Advice for carving a simple fish

[Ashbys]

You know of course the simplest fish to start with is the one that has been drawn for almost 2 thousand years....

the Christian sign of the fish , simple , and an easy project to do as a first carving .

Ash

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Originally Posted by Just Carving

Yeah? Okay, Dave. How about carving one out of wood now?Cowboy

OK just for you..........

[Just Carving]

Wow! How'd you get that fish to stay still out of water long enough to get his picture?

Great carving Dave! You got me beat hands down! Thanks!

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

I told him if he didn't stand still, I was going to send him to StarKist lol

[Just Carving]

Good one! ROTFL!

[cowboyed]

Originally Posted by jillsy

Hey everybody,

My husband, Ted, is very supportive of my woodcarving and says he wishes he could do it too. One thing he would love to carve is a simple fish - nothing realistic or fancy, more of a folk-art style.

Being that Ted has no experience carving and tends to get very frustrated with himself when he makes a mistake, I'd love to start him off with something easy. I was thinking I could cut him out something on my bandsaw and put it in his Christmas stocking to carve this year.

Any suggestions on what kind of fish would be good to start with? I've never done one either so it would have to be pretty basic. Any other tips would be greatly appreciated. He's talked about this for a while, but I think he's already got it in his head that he can't do it. I think once he starts though, he'll find it's not as difficult as it appears.

Thanks!

Jillsy

yes, anybody can carve a simple fish such as a sunfish , thats the only fish that i have carved. start with a good pattern . cowboyed