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To celebrate Heartwood Art carvings being featured in upcoming issue of Woodcarving Illustrated the “Follow My Carving” series was created to give you a an insider’s view on how the art is made. If you carve enough trees, sooner or later you’re bound to come across a weak part of the wood and either break…

To celebrate Heartwood Art carvings being featured in upcoming issue of Woodcarving Illustrated the “Follow My Carving” series was created to give you a an insider’s view on how the art is made. There’s a bit of trick to making the branches stand out from the limbs. A very shallow angle is used to make…

To celebrate Heartwood Art carvings being featured in upcoming issue of Woodcarving Illustrated the “Follow My Carving” series was created to give you a an insider’s view on how the art is made. Carving limbs and branches is so much fun. Here’s the final shape of the first limb. As you can see, it looks…

To celebrate Heartwood Art carvings being featured in upcoming issue of Woodcarving Illustrated the “Follow My Carving” series was created to give you a an insider’s view on how the art is made. Since this particular limb doesn’t have any branches coming from the bottom, the edges are simply rounded over with long, shallow strokes….

To celebrate Heartwood Art carvings being featured in upcoming issue of Woodcarving Illustrated the “Follow My Carving” series was created to give you a an insider’s view on how the art is made. Shaping the limbs is one of my favorite parts of carving these trees. Each one has its own personality. I start at…