Woodworking for Furniture: Carving and Dyeing Techniques
Carving the Pattern
A course by Urvi Sharma , Furniture Designer
About the video: Carving the Pattern
Overview
“The next step is to carve your design onto the final piece. I will walk you through this process by engraving my pattern onto the top of my wood. As you begin this process, don't worry about being too perfect—the first markings should act as a guide.”
In this video lesson Urvi Sharma addresses the topic: Carving the Pattern, which is part of the Domestika online course: Woodworking for Furniture: Carving and Dyeing Techniques. Learn how to carve, dye, and apply patterns onto wood to create unique pieces of furniture that are both beautiful and functional.
Partial transcription of the video
“Carving the Pattern In the last lesson, we finalized and created our design. In this lesson, we will carve it onto the final piece. I will start by transferring my design onto my wood with a marking knife. Don't worry about leaving too many marks or getting messy with it. It can all be cleaned up with light sanding. Before you move on to dyeing, you need to make sure that the surface is sanded smooth and free of any dust or debris. If you don't feel confident doing it the way I am, you can also take a piece of carbon paper, put it under your tracing paper, and draw on top. With a marking kn...”
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Course summary for: Woodworking for Furniture: Carving and Dyeing Techniques
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Craft -
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Furniture Design & Making, Woodworking

Urvi Sharma
A course by Urvi Sharma
Urvi Sharma is a furniture and lighting designer from New Delhi, India. Her mother is a graphic and interior designer, so she was introduced to art and design from a young age. She later went on to study furniture design at Rhode Island School of Design, where she focused on color and pattern. After graduating, she and her partner showed their work under the studio name INDO- at a trade show in New York City. Encouraged by the positive feedback they received, they kept designing alongside their jobs which they left a year and a half later to focus on INDO- full-time.
Since then, Urvi’s work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Interior Design Magazine, and Dwell. She was also a contestant on Ellen’s Next Great Designer, a furniture design show hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, and has received several awards and nominations for her designs.
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