Some things are just meant to be…peanut butter and jelly; meeting my wife at a carving event; or seeing, in person, the carving that first peaked your interest in the art. This last example occurred with my Sea Captain carving. I designed and carved the Sea Captain for the summer 2017 issue of Woodcarving Illustrated and to…
I’m not sure if relief carved gun racks are really a new genre or not, but they are fun to do. This gun rack currently holds the distinction of being the largest relief scene that I’ve carved to date. The gentleman that commissioned this piece had some specific requirements, first it had to hold…
A little while ago I put together a video on how to cut out blanks with the bandsaw to speed up the carving process and increase the accuracy between your design and the finished carving. Even if using the bandsaw for this propose is nothing new to you, you might pick up a new tip or…
Product Review Knowing how we’re all tool junkies of some degree, always on the look out for that magic tool, I figured I’d share my thoughts on the DuraGRIT 1 1/4″ cutting wheel pictured here. I’d picked it up from one of the carving suppliers for about 20 bucks because I’d recently done a small home…
Always a Question. Whether you frame your carving or not is a constant question that anyone doing relief carving faces, and like most things in life there isn’t one right answer. As artists, our goal is always to keep the viewer looking at our carving as long as possible. The main propose of a frame in…
Dylan’s latest relief scene is only 7/8 of an inch thick! The challenge of conveying the physical real world amount of depth portrayed in this carving ( approx. 3 feet from the end of the spyglass to the back of the shoulder), in a thin piece wood is what originally drew me to this idea when…
Check out the sample of Dylan’s instructional video on Carving Eyes! (It’s available for purchase on DVD from the Store page)
