Framing my carving

I got a chance to frame my finished carving.  Here’s how I did it.

My carving was made in Alaskan Yellow Cedar.
I decided to mat the carving with AYC as well.
I plowed a groove in the matte material to hold the carving.
Cutting the miters.
Shooting board.
Then trimmed the miters with my shooting board. Pretty end grain!
In the clamps with the matte.
I love using hand tools to do this work.
Then I plowed a bead in the external frame with my new beading capability that my new Veritas plow plane.
Pretty bead.
Mehagany under shellac.

Final Acanthus Leaf framed (1 of 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finishing up some Carving Projects

I got a chance over the long weekend to finish up a couple of carving projects.  The bowl is made from red alder and the Acanthus leaf is carved in Alaskan yellow cedar.

Some additional seasoning will even out the colors.
Keys that will hopefully keep the bowl from splitting ..
For now, it’ll act as a napkin holder.
Completed Achanthus leaf with a coat of shellac.

Hopefully more carving soon.

Acanthus Leaf (2 of 5

Carving Project with Mary May Continued

In the photo gallery I walk through how I did the end of the rays in the Sunburst carving.  See previous posts for more information.

First I draw what I’m about to cut with the v-chisel.
Then I cut with the v-chisel and then I cut the second interior line with a 5/14 gouge.
Next the external line slicing with the 3/14.
Another shot.
Progress to date.

 

Carving Project – Mary May

This week I’m working on a project in Mary’s class under her wise guidance.  I promised myself that I would take lots of pictures of the progress as I went along and talk a bit about the cuts that I’m making. 

So here goes.

I started by v-chiseling out the middle then lowering the background around it.
Then I cut with my v-chisel along the rays and deepened the v-chisel track with a flat beveled chisel.
Then I rounded the rays. More on how I did the ends tomorrow.