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Woodcarving Illustrated

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Carving a

Cross Necklace

Ball-in-cross and attached chain are

carved from a single piece of wood

By James O. Dodge

W

hile looking for a greater challenge

than standard wooden chains

or ball-in-cages, I decided to carve a full

necklace (chain and pendant) from a solid

piece of wood. After a few missteps, I

developed the process to carve the chain

and cross from one piece of wood. To make

it even more challenging, I turned the cross

into a ball-in-cross.

When you're carving the chain, be careful

with the links on the two ends of the blank;

the short grain makes those links fragile.