In last week's email I mentioned how chip carving is a great hobby for a number of reasons, one of them being that Chip carved items make great gifts.
With Thanksgiving coming up
next week, many of us will travel to spend time with family and friends.
With this in mind, let's consider the 4th reason listed -
It doesn't take any artistic ability.
In months, not years, you can create some nice carvings.
It's affordable to get started.
Chip carving goes where you go! No shop required!
Chip carved items make great gifts.
Next week Shelley and I along with Bethany and the kids, will visit my dad in Wisconsin for time together. Apart from having a couple of Thanksgiving meals, they'll be plenty of time for games, football, outside basketball, movies and....CHIP CARVING (for me)!
Chip
carving is so portable and easy to take along. ALL I need to take is my Diamond Deluxe Knives 😁, a leather strop, no-slip mat and something to carve! That's it. I keep my
knives, strop and pad in a briefcase. Grab and go!
I'll be working on finishing my 2023 Christmas Ornaments and the 6 small shapes we started in last
Tuesday's webinar Carve Along!
By the way, this was the first time we've done a Carve Along webinar like this and it was a lot of fun. 😁
Chip carving goes wherever you go! Just be sure to put your knives in a checked bag if you're traveling by air!
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Hi Marty, Golf season ended for a group of buddies I golf with. Made up a trophy (which I didn't get -
darn). Simple border I carved still impressed the guys. Also a picture of some unfinished carvings. Don't have plans for them yet. Winter's coming soon so who knows.......... Enjoy..............Rick
Wide variety of chip carving from Lowell!
Here is my response to your call for pictures of our Chip Carving projects! My recent projects include baptismal crosses for my grandsons; a few oval boxes; jar lid covers; a cheese and cracker tray and a cribbage board. Use any or all as you wish in your
newsletter and as always, your feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your continued instruction, inspiration and resources to help us build our skills in this wonderful hobby!
Napkin holders and crosses are done with butternut removed from an old farmhouse kitchen wainscoting. It was quite dry and had much chip out in the process. But I like the sentimental repurposing of the wood. Also, experimented
with “whitewash” type finish on the crosses.
Lowell
Will you carve something over Thanksgiving weekend?
🙂 I'm interested! Let me know what you're carving! 🙂
