Creative Woodworks & crafts 2001-08, страница 38
"The Sideways Look by Ivan Whillock INSTRUCTIONS Introduction It's fun to experiment with different expressions when carving faces. One easy way to create expression is by turning the eyes. This carving shows how that can be done. Use your imagination to create a variety of expressions by turning the eyes, shaping the brow, and by adding other details that add character to your face carvings. Attach the block to pegboard with short screws. Clamp the pegboard to the bench to secure the wood as you carve. It's safer and easier to carve when you have both hands free to control the tool. Step 2. Referring to the pattern, draw guide lines for the eyes and for the bottom of the nose. SUPPLIES Wood: basswood—one piece 3" x 4" x 6" Tools : Nos. 3-12mm, 7-8mm, 7-25mm, and 11-6mm gouges; No. 2-4mm skew chisel; No. 11-3mm veiner; No. 41-12mm V tool Pegboard backing Clamps Two 1" wood screws Light oak stain Paste wax Step 5. With the same tool, remove wood alongside the nose, from the wings to the corners of the eyes. 3/4" deep at the guide lines. Remove wood below the nose all the way to the bottom edge of the block. Make a slanted cut from the tip of the nose to the eye stop cut, then level the cut off and clear the wood for the forehead and hair. gouge to set in the wings ot the nose. Slant the tool away from the nose so you don't undercut the wings. Step 4. With the No.' 11-6mm gouge, make plunge stop cuts at the bridge of the nose. Slant the cuts slightly toward the eyes. These cuts have to be deep enough so that the eye masses face forward. the wings of the nose so that about half of the nose is back on the face. Do not, at this time, take wood away from below the nose. the nose, in the center of the lower iip. In the following steps, do not carve away this line. Make slanted stop cuts from the line you just made to the wings of the nose. Carve the upper lip so that it slants down from the center to the wings of the nose. 38 • Creative Woodworks S. Crafts August 2001 |
