Elf carving

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This shelf elf is just laying out in the sun all bare bottomed try to get a tan. Hand carved from basswood wood.

"This is a hand carved \"Camo Hillbilly Santa\" ornament inspired by a custom carving for angie from Canada. Each one is slightly different from the others. The ornament is approximately 6\" long by about 1 1/4\" wide."

This three-part How-To carving series, just in time for the holidays, will guide you through the steps to Carve a Christmas Elf with accomplished multimedia carver and sculptor Justin Gordon of Groveland, Mass. Part I - Blocking out the carving on the woodPart II – Carving processPart III – Painting and Finishing A fe

Do you have an urge to unleash your creative side and start carving your own art? Whether it's a sculpture, sculpture, or even just a simple sign for your

Material basswood, stain. Among the old trees of the slumbering forest, fairy tales walk with a quiet step, casting spells and a bright dream on everyone who gets lost there. Often fairy tales walk around the world like little wooden guardians with wise eyes.

I'm going to try and and work on Christmas stuff while doing my other carvings in order to keep a little ahead on those items. It is easy to get burnt out on Santas and stuff during the holidays, so hopefully it will help if I get a little bit of inventory stocked up. This is just a simple little elf, in a style similar to the last Santa I did last year. I am trying to get a level of realism with the wrinkles and such, so as to make it seem almost alive. Elves are magical creatures and…

Well I have 4 new carvings completed in reference to carving. Now I will work on the painting process sometime this weekend, possibly, you know how weekends can get. All carvings are hollowed out in the back but thought one image was enough to give you the general idea on this. So about the whole painting thing, I have in the past had an issue with the "fuzzies" arising during the painting process, so as I often do I ask some of the veteran carvers I have come to know to get a feel from them…