First Wood Carving

[Falcon]

I am a beginner scroller as of march 2015 so since I retired this year thought I would give carving a try. This is a Mallard Duck in flight. Got photo from Flickr and made the design. Any comments or suggestions is appreciated thanks,Jerry

[bobscroll]

I think you are doing Good Jerry! Not easy Carving, Thank you for showing!

Bob           

[Phantom Scroller]

Not bad do you still have all your fingers.  Roly

[New Guy]

Very good start. How many stitches so far?

[LarryEA]

Very nice. I think you did quite well and I like how you framed it.

[Fab4]

Hi Falcon:

I'm jealous

I took a carving course years and years ago and the instructor

made us start with a fish. Being the stubborn mule

that I am, I refused to carve the fish.

He threw me out of his class with no refund...(insert choice words here!!!)

I kinda wish now, that I would have carved the fish

but life goes on with no carving in site for me.

Looks like you're on the right track with your crow

uh, I mean Mallard

Keep up the great work

Fab4

[amazingkevin]

I am a beginner scroller as of march 2015 so since I retired this year thought I would give carving a try. This is a Mallard Duck in flight. Got photo from Flickr and made the design. Any comments or suggestions is appreciated thanks,Jerry

I bought the only electric carver the big box store had .I  like it  and it has variable hammaring ,soft med & hard.The chisels are way to soft to keep an edge,but one day i'll braze some real chisels on the old ones.I did a pineapple  and a pelican on a stump(separate). Sold the pelican for $45.00.This is all before i had a cell phone(camera) in 1991.Oh the Jesus portrait Clayton did in intarsia i did with it to but just a carving!

[oldhudson]

Looks like you are off to a good start. I love it when someone grows their skills.

Edited November 2, 2015 by oldhudson

[Lucky2]

Jerry, for a first it looks pretty good. The only thing that I would do differently, is to round over or soften the edges of the ducks body. You don't want there to be a 90% edge, where it comes up out of the wood. I do hope that you understand what I mean, other then what I stated, I think that you did a really good job.

Len

[Falcon]

Jerry, for a first it looks pretty good. The only thing that I would do differently, is to round over or soften the edges of the ducks body. You don't want there to be a 90% edge, where it comes up out of the wood. I do hope that you understand what I mean, other then what I stated, I think that you did a really good job.

Len

Thanks I will remember that. That is what I like about this site helpful criticism. Would probably kept making the same mistake over and over. Thanks again.  

Edited November 2, 2015 by Falcon

[Kepy]

Way to go Jerry.  Wish you were closer as we have a local group that meets once a week to carve.  Some of them are really good but that doesn't include me as I am still trying to find out what I want to do so have been trying different things.  So far, I am better at starting things than finishing so maybe someday will have a finished product.

[WigWag Workshop]

Looking Great! I just started my adventures in wood carving, to start off I am wanting to learn Caricature Carving.