The elf started in February is finally done. I tried something a bit different and finished it with a coat of stain and then woodburned the eyes. I'm quite happy with the result.
2021 Eastern White Pine
Stained
Fast Face Tutorial 2.1
I originally published this tutorial online in 1997 on the New England Wood Carvers website and recently I have noticed versions of it missing the attribution. The tutorial was removed around the time I turned the site over to the person who maintained it after me. Since the original posting, golfball carving came into vogue and this technique works with those as well. It's added here for the benefit of anyone to use. Cut a 1.25" long piece of 1x1 in half diagonally for your blank. Use a coping or bandsaw to first remove the corners then to make two stop cuts to divide the face into thirds. From now on we will use only the carving knife. Take your knife and cut up to the stop cuts: First from the bottom of what will be the nose to the eyebrows, Second from the mouth area up to the nose. Now remove a chip from the forehead and the chin. Remove a chip from either side of the nose to define the eyebrow. Remove a chip from either side of the mouth to define the top ...
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