Ceder and woodsprit

[carvedbears61]

Ive seen a lot of wood sprits in the last few days and I have some Red Ceder
logs very dry. How well will this carve by hand; is it worth the effort or not ?
And the best place to learn on net.

[Colin-Partridge]

Sounds to me like a great place to start woodspirits. Most of my carvings are in white cedar but I love red cedar and have carved it quite a bit. Cedar is a little hard on the tools you will have to hone them from time to time but carving it should be great.
Colin

[carvedbears61]

Many thanks for the encourgement I got to get the bark off 1st. And find a pattern .

[Clifford_Parker]

Just leave the bark on and carve the woodspirit through it.

http://www.tusedesigns.com/woodcarving/projects.htm

http://carverscompanion.com/Ezine/Vo...Wispinski.html

http://carverscompanion.com/Ezine/Vo...ngPencils.html

[carvedbears61]

Many thanks for the links this is been very helpful . Right now all I have small
hand tools . But I want let that hender me Thank You

[spanky1539]

Thanks for the links, Clilfford, I might have to try one of these. I got too many projects goin now. Is there a limit on how many projects you can have going at one time? Head Bange

[Eddy-Smiles]

Red cedar makes outstanding wood spirits especially when you get into the heart wood so that parts of the face are white and parts red.