On Sunday February 27th a Hands-On Workshop was held at Rick Stone's Shop. Two projects were offered to the participants. The first was a 7-1/2" diameter cherry disc to carve 3-D Leaves on. The second was a 4" square cherry tile. (See photos of projects carved by Sammy.)
Participants used high speed rotary carvers and each workstation had high speed carving bits, sandbag to hold their piece while carving, templet materials, copies of leaves to trace, an exact-o knife, & pencil to trace pattern on their blank canvas (wood).
The following is a pictorial primer on the process.
ONE - Layout leaf pattern on the wood canvas to be carved.
Bob Hobbs & Bill Smith working on leaves template
TWO - Trace the leaves on the wood canvas
Kirk Smith & Bill Bleau laying out and tracing pattern on wood canvas
THREE - Carve the outline of the leaf onto the wood canvas
Bill & Kirk Smith, Barry Barkley, and Karl Loblien carving outline of leaf
FOUR - Cut background (negative space) so leaf appears above background
Paul Sherman, Kirk Smith, and Bill Bleau cutting away the negative space (background)
FIVE - Carve the face of the leaf giving depth and movement to the leaf
Doug Woodward, Bill Blue, & Sammy Long carving leaves
SIX - Draw and carve the stem (no photos)
SEVEN - Embellish the negative space (background)
The negative space can be removed, carved, or burned
EIGHT - Refine and smooth leaf surface and coat with Heritage Danish Oil (no photo)
FINISHED PRODUCTS
Sammy Long's MSWG Class of 2022 Wood Carvers