Larry | February 8, 2010
First let me apologize for the “pre-release” of his blog post. It was just me screwing up posting dates. Anyways, here it is…with words and pictures.
I’ve been distracted from the shop, playing Mr. Fix-It, and my woodworking time has been spent navel gazing and some doing some sketching as my aged brain grapples with what [...]
Larry | December 7, 2009
Last week, on Twitter, Kari Hultman of the Village Carpenter posed a question about carving really small areas. The ensuing discussion was a good one and you can see Kari’s solution in her excellent blog post.
I thought, with the interest raised, I would talk a bit about some of my “tiny tools.” I create miniature [...]
Larry | April 6, 2009
I’m still whacking away at hunks of basswood, trying to turn them into recognizable objects. Here’s the latest, a 4 1/2″ tall wizard. If he takes his hat off he’s about 3″ tall, so I guess he’s 1/24th scale.
I’m particularly pleased with him as he was carved without the support of a pattern of any [...]
Larry | April 5, 2009
Do you use an Xacto knife?
Several people writing to me asked about the knives I used. Most simply asked if I used an Xacto knife. While one could use an Xacto knife, I suppose, a purpose-built carving knife is a superior tool in my opinion.
I’m trying to learn how to do what is called “flat [...]
Larry | April 4, 2009
I needed a small work tray on which to do my carvings. I didn’t want to spend a lot of time making one so I looked around the shop and found a piece of pine – a remnant from one of those glued-up pine sheets that the big box stores sell for shelving. My scrap [...]
Larry | April 2, 2009
Wow, thanks everyone for the kind responses regarding my foray into the carving world. I really enjoyed doing that little dog. So much so, in fact, that I’ve done little else with my spare time but carving ever since. I’m really bad at it but that’s ok as it’s REALLY fun.
I’m writing again on the [...]
Larry | March 23, 2009
I’m one of those guys who, if you give him a straight edge and pencil, can draw a line. Give me a square and I can draw lines 90-degrees to one another. I’m really good with circle templates. But ask me to draw a picture and the result is something unrecognizable.
And so it was that [...]
Larry | March 8, 2009
Sometimes there is something or someone that just blows you away. The imagination and skill of Cathy Krumrei is of that sort. I discovered Cathy’s through this piece, posted in the LumberJocks projects area. From there I made my way to her website, the Woodcarver’s Corner. I encourage you to go to her website and [...]
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