Carving Miniatures

[jillsy]

Has anyone here ever carved miniatures? It seems alot harder than carving normal sized pieces. Just wondering your experiences and difficulty level.

Jill

[Plain_Ol_Ed]

This is right up Mitchell's alley! My experience is that you are correct in miniature being harder.

[Kenny_S]

Jill, her is three that I carved, you notice the dime in the picture.
One of a Ram, a Rino and the other is an elephant. The elepant is about 1/ 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1/1/2 inchs. I will have to see if I have any pictures of the cowboy boots which I know one is about 1/2 inch tall and about a 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick.

[Blake Lunsford]

Mitch is the expert on carving minatures. I saw him carve a mini-fireman in an hour and a half and it was unbelieveable. He has won in that category many times. Very detailed work!

Blake

[jillsy]

Mitch...where are you??

[Bartster]

jill,

yep mitchell is your man for miniatures. he has carved some awesome peices,a few of which i have,we also have a friend named allen goodman whom was featured in a certain magazine this past month,whom is also quite the expert,he carved one so small it had to go in a magnafied coin case,and it was very detailed,he even had the eyes cut in.very awesome peice of work.

bart

[Mitchell]

I do like to carve miniatures. Mostly caricatures, but I've done a few realistic carvings - well, close to realistic.

Anyway, I don't know if I'd go as far as "expert", but I appreciate the compliments.

After you do a few, they get "easier". The trick is to get the proportions right and not try to overdo the details.

Oh yeah, have a good sharp knife and good eye sight.

[squbrigg]

Mineature what? All I carve are mineatures! But it really depends on how small you consider small. Smile

Bob

[whitecree]

Now, wouldn't it be something to see you carve a fullsize of those things you carve the best, Bob?

Come to think of it, where the heck would you put it?



Miniatures are demanding. Even making something as simple as a spoon, when working with a piece of wood less than an inch long, can be rough. Funny thing. Even though miniature carving takes as much time as a full size, people expect to pay less for it.

[Mitchell]

Here's one from the gallery. It fit's into a 2" cube. All one piece except for the cigarette.