Creative Woodworks & crafts 1998-09, страница 44

by Wan Wivliock

temporarily take the clamp (or carver's screw, if you so wish). When no longer needed, it can be easily removed (see Fig. 1).

Step 1. Trace the pattern, found in Full Size Pattern Section No. 2, onto the carving stock. Saw out the pattern. If you wish, leave a projection at the bottom as noted above. Draw a center line around the top and bottom edges to serve as a guide to balance your cuts. Step 2. Make stop cuts around the legs. Moving from the back to the front, layer the body. Make indentations around the stomach to bring it out, and narrow the shoulders at the top. The cat has a narrow, sleek form. If you have a cat at home, take a look at its build. Of course, this is a caricature, so you can exaggerate and/or simplify as you wish. Step 3. Make a stop cut between the tail and the body, then narrow the tail.

Wood: basswood—2" x 6" x 9" Tools: band saw; carving Knife

Carving tools (optional): No. 1-16mm chisel; No. 5--6mm and

No. 3-18mm gouge; No. 41 -12rnm V-tcoi Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colors paints: Ivory Black;

Raw Sienna; Raw Umber; Titanium White C-clamp Transfer paper Linseed oil Clear lacquer Fan paintbrush

INSTRUCTIONS

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The Nosy Cat is a lot of fun as it peers down over the edge of the shelf you put it on. It is a versatile project because it can be carved with a knife alone, with palm tools, full-sized tools or any combination thereof.

Since I grew up, so to speak, with traditional tools, I do the bulk of my carving with them. Because the large gouges and chisels are used with both hands, it is important to have a hold down system to secure the carving. Because the cat pattern does not have any convenient places to take a clamp, a simple solution is to leave an extra section of wood extending from the bottom of the carving. That will

Fig. 1. Leave a little extra stock on the carving blank to take the clamp. Notice that the stop cuts and indentation around the stomach have been made and the shoulders have been narrowed.

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