A Chance To Learn How To Carve Wood

    I am teaching myself to carve wood, with the intent of harnessing this skill to create part of a sculpture, with a metal shell and a wooden figure.  

       It is a beautiful process and it is nice to use something that is so natural.  It will contrast well with the metal part of the sculpture.

        It is safer and easier to use the chisels whilst they are sharp and at times lubricated with oil.  This is a beautiful set of wood carving chisels given by someone very dear to me.  I am considering making a very simple woodblock, which the Japanese have traditionally used as a process for hundreds of years.

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