Valentine Pins

Lightningbolt · #1 03-03-2007, 04:44 PM

Thought that I'd put up a few Valentine pins that some of my students made in woodshop class this session. I have 5 groups of ten boys (OMG...does that equal 50 total!?!) each week so I decided to give them a "one class only" break from their other thematic projects to let them carve some nice Valentine pins for their mom's, family, girlfriends, or whom ever.

I had several copies of Cyndi Joslyn's WCI article "Contemporary Carved Hearts" (Spring 2006 issue) available as a guide for the kids reference as they created their own unique creations. I personally made several of the pins a year ago when the article first came out and they were very popular with those I gave them too so I decided that the carving project would make a nice class carving lesson.

The pictures are just a few of very many creations that resulted from their efforts.

Lightningbolt · #2 03-03-2007, 04:45 PM

And a few more...

Tom H · #3 03-03-2007, 07:51 PM

Hey Dave, your guys did a great job with the valentine pins. I really like the design and carving on the natural finish one (the big heart with the 2 smaller hearts as an arrow). Thanks for sharing the student work. Tom H

Mark N. Akers · #4 03-03-2007, 08:18 PM

Dave:
Tell the students very nice job on carving and painting,That reflects on how good a teacher is seeing work done like this.

gene messer · #5 03-04-2007, 03:03 PM

Good job Dave ... Good looking projects .. Tell your students to keep at it .. We always need more young carvers .. And appreciate you taking the time to teach them .. All round productive class ..

wood-whittler · #6 03-04-2007, 03:34 PM

dave,

tell the boys they have all done great, those are some impressive carvings.

bart

Donna_T · #7 03-04-2007, 04:09 PM

Great carvings! And great to see youngin's catching the carving bug.
Donna T

Lightningbolt · #8 03-04-2007, 07:19 PM

Thank's for all the comments and you can bet that ALL of the 100+ students that come through my woodshop class each year will most certainly be exposed to a heavy dose of woodcarving. Even when we're working on normal woodshop projects they know that I expect them to "extend" it with a balanced dose of woodcarving and/or woodburning.

With such a large emphasis on carving I'm most proud to report that it's been well over 5 years since a student has required stitches from using a blade incorrectly. Above all else it is also my expectation that all carvers learn to use "control" cuts, wear kevlar gloves, either clamp the wood on the table, or use a bench hook, and learn to respect the tools.