People ask for patterns, and we post the links and then they get lost in the ever growing maze of the Wood Carving Illustrated Forum website. Some of these patterns are for beginners, some are more advanced. They're not sorted by category, i.e. caricatures, relief, etc.--they're just listed. Some have been around for a long time, but they're great.

Re: Free Relief Patterns ssorss try Susan Irish's web site, just stroll around looking at the various online tutorials she has provided , free patterns for various types of woodcarving including relief are included in the list of tutorials, url provided below.

2017年1月5日 · Lora S. Irish Author of Classic Carving Patterns Designs Online since 1997 Free Lora Irish Walking Stick Projects Walking Stick Joinery Walking Stick Wood Species – Harvesting Your Sticks Wa… There's a lot of great stuff here but I'm going to order this, sampler pack for both pyrography and relief carving

2013年3月5日 · Learn the cuts, strokes, and shaping techniques used in relief wood carving by working through 22 practice board squares, each focusing on a specific cut plus three small sample carvings. 10 original new project patterns are accompanied by clear in-depth instructions and dozens of how-to photographs.

New to relief carving 12-21-2021, 08:13 AM Hi all, just bought a set of Schaaf chisels to start relief carving, currently I carve caracatures etc.. what are some easy patterns to start with to get familiarized with relief, I have purchased a few books that are on the way, Also , what type , size , wood should I start with .

2023年12月1日 · I have the book of Manual of Traditional Wood Carving. Also recommend this book which I have. Chris Pye's Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual: A Beginner's Guide to Traditional Techniques (Fox Chapel Publishing) Relief Carving and In-the-Round Step-by-Step (Woodcarving Illustrated Books) Paperback – Illustrated, October 1, 2010 Chris is a …

Re: Anyone have Animal chip carving Patterns ?? Thanks for the great responses. I guess I have done some of this free form carving already but need to open my mind up to more possibilites. I need to think outside of the geometric shapes associated with chip carving. I …

2010年12月2日 · Re: Chip carving patterns Hello Ironwood; Thanks for the reply. If you have any chip carving patterns to share, all of us chip carvers would be interested if you could post them here on WCI. This would be great! It takes so much time, and experience to draw these intricate patterns on to the wood; I wish I had that talent.

As the experiment of carving the form from outline to definition you will see how the light hits the carving. As one looks at the gouge tracks you will see how the gouge creates shadows. Long or short wide or narrow,,,, play and play some more. The thing with a relief carving is the effect of light and the subtle shadows define the shape or form.

2005年3月16日 · Re: Relief carving on basswood? Took a class on relief carving two summers ago, and they used basswood exclusively. It carved like a dream, as long as the gouges were kept super sharp (well, there's a bold observation). After all the carving was completed, we hit the whole carving with one of those stranded flap type sanders, just to polish the ...