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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. Bark carving is fairly easy, but takes a lot of patience and a soft touch, especially on the smaller branches. A consistent…

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. Now that the circle around the tree is finished, it’s time to start on the leaves that adorn the corners. The same…

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. To make the decorative carving for the circle, I start with a few straight, shallow cuts (on the right). All cuts are…

Now that the limbs are shaped, I move to the outside carvings. I’m going to add a decorative carving to the circle around the tree and, in doing so, I may knick one of the branches. If I do, the bark carving will easily hide it. I used a carving knife to make a very…

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…