, book and video reviews, photo gal­leries, and reg­u­lar fea­tures such as Notes From The ‘Net. WOM is always free to all, thanks to the sup­port of a fine group of pub­lish­ers, carv­ing sup­ply, ser­vice and tool ven­dors.  Click the WOM in the menu bar to see the cur­rent issue.

World Wide Wood­carver Exchange (W3E)

The World Wide Wood­carver Exchanges are an ongo­ing series of carv­ing exchanges.  Hun­dreds of carv­ings have been exchanged by carvers in the US, Canada, British Isles and Aus­tralia.  There is no fee charged, but you must be a mem­ber of one of sev­eral wood­carv­ing mail groups. (See the Resource Files below). Click W3E in the menu bar to learn more.

Wood­Carver List

The Wood­Carver List, estab­lished in 1996, is the old­est carving-related dis­cus­sion list on the ‘web. Some­thing over 600 carvers sub­scribe to the List, where a vari­ety of wood­carv­ing top­ics are dis­cussed by carvers rang­ing from sea­soned pros to new­bies with their first tool. Have a wood­carv­ing ques­tion? The List is the place to ask. Click The List in the menu bar for more infor­ma­tion or to subscribe.

The Wood­carver List also has a very active Face­book group as an adjunct to the List. The Face­book group gives us a place to post pho­tos of recent projects, share tips, ask ques­tions, etc. To visit the group, search for Wood­carver List on Face­book or click the link in the menu bar under List.

Wood­carver Ref­er­ence Files 

A wide vari­ety of good and use­ful infor­ma­tion for wood­carvers, by wood­carvers. Click the Resource Files link in the menu for more infor­ma­tion on:

• The Ven­dor File
• Elec­tronic Email Lists File
• Mag­a­zine and Pub­li­ca­tion File
• Orga­ni­za­tions File
• Art for Carvers File
• Inter­est Area Files
• Good and Use­ful Stuff File

New Carver Resources

Are you a new carver or inter­ested in carv­ing?  Click New Carvers in the menu bar to head directly to the New Carvers area.

Carver’s Com­pan­ion Shop

The Carvers’ Com­pan­ion Shop at Cafe­Press car­ries a wide vari­ety of woodcarving-themed shirts, sweats, mugs, aprons, bags and lots of other gifts and good­ies. Get your­self a great shirt and help sup­port the Carvers’ Com­pan­ion site at the same time. Click The Shop in the right hand menu  to learn more.

Ques­tions, queries, posers?

If you have ques­tions, requests, com­ments – click About in the menu bar and use the con­tact form you’ll find on that page.

Cau­tion­ary State­ment: Wood carv­ing is a poten­tially haz­ardous activ­ity and should be under­taken only with safety a con­stant and pri­mary con­sid­er­a­tion. To avoid injury thor­oughly under­stand the use of all tools and tech­niques and review all projects before start­ing. The projects and all other mate­r­ial on this site are pre­sented as is, with no war­ranty or guar­an­tee of any kind expressed or implied. The owner and authors dis­claim any lia­bil­ity for injury, dam­age or loss that may occur when using any of the con­tent of this web site. When in doubt seek pro­fes­sional instruc­tion and advice before under­tak­ing any project.