[MaggieMae1959]

I have been all over the net looking for some easy to understand and fun Beginner patterns. I did copy on little shaver's site the santa with the long hat..... not much detail but looks like it may be a good place to start. I did work on a chip carving pattern this weekend... but as I said earlier, I need to get a skew... I believe it was called. I know there is alot to learn.... and getting hands on is the best way. I bought learners block of faces..... so as you can see, Im playing.... so much to experiment with and I guess I need to slowwwwwwwwwwwwww down a bit... This has been a life long dream to be carving... I have done stained glass for many years and many many crafts... but this is awesome.... so excited....

Thanks for the warm welcome... if you have any easy patterns ~for beginners ~ you can email them to coppertopf2002@yahoo.com ~ Greatly appreciated.

Hope you all have a wonderful day ~

MaggieMae1959

[Paul_Guraedy]

Maggie Mae, welcome to the addictive world of woodcarving. A suggestion, you may want to pick up a book on basic relief carving. I have often looked at stained glass patterns and thought that they would be a good basis for relief carving. This would be something familiar to you. A few of these and you will get a feel for the tools and be ready to go into the round.

[BobD]

Lora S. Irish (Irish when she posts on the board) has an extensive carving pattern site at www.carvingpatterns.com
She's got free patterns, free tutorials, and more...that's where I learned a lot of what I know about relief carving.

Bob Duncan
Wood Carving Illustrated

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

If you are wanting to start with chip carving ...get Wayne Bartons book "Chipcarving, techniques and patterns" and do exactly as he says, even if it seems awkward.......it works. Thats how I started, then it grew from there....and grew and grew and grew LOL