Fun! I made that 5 minute wizard in just under an hour! Haha. Warning: Caricature carving can encourage and reinforce OCD tendencies.

@AlecLaCasseArt

Ай бұрын

Glad to hear it! That’s not bad at all

@johnduffy6546

14 күн бұрын

Chip carving can take OCD to a whole new dimension

That's pretty simple for you. But you make it look like great fun. That what will bring young people in. Thanks again.

@AlecLaCasseArt

Ай бұрын

Thanks Chris!!

@johnduffy6546

14 күн бұрын

Yes, please! Bring young people in. We need to propagate this art form.

Thank you for the quality content you produce. Wood carving is a dying craft/art form. Anything we can do to get folks INVOLVED, is worthwhile! I especially love working with kids. It is so rewarding

@AlecLaCasseArt

9 күн бұрын

Thank you! Agreed!

Nice job Alec. Appreciate the simplicity

Loved watching your take on this project. It's one of my favorites. I first tried it after watching Doug Linker's video and loved it. Great beginner project... speaking of Doug, I miss the Coffee & Carving videos. Loved listening to you two talk about carving and life. My fingers are crossed in hopes that you guys will the channel back up again, but until then thanks for your great videos. 👍🏻

Great work Alec ..Thanks for showing us all how to do it ..Love your videos

@AlecLaCasseArt

Ай бұрын

My pleasure! Honored you’re here Gene!

Love ur descriptions and details

@AlecLaCasseArt

Ай бұрын

Thankyou ~!

Imma try this, but full length, body an all. Thanks for your content, this is a fun hobby

thanks!

Great video , love these little characters 👍

@AlecLaCasseArt

Ай бұрын

I’m glad!

Nice video! The scoop cut next to the nose is a great tip too

@AlecLaCasseArt

Ай бұрын

Thanks

Davvero bravo

@AlecLaCasseArt

9 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Great video!

@AlecLaCasseArt

Ай бұрын

🙏🏼

Alec you forgot to mention to never carve naked, always have a good pair of sandals on! 😆

@AlecLaCasseArt

2 ай бұрын

😂I hope my pale legs didn’t blind you.

That Badger state blades knive seems like it's cutting great 👍 I brought 3 of their blades for what the price of many good knifes sale for. The handle I made are a different method of making handles and stronger as my work is laminated, such as plywood, both of which are stronger than just wood. I built my for a better fit as many knives varieties are smaller than I like . I've tested my knives, and I believe they are good enough for my lifetime I'm trying this . You have slowed down your teaching, and it's more helpful to me . I have pre-order your book and also the carving magazine. Sure, having the steps by step will help someone begin such as myself. I'm confident I can be fairly good with some skill building Do you think that looks like Doug? I do. Thanks for your inspiration

Any chance of you using metric sizes as well as imperial most of the world understands mm, other than that great video

@AlecLaCasseArt

Ай бұрын

I try to do that! Will do that next time! Might have to keep a conversation chart handy for this one!

Good detail for a noob like me! I like how the hat turned out! Any tips to cut the blank on the diagonal when you don't have power tools?

@AlecLaCasseArt

2 ай бұрын

Glad to hear! I guess you could use a hand coping saw!

@ShawnLove-ty9jd

2 ай бұрын

I find basswood has really straight grain and just splits pretty good. It's how I get mine done. Use a nice wide chisel and a mallet.

@judithvilla6026

Ай бұрын

@@ShawnLove-ty9jd thanks!

niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I can never get those nose cuts clean there is always a small chunk in the bottom, then get s ugly cause I try to get that out…..

Are you going to all this one too your fundamentals site…..

@AlecLaCasseArt

2 ай бұрын

No! I have made many other beginner projects for the online school and those are separate!

stupidly easy but I still struggle, dunno what that makes me hahaha

@AlecLaCasseArt

Ай бұрын

You got this!

@slothnation

10 күн бұрын

I’ve always had issues with wizards/gnome characters. I do better with flat plane characters. Don’t be scared to try different styles, you can always go back and try.

Wow what happends between 5:20 and 6:00 !? You remove a lot of material from each sides 😱 I started with a block of 1’’1/2 (maybe I did not understand correctly) so I have to remove a lot of wood to have a piece of wood whose looks like yours. You do it effortless 😅

@84Juli1

Ай бұрын

I did the hat but the wood is very hard in one side. Does a woodcarver take care of the direction of the wood grain ? It take me 30 minutes to make the hat. It looks like a pencil but I broke the top of the hat when I have trying to give it a nice turn 😥 The hat is small now 😆

Alec there is no volume. I can't hear you. Everything is good now sorry.

@Robin5957

2 ай бұрын

It's working for me - perhaps you've muted your volume somehow?

@shoey64

2 ай бұрын

@@Robin5957 I checked everything before I made the comment. All my other videos are working but thx.

@shoey64

2 ай бұрын

@@Robin5957 Robin now it's working thx again.

Surely you are very skilled and know exactly what you are doing, but for beginners, please use a glove on the hand that holds the wood or your wood spirit will turn into a finger spirit😂. Beside this, thanks for the tutorial

@AlecLaCasseArt

2 ай бұрын

Yes! All beginners should wear a glove on their wood holding hand! Good reminder!

@bobrenda1618

Ай бұрын

Note that although Alec did not model safe beginner glove “hygiene” he did twice make good “do as I say” remarks. The safety police is always on duty so presenters must be on their best behavior! 😂