Mary May – WoodcarverDragon Carving
More Dragon Videos…
Chapters 3 and 4 of “Carving a Dragon with Acanthus Leaves” video has just been added to the video school site. These chapters start going through the process of carving the acanthus leaf design. It’s strange going through the experience of carving this all over again (in the editing process). I am figuring out the [...]
Dragon Carving Video on Video School
I recently received a photo of the finished carving of the dragon and acanthus leaf that I carved several months ago. My client, Smokey (ironic for wanting a dragon carved?) wanted to do the finishing and he made a beautiful frame of walnut with bloodwood inlay. The backing for the carving is also bloodwood. He mentioned he [...]
One More Post on the Dragon Carving
I spent quite a long time cleaning up the outside edges of the dragon carving, so minimal saw marks were left on the edges. I also did a lot of undercutting on the edges to really give the leaves and dragon a more 3-dimensional appearance when you look at it straight on. I used foam padding [...]
Finished with Dragon Carving
I will be finishing up the dragon carving this week – just in time for Christmas! I made a successful silicone rubber mold (always a scarey process for me) and once I have the video edited (6 hours maybe?) I will have the casting available for purchase and may even consider making it out of resin [...]
Continuing to Carve Dragon
Well, this is definitely going to be the longest video so far. I am about 3/4 of the way through the carving, and it is 5-1/2 hours long. I could probably edit some of it out. But then it’s deciding what parts to cut??? I’m really enjoying this carving because I’m sort of designing it as [...]
Finally starting a new carving project – Dragon
I am starting a new carving project. I still have several projects under way, including the 3 large shell niches which I have 2 finished and am going to start on the third one next week. This new project is going to be a lot of fun. It is a dragon design where my client [...]
SCHOOL is OPEN – Watch a sample of how to carve the ball and claw foot below.
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