On Saturday 11th September 2021, after having to cancel this workshop last year because of covid restrictions, we were finally able to run this one day wood carving workshop led by Wessex Sculptors member David Knight. To see some of David’s own work using wood, please look at his Gallery page.
Participants brought one or more pieces of hard wood to work on and learned how to plan their sculpture and all about the safe use of power tools. They were introduced to a wide variety of carving tools and how to use them. The weather was kind and enabled the workshop to be conducted outside.
You may be interested in some of the information received in preparation for the workshop. Pine and other soft woods are difficult to work with. It is good to soften very hard, dry wood by soaking in water or wrapping it in damp newspaper and then a bin liner. Green wood is easy to work with. If you have access to clay or other modelling materials, making a maquette (small model) in clay of what you intend to make is a good place to start. It helps if you start to make the maquette by modelling the shape and proportions of the piece of wood you intend to use. Then use clay tools or an old knife to work by subtraction, cutting away the material, rather than by squeezing it, to define the shape.
The workshop ran from 10am – 4pm and all tools were provided.
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