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Tutorials/Wood Carving

Getting Started in Wood Carving: Choosing the Right Tools

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Lisa Laughy / 0 Comment

I’m excited to share that I have written an advice hack for the Uptime app called Getting Started in Wood Carving: Choosing the Right Tools. My hack cover...

Wood Carving/Wood Carving Process

Sciath Fia Bairr: Stag Shield

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Lisa Laughy / 0 Comment

In 2017 I spent several months working on a carving of a stag wreathed in runes. It was inspired in part by a painting I did several years ago called Crainn na ...

Wood Carving/Wood Carving Process/Wood Carving Videos

Acanthish Column

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Lisa Laughy / 1 Comment

One of my favorite projects that I had the opportunity to work on in 2017 was a carved walnut column for a friend’s house in Canterbury, NH. He provided m...

Wood Carving/Wood Carving Process/Wood Carving Videos

Abegglen Detail Knife: Carving Demonstration Videos

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Lisa Laughy / 0 Comment

Bellow are two short videos demonstrating the use of the medium sized Abegglen Detail Knife while carving in butternut wood. I used this versatile carving tool ...

Wood Carving

Pearl of Great Price

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Lisa Laughy / 7 Comments

Carved from butternut wood, the design for this piece is from a small drawing I did a number of years ago of my dog, named Pearl.  The title of this blog post, ...

Recommendations/Wood Carving

Recommendations: Carving Tools

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Lisa Laughy / 0 Comment

I often get asked for recommendations of what tools to buy from people interested in beginning wood carving. It can be a confusing process – there are man...

Inspiration/Wood Carving

Rune of Courage

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Lisa Laughy / 0 Comment

In the weeks following the election I have been overwhelmed with fear for the future. I’ve had a difficult time finding words to describe how I feel, or d...

Wood Carving

Old Woman of the Night

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Lisa Laughy / 1 Comment

This carving started because I wanted to express something about owls, snowy owls specifically. I started with a small image of an owl I had created many years ...

Wood Carving

Triple Raven Tele-Style Guitar Carving Update

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Lisa Laughy / 0 Comment

I recently completed the carving process of the Triple Raven Tele-style guitar body, shown above. I will spend a few more hours cleaning up around the component...

Wood Carving

New Carving Project: Triple Raven Tele-Style Guitar

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Lisa Laughy / 0 Comment

I recently started working on a new carving project that has me very excited – carving this lovely mahogany wood Tele-style guitar body shown below. IR...

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Just hatched this baby loon!
Adding texture to the wing section of this basswood loon carving. I’m loving the ripples in the raking light.
Completed the loon carving, and it is now available for purchase in the Ninth Wave Designs web store - 🔗 can be found in my profile.
I’m excited to share that I have created this 5 minute knowledge hack for @uptime.app called “Getting Started in Wood Carving: Choosing the Right Tools”. It gives a brief overview of the challenges and then provides a list of the 12 tools that are a great starting point for the beginning wood carver. The app charges a monthly fee but if you sign up you get 3 days of free use and access to all the hacks. I have a link in my bio 🔗🌳. Let me know what you think!
Happy #caturday from Elliot and his hand carved pet portrait! 😺❤️🐈‍⬛
Finished up the carving of the loon, which is ready now for it’s painted finish!
I finished the painted loon over the weekend - what do you think? This is the first of two loon projects I’m making based on the same design - one painted and one carved. This will be available for purchase, DM if interested. Next up is the carved version - see my previous reel to see how it is coming along.
Working on cleaning up the spirals on this loon carving - hoping to have this finished this weekend!
Same design, two different mediums - watercolor painting and painted wood carving. Which one will you like best?

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