Video: How to Define Lines for a Wood Sculpture

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Learn how to define the lines for your wood sculpture carving figure in this free woodworking video from our expert wood carver.

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Okay, so now we are defining the lines. We got our nose setup, you want to put nice big eyes in. Use heavy strokes, take that out underneath the eye. Other eye on this side. The nice thing about the Sycamore that I have chosen is a kind of wood you don't have to worry about cutting along with the grains, you can cut against the grain and it will still come off real smooth. So that is the nice thing about the Sycamore. If you got a Cedar, or a Pine, one of our evergreens, they seem to splinter and yes, splinter and split and tear when you don't want them to tear. You want it to have a nice clean cut like I am getting here, a nice clean cut. Of course that comes from a nice sharp blade and like I said the grain. Some of the wood that I like for the grain is the Ginkobiloba, that is that stinking tree that it does stink. The female one does stink, but they use for your head; the headaches, strengthen the hair. Ginkobiloba, Ginkobiloba is this right here. That is Ginkobiloba. You see them nice grains coming in there? It is an awful soft wood. This is Oak and Oak is a nice strong wood and in this, see how that cuts? You can cut along the grain too in the back. So we are back to the Sycamore and a Sycamore is between a hard wood and a soft wood.

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How to Define Lines for a Wood Sculpture

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