Introduction to Chip Carving for Wooden Patterns

Overview

“Your project is almost done! In this lesson, you will start carving the remaining patterns of the piece, and you will be done carving! ”

In this video lesson Bernat Mercader (Wood Bern Carvings) addresses the topic: Carving the Remaining Patterns, 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

“I've already finished carving the bigger circle. In this lesson, we'll be working on these other patterns. First, we will do these large triangles. As we carve them, I remind you that we should move the thumb as well as the knife at the same time. We will never move the knife. Alone? Otherwise, we could cut ourselves. At the very tip of the pattern, remember to only sink the tip of the knife. Notice how my thumb is moving at the same time as the blade. And as I'm moving forward, the knife can go deeper. For this design, I didn't bother marking in dots what I'm gonna carve. Sometimes as I ca...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Chip Carving for Wooden Patterns

• Level: Beginner
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