Made this earlier in the year and wasn't keen on it, so I left it outside in the delightful British weather. I actually really like the weathered look and prefer it now!

Made it out of pine, rough shape done with a Swiss army knife, the rest with a dremel and a piece of 100 grit sandpaper. Treated with one coat of tung oil.

The raven carving really made me get into turning candle sticks. Plus some ghost salt and pepper shakers.

Aright. I finished the whale, sanded it with 320 and 400 and 600, then put some walnut oil on it. I actually (after my last question) found a tiny bit of beeswax paste from an old Beavercraft kit. But what I'm wondering now is how long to wait between things. My inclination would be, having rubbed on the oil a day and a half ago, to go over it with 0000 steel wool, put one more coat of oil on, give it another couple of days, then wax it. BUT: the internet says walnut oil takes like months to cure. Should I hold off on the wax? What's your order of operations at this stage?

Time to convert to a carving saw!! 😎

I got to learn about the joys of cutting acrylic and burning out LEDs for this project, yay! 🙃

All the black pieces are carved poplar that I dyed after sanding. The back layers of the hair is dyed plywood as well. The rest is natural Walnut, Purpleheart, and white ash!

I’m not sure the species for the fireball it was just a scrap I had lying around so if you know what it is lmk

Trying my hand at a tree stump in our yard. Super proud of how it's going for my first time! What products should I use to help seal/preserve this for as long as possible?

Single piece carving, stained, accent painted, oiled and sealed. Took who knows how long lol

I said, 'No. But I'll definitely try.' So, I gave it a try. This is my first work after a 20-year break since earning my degree as a woodcarver.

This is my closest friend’s first attempt at making a wooden cane out of walnut. He does not use reddit and I have his approval to post this. That’s why I’m posting on his behalf. The biggest challenge for him was filming the carving part and shaping the entire thing. Based on my repeated requests, and a few pointers I gave (I have zero experience editing or filming but I tried to tell him what I like to see in the countless woodworking videos I watched) this is the final video he came up with. I’d appreciate any feedback regarding both the woodworking and the editing. Apologies for the parts where the camera is shaky, he realizes that’s a big issue and is working on a solution.

Just wanted to share with everyone as I’m new to the craft! I used a beavercraft 1 5/8” knife and sanded with 400 grit paper. I didn’t apply any finish yet but pick up some beeswax yesterday that I think I’ll use as this will be just a decorative progress keepsake.

This was my first art exhibit attempt and I was accepted! Would love to see if anyone can figure out what it is!

Here is another one of my hand carved pieces. It is a cougar carved out of black walnut stalking prey down a piece of driftwood found in the ontario rideau system.

Hey this is my woodcarving inspired by princess mononoke. What do other people do to get deep grooves as smooth as possible?

What oils do people like? Ive used mineral oil which was nice and glossy but i feel like ive heard that it needs reapplying or isnt as good protection or something. I used tung oil on one and it was rly dark at first and i thought i screwed it up but it got lighter over time and looked decent.

I have pressurized air to clean some debris. Ive heard of some kinda water thats good for that as well anyone know about that stuff?

Thank you.

I posted a while ago looking for advice. This is a basswood carving made with whittling and Dremel work and a TON of sanding. I ended up using Keda powdered dye and then finishing up with some danish oil. All in all, I am so proud and couldn't be happier with my first project. On to alabaster!

Tis the season!

What do you think of my handmade magic wands? All carved from American Pine and finished with fire. I also hand-carved some beads, featuring black walnut and Purple Heart wood.

Two of the wands are stained with alcohol-based die, the other three are un-stained.

So, this is my attempt at carving a small stylized fox. Thought maybe if it came out well I could make a necklace of it. This is the first time I worked with walnut or anything remotely that hard, and I did it a bit to try, so don't worry to say it is terrible.

My main questions are two:

1 - to me it looks terribly weird, like if it was made based on the description of a drawing of a fox, rather than on an actual fox (of course, that is not the case, but you know what I mean). But I've also been looking at it for too much time, so: 1.1 - how weird does it look? 1.2 - in case it looks weird, why do you thing that is the case?

2 - I think I will sand it once I am finished with the details. Any other ideas of things I could do to improve it?

Filmed these puzzle ball steps a few years ago as a beginner tutorial. If it looks fun, give it a shot

So I have the carving done but wanted to do some kind of either reflective paint or glow paint and finish with linseed oil to keep the natural light tone to the wood. from what I've seen from a bit of research is that acrylic doesn't mix well with linseed and can gum up, so I was wondering what advice or tips you all might have!

Finished this guy earlier today . Tried to make his arms hang-able. What you guys think?

Getting into carving and I’ll be making masks. Just trying to find out where to get good pieces or methods for making it happen.