Description: Beginning Woodcarving by Everett Ellenwood - A professionally produced full 3-1/2 hour course by a woodcarver and woodcarving instructor with over 30 years experience.
- This is by far the best produced video on carving I have had the opportunity to see. This video should be seen by everyone new to carving, but the intermediate and advanced carvers will also learn some new techniques. Mr. Ellenwood has been carving for over 30 years and has taught for the last twenty of those years. I am a beginning woodcarver instructor and am very impressed with Mr. Ellenwood’s teaching style - Darrell Ness
Key topics covered are:
Anatomy of wood - Best woods to carve
How to carve wood to get clean smooth cuts.
Good carving tools to buy.
Using carving tools to achieve maximum efficiency.
Sharpening carving tools
Developing an idea into a finished carving
Tips and Techniques I've learned over my 30 years of carving and teaching
Two Carving Projects.
Chapters:
Introduction
Anatomy of Wood
Carving Knives
Sharpen Carving Knives
Stylized Bird
Chisels, Gouges and Vee Tools
Sharpen Gouges and Vee Tools
Tool Practice
Flower Relief Carving
Good Woods to Carve
How to Start a Project
Clamping Devices
Finishing/Painting
Conclusion
By the author of Sharpening Simplified - An excellent DVD course on how to sharpen carving tools. Everett Ellenwood is an award winning carver, with more than 30 years of carving experience who taught carving classes for two decades