Short video tutorial for carving a wood spirit in cottonwood bark. Using hand tools such as knives, palm gouges, files, and and sandpaper I sculpt a mystical wood spirit sitting in the bark of a tree.
Great carving. I carve fairy houses and light houses in cottonwood bark. I like how you take smaller cuts with your tools. I use a similar method and have been told I need to take bigger cuts. I smile back and say I like to take my time and relax when carving. Please carve what ever you like and I will watch.
Made my day finding you. Meant to be because your voice and approach to carving poetry into wood brings me back to my childhood of Pinocchio. The Heart inside the wooden chest as Gepetto tirelessly and relentlessly creates someone He could Love just as the Lord did for us.. Thank you for your gentleness and keep making beauty around the madness of the world… your new viewer aka “ForeverBoy” 🦁 👊🏼
Thank you for teaching me. I just started carving and this has been one of the most educational six minutes I've experienced so I'll have to share that thank you.
Beautful face! The most beautiful art to me is sculpture of the best of humanity that captures us at what always feels what is possible and those we look up to and cherish among us. Beautiful art of beautiful human Beings seems to remind us of all we can be and holds back the dark spirits of this world especially that we have much to fight for and be thankful for to God in heaven the most beautiful of all whose faces we will one day see again for eternity.
I have another theory why they might like faces of old, bearded men. From my own stint in drawing faces completely from imagination with no reference material, I strived to learn drawing very symmetrical, smooth and beautiful faces. But I noticed how "beautiful" faces are kind of boring to draw. The penwork is just so subtle and non-dramatic. But drawing old, wrinkly faces with facial hair or even scarred and weatherbeaten skin, those faces are FUN to draw because you can go absolutely nuts with the linework. I can imagine that it must be the same for carving and sculpting.
@@wilkinsonwoodcarving I can imagine. For the same reasons I also liked to draw demonic/possessed faces and also plenty of craniums 😄 Always wondered what it would be like to carve or sculpt a cranium. 🤔
Nice! I make these but I use a dremel tool. I find it easiest to carve the nose and and then base everything else around that aswell, I can never get the beard to look just how I want it to tho. I've also only made about 20 of them so I'm fairly new at it.
I quite like your carvings sir. I think you do an excellent job at carving some Brian Froud fantasy creatures. Anything from his Faeries to even characters from the Dark Crystal.
@@Dr.D21 yes, but be careful if the knife does not lock. I would recommend wearing a glove (kevlar is best) until you are more used to handling the knife. There are a lot of great projects with just one knife to see if you like the hobby
Awesome videos, one thing I would really like to ask though, I can't find cotton wood like yours anywhere, I live in the UK, I tried looking on Amazon and online but if found nothing 😢
Thank you! I know people find it on eBay. It could be difficult to get wood with bark on it because of importing laws. I had that issue trying to ship a piece to Germany
I tried using the same tools last night, loved it, I usually use power tools but the detail I was able to do with these tools was really nice, I’m on year two doing these and chainsaw carvings, mostly use my die grinder and dremel with flex shaft tho, and off subject but how you was talking about spiritual stuff, do you believe in Jesus Christ?
Hey there I just stumbled upon your channel and got inspired gotta ask do I need a special equipment/knife? What tools do I need? Also how does one start with this new hobby? I’m quite skeptical I can do something like this carving in the video as my first go haha
Hi! Thanks for watching and reaching out. I've been carving for 10 years. Like all things, there is definitely a learning curve but a great way to start is to get a decent knife that stays sharp. There are a ton of great RU-vid tutorials/books for beginners projects. I'd start there then if you like it, start investing in some new tools. Have fun and enjoy it's a great hobby.
I want to carve a simple ship decoration from SoT, or a skeleton skull from that game, but i dont have the brainpower nor the skill to do so, as im almost done with the "tutorial to life" as i call it and i am 2 years away from being 18. I have a shiny chrome hunting knife, a forestry axe and some harder woods in my area that i collect from the street. Hard to even carve detail into the wood, let alone my own name. Any beginner suggestions?
