carving hair

[stickman]

I know this has been talked about before.But I am having trouble carving a good head of hair.Dose any body have a tutorial on carving hair.sometimes I get it ok but most of the time my carving have bad hair days.whats the trick!
any sugestions welcome.
Thanks

[Irishman]

I'm no expert but I was told by an expert that the trick to carving hair is to first start with a wide gouge to give the hair waves and movement, then a smaller gouge to define the hair more...then if you want more shape, use your V tool and cut into the gouge paths. Then take a detail knife and make some random cuts in areas of the hair to give them some depth.
Patrick

[Lindy]

Hi Michael,

When I'm carving hair I will start by cutting deep "waves" or S's into the wood to create the depth and flow of the hair that I'm looking for using my detail knife. The way I do this is I'll cut almost like a stop cut for my first cut and then I'll come back at it with a second cut at about a 45% angle. I'll do several depths and then I'll start playing with the "v" tools to create the look of the hair. I have about 4 sizes of "v" tools and when I'm really playing I'll use all of them but usually I'm using the average size and then I have a mini that I like to use to get the finer hair. After that, depending on what I'm creating I'll wood burn it as well to get additional depth, texture and detail.

I hope this helps and hasn't confused you too much!

[K. Ellenburg]

Do any of you guys have step by step pics that we can look at to get a better idea of what your talking about?
Kevin

[stickman]

Thanks for the responses.Very helpful!!

Step by step pictures would be awesome!

[oldbearx2]

I have a Jeff Phares book about carving hair. Lots of pictures and instructions on hair and beards.

[cannuckcarver]

This would be a good project for Gene Messer in the future....I said the fututre cause as I understand with Ike and all we are blessed when he is on the board.

[K. Ellenburg]

Originally Posted by oldbearx2

I have a Jeff Phares book about carving hair. Lots of pictures and instructions on hair and beards.

That's great whats the title?
Kevin

[Old_Gord]

This has been posted here previously, so here it is again.Ice Cream
Carving hair with Harold Enlow.

WWWoodcarver E-zine - Bob Travis - Carving Hair with Harold Enlow

Hope it is of some assistance .
Cheers

OG

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

I tried carving hair, knife kept slipping off, had to switch to match sticks! Hard to keep 'em in the vise too!