Creative Woodworks & crafts 2000-03, страница 102

by Ivan Whillock

W Patterns ^ ' Located in ' Full Size Pattern l Section j k No. 3! A

SUPPLIES

Wood: wood of choice—one piece 4" x 4" x 8" Tools: band saw; Nos. 3-12mm, 3-16mm, 4-8mm, 7-1 Omm, 7-12mm, 7-20mm 11-8mm, and 11-16mm gouges; V parting tool Finish of choice

₍,V 1 convenient to carve the face in the

W m •• I^{corner of the} block.

; It 8 The length of the face is general-

lily the same distance as that from

■■the tip of the nose to the back of

I the head. A 4" x 4" block accom-

■imodates a head 5" long (see

—f..................R_cln ~ ^{a v}

■ Fig. 2).

Jt fflL ) i| ■ imi'? M ^{v wil1 notice that} by putting the

nose into the sapwood corner of I the block, there is mirror image grain on the face itself. sy; /I Had the hair been carved with the same design on both

;ii|| sides, it too, would have mirror image grain. Because I of its informality, however, the hair has strong, irregular ' 'jap. grain. The grain figure contributes to the flow and

%% rhythm of the total carving. A happy accident? You be

^: the judge.

Mm.

'■^m'Wx-/ ri carve the woman

Step 1. Measure 5" from the top of the head to the chin, allowing a bit extra on top for the hairdo (see Fig. 3). The eyes will be halfway into the head (at the INSTRUCTIONS 2-1/2" mark). The bottom of the nose will be slightly

A word from the designer above halfway between the chin and the eyes (or at

In carving a project like the woman with flowing hair, I 3-3/4").

like to design the hair after I've blocked the carving out Step 2. After the front corner is marked off with face and can see the flow of the grain of the wood. Then, I dimensions, take about 1" of excess wood from the try to design the hair around the grain flow. Use your other three corners. The block will look like Fig. 4. own imagination in the style of the hair. Make the Step 3. Make a stop cut below the chin about 3" deep, project your own. Carve away the corner below the chin. This now gives

For a project such as this, I select a block of wood you a corner in which to start the profile of the face as that has the sap grain in one corner. That is where I shown in Fig. 5.

situate the nose. With this orientation, the grain on the Step 4. Make a stop cut at the halfway point of the face will be mirror-image grain. The orientation of the face for the eyes. (There is excess wood for the hairdo block is shown in Fig. 1. About 1" of wood on the other at the top of the head, so the eyes will be lower than three corners will be removed. Note: because the face halfway.) Make a slanted cut from the tip of the nose to is at an angle of 90 degrees across the nose, it is quite the eye cut, then remove the wood from the forehead