HOME | DD

jhingh In reply to jeffzz111 [2013-03-20 20:02:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jhingh In reply to A-Little-Dragon [2012-12-11 17:15:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.
I carve these patterns with a small knife called Rosenmesser. It has got a straight, about 4cm long blade and is sharp as hell. I just make two parallel cuts with an angle of about 45° towards each other. Maybe sometime I will manage to post a photo of how I direct the cuts.
I have also used a carving knife with a V-shaped blade for some parts. You just have to push it through the wood. I think that is a bit easier when you are doing straight lines.
For wood-block prints you could use chip carving techniques like on this picture :thumb200093104: too.
Or use a dremel like does.

And whatever solution you choose: Watch you hands!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

jhingh In reply to jhingh [2012-12-11 17:17:12 +0000 UTC]

The chip carving picture: [link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jhingh In reply to TheDLT4YOU [2012-11-26 11:20:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks and thank you for faving this box.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jhingh In reply to tree-gypsy [2012-10-03 20:56:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.
I have to admit that I do not know for sure what wood it is. But it seems to be some sort of soft needle wood.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jhingh In reply to Lupas-Deva [2012-06-08 23:16:44 +0000 UTC]

First of all: You're welcome!

And thanks to you for faving this.
Currently I am working on a piece with a knot "flowing around it" again ([link] ). But it will be long until I can declare it finished. Right now I am stuck at the concave part and I decided to finish some other projects first.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Lupas-Deva In reply to jhingh [2012-06-09 16:37:46 +0000 UTC]

That looks like driftwood. Driftwood carvings would probably sell.

I just finished my first carving project. It may end up being a headboard or storage bench. I'm eager to start my next one.
[link]
[link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jhingh In reply to bigmac22 [2012-01-17 21:48:11 +0000 UTC]

thanks

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jhingh In reply to Kotka666 [2011-10-31 11:09:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.
The instruments is one thing. More practise is another.
Still, the level of precision you achieve is a mystory to me.
What instruments do you use?

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jhingh In reply to NyanQueen [2011-09-11 19:04:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank's. I put much effort into the photo.
I think a good photo is very important, when I am posting my work. Unfortunately I was not able to take photos of this quality of all my works.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jhingh In reply to wilk13 [2011-07-31 22:24:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! At the moment it is not easy for me to find some time for carving. But I try.
If your first carvings were worse, you didn't post any of them. (I saw your gallery)

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

wilk13 In reply to jhingh [2011-07-31 23:17:39 +0000 UTC]

So I guess we have simillar problem-lack of time! But I always try to find at least couple of minutes to do some carving. I started co carve about 4 years ago(I haven't got many pictures from those days unfortunately) and items I add to my gallery were made in 2010 and 2011.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jhingh In reply to stormofsilence [2011-07-28 15:00:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jhingh In reply to colorbliss [2011-05-25 11:10:20 +0000 UTC]

Hello,
good that you managed to find some free time.
I'm glad you like this piece.
Was the curved model you tried the one where you cut your finger?
I think what I do is a bit diffrent from chip carving (Allthough I have never seen any chip carving in progress ). I push the blade along the curved lines, trying to keep the right angle and depth. When I do the parallel line to the first one it gets tricky to make the cuts meet.
In chip carving you have to make at least three cuts meet. (I wonder how you do that with an acceptable precision).

The babywearing was no big problem. The little girl was fast asleep and I used only cuts directed away from the body.
By the way: I am a really experienced babywearer . I wrote the biggest part of my diploma thesis babywearing my middle son (He didn't want to sleep in bed at that time).

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jhingh In reply to converjynx [2011-05-06 12:40:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jhingh In reply to Jaxita [2011-02-14 11:35:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.
The idea was born some time ago, while sitting on a big wooden box at a campfire. It was early in the morning and I was waiting for the rest of the camp to wake up. Back then I started to carve a knotwork into the box.
Some weeks later my wife found theese small boxes for me.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Jaxita In reply to jhingh [2011-02-14 19:31:33 +0000 UTC]

Very cool. What did you use to carve it?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

jhingh In reply to Jaxita [2011-02-14 22:01:50 +0000 UTC]

The first try at the campfire was done with an ordinary pocket knife ... ... didn't work too well.
Then I found a knife that suits very much better.
It is called Rosenmesser. It has got a straight, about 4cm long blade and is sharp as hell.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Jaxita In reply to jhingh [2011-03-08 17:27:15 +0000 UTC]

*laughs* I bet.. most pocket knives weren't made for any kind of precision work like that. *grin* The Rosenmesser sure does a lovely job, though!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0