Carving Hands?

[Joggernot]

I've done a search for the "carving hands" posting that showed how to carve a hand that is holding something, but have not found what I want. I tried an internet search, but didn't find it either. Could some computer genius point me in the right direction for the posting?

Thanks for any help.

Joggernot

[tucker1931]

Personally, I carve a hand in a sort of fist position and then use my dremmel and drill a hole thru it where I want to put something, hope this helps.
Cliff

[chuckbolton]

take a digital picture of your own hand doing what you want-- the print it--

[Lynn O. Doughty]

I think if you scroll through the figure projects on my Blog you'll find what you're looking for. The Chuck Wagon cook shows both a hand holding a lasso and another holding a coffee cup.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

I did a carving of a hand holding a cross....it was hard to do! So I did another, and another and another lol....ended up with about 5 different sizes, an uncle wanted 6 of them....so now....I don't have much problem carving a hand ha ha.......practice makes................more work!

[susieq]

If you look at your own hands they are a series of flat areas after the main part of the hand (which I always draw as a fan shape emerging from the sleeve). I always leave extra wood for the thumb.

Depending on whether the hand is open or in a fist or anywhere in between those two, the fingers are three sections with joints where they bend. Corners between the flat planes of the space in between. The fingers are all different lengths from each other so you have to allow for that. Carve the general shape of the hand in the position you want....it will look like a mitten.

Now mark the first section of the fingers out by drawing a line where the knuckles will be, across the knuckles....allowing the line to curve for the shorter fingers... Do the same for the next section which is almost the same length (on my hand it is anyhow) then again for the last section which will be much shorter. Then draw the lines from the main body of the hand down to the finger tips, to divide the hand into the individual fingers....they get a bit thinner towards the pinky. Look to see what the thumb is doing in the position your hand is in and sketch with a pencil til you have it the way you think it should be and carve it accordingly.... it sounds complicated but it isn't. Just look at your own hand....

There is also a good book out of sketched hands in various poses. The book of a hundred hands by George B. Bridgman. But your own hand will be the best model. Practice on some scrap wood but you will see that there is nothing to it. Good luck