Introduction to Chip Carving for Wooden Patterns

Overview

“In this lesson, you will learn the fundamentals of wood, grain, and fibers and how to work with them. You will also figure out which woods are best for chip carving and how to choose them. ”

In this video lesson Bernat Mercader (Wood Bern Carvings) addresses the topic: Wood Grain and Fibers: Workable Woods for Chip Carving, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Chip Carving for Wooden Patterns. Learn the fundamentals of chip carving to create organic, geometric, patterns from the initial design to the final cut.

Partial transcription of the video

“Wood Grain and Fibers: Workable Woods for Chip Carving On this lesson, we will be going through all the woods that are suitable for chip carving. The most common wood and the easiest one to work with has always been basswood. It's basically because it's a dense wood and also very soft to work with, so the knife can go in it very easily. Also, it can carve through it very easily. Basswood it's also very good because it rarely has any knots throughout the whole grain. The wood grain for basswood is very soft and it's a very affordable wood, mostly in Europe and North America. Although basswoo...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Chip Carving for Wooden Patterns

• Level: Beginner
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