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Woodcarving Illustrated

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SUMMER 2017

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MATERIALS:

• Cypress knee

• Tissue paper

• Paper: glossy photo

• Thumbtacks (white)

• Tea lights: flickering

• Acrylic paints, such as Delta

Ceramcoat: brown iron oxide,

golden brown, Quaker grey,

Bridgeport grey, hippo grey ;

such as Anita’s Metallic craft

paint: classic gold, rainy day

grey, hunter green

• Pre-stain wood conditioner,

such as Minwax

• Polycrylic, such as Minwax:

clear satin

• Acrylic latex paint: semigloss

white

TOOLS:

• Knives: detail, hobby knife

• #3 gouge:

3/8" (10mm)

• #5 gouge:

5/16" (8mm)

• V-tool, small

• Rotary tool with bit: coarse

ball-shaped carbide-point

materials &

tools

The author used these products for the project. Substitute

your choice of brands, tools, and materials as desired.

Tom Borecki has been carving since 1998. He is

a member of the Woodcarvers of Delaware and

the Conewago Carvers. He teaches beginning

woodcarving at the Woodcraft store in New

Castle, Del., and lives in Middletown, Del., with

his wife, Mary.

Illustrated Guide to

Carving Tree Bark

by Rick Jensen

Item 2186. Available for $14.95 +

S&H (parcel post) from Fox Chapel

Publishing, 800-457-9112,

www.FoxChapelPublishing.com,

or your local retailer.

WANT MORE BARK?

Adding a Tea Light

You can bring your Fairy House to life by

adding light to your carving. Flickering

battery-operated tea lights fit very nicely

into the back of a cypress knee once it has

been hollowed out. I purchase the tea lights

at my local Dollar Tree store, but they can

also be found at craft and hobby stores.

Seal the entire carving with pre-stain wood

conditioner, such as Minwax.

Paint it with washes of

acrylic paint. Thin 1 part acrylic paint with 9 parts water.

Apply multiple coats of the same color to some stones

to add variety. Seal the carving with Minwax Polycrylic

satin finish. Paint the cavity with white semigloss paint.

Cut pieces of tissue paper to fit each window (including

the windows in the door). Secure these diffusers with

thumbtacks. Close the cavity with glossy photo paper,

glossy side in, secured with thumbtacks.

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