Join me in the shop on a chilly December afternoon as I carve a folk art snowman from a block of solid basswood. This carving took about 1 hour and 45 minutes in total, the video covers all of my tips, tricks, and thoughts on carving a figure like this.
I'm carving american basswood here, I purchase it quarter sawn from a local sawmill. I start by drawing up my idea on the block with a pencil. Then I saw a profile of the design with my bandsaw. From there on in, it's all handtools. Using a variety of chisels I work my way from top to bottom to top and bottom again as I work the figure out of the block of wood.
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Iron Ram Forge is a blacksmith shop run by father and son pair Mike and Ethan Yazel. The duo operates out of their dual story workshop they built together on the family farm. In the basement they work in the hot shop with metal and glass, on the second story they work with wood to make carvings and furniture as well as fine hand engraving for jewelery and historic accoutrements.
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