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Make stop cuts around

the door and windows.

Use

the detail knife. Carve up to the

stop cuts to make the doors and

windows protrude. Add wood

grain texture to the door with

a small V-tool. Draw a roof line.

You can draw stones or carve

them freehand. Make stop cuts

with the detail knife around the

wall stones. Carve to the stop

cut from both sides to form a

V-shaped cut. Make the stones

random in size and shape with

no right angles and few straight

lines. Texture the stones with

a

5/16

"

(8mm) #5 gouge. Use

the V-tool to carve a thatched

texture on the roof.

4

Make stop cuts from the center

hole diagonally to the corner of each

window.

Use a hobby knife or a detail

knife. Remove the wood between the

stop cuts to make roughly rectangular

windowpanes. Use the same knife to refine

the window and undercut them to add

depth and texture.

Note:

for more on this

technique, see “Whimsical Bark House” by

Rick Jensen (

Woodcarving Illustrated

Spring

2013, Issue 62).

3

Hollow the back of the knee.

Use a coarse bit in a rotary tool. Use the

drilled holes as guides and leave the

windows



" (6mm) thick (see Tip). Plan

a shelf that allows the flame of the tea

light to be level with the window or door

to be illuminated.

2

Remove the skin from the cypress

knee.

Start about 1" (2.5cm) up from the

bottom and use a

3/8

" (10mm) #3 gouge

to remove the brown skin. Refer to the

photos and draw a door and window(s).

Drill a

1/8

" (3mm)-diameter hole in each

windowpane and in the door’s window.

1

DEPTH GUIDES

To keep from removing too much wood behind

the door and windows, sand down two pieces of

1/8

" (3mm)-thick dowel until they fit loosely in the

window holes. Color them with a red marker and

apply tape



" (1.3cm) from the end of one dowel

and



" (6mm) from the end of the other dowel.

Insert them from the front using the



" (1.3cm)-

long guide first. When the end of that dowel is

exposed in the cavity, switch to the



" (6mm)-

long guide.

TIP

CYPRESS KNEE: MAKING THE FAIRY HOUSE