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teacher, a surgeon, a fireman and a wood turner have in common?
These are
some of the people who have attended one or more of Zoe's wood
carving classes and produced some wonderful wood carvings. Each person
works on his or her own individual project, be it a carving in
relief, in the round or sculptural, lettering or furniture
decoration and is taught how to use hand tools correctly and safely
in the relaxed and informal classes.
Other than being aged over 8 years there is no age barrier and
you do not need to be artistic nor to have any woodworking experience
to enjoy woodcarving. Being an ideal family activity, you can also share
an interest with your youngsters and spend creative
leisure time with them away from home in a relaxed and friendly
environment.
This page shows you some students' first carvings, several of which were made by people who had never
used hand tools before coming to their woodcarving lessons, you can
also see how some
have progressed with their wood carving and
see some woodcarvings made by children. |
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Janet's very first carving (left) was of her small
grandson, made in limewood and finished with wax polish. She
attended several sessions over a couple of years to complete it,
using photographs for reference as she worked. It stands about
8ins high. Janet continued carving figures based on family
members - the middle carving, in Yew wood, is based on a photo
of her daughter and son-in-law with their baby, dancing at a
wedding reception. She is currently carving a relief of
oak and papaya leaves (right) on the oak case of a clock
she is making for a member of her family, the design reflecting
English and Kenyan native flora. |
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Carole is very keen on archery and for her first
carving she made a trophy for her club. The wood she used
was appropriately English Yew and she adapted the logo of a well
known beer company for her design, carved it in relief and
finished it with wax polish. |
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"Thanks, Zoe, for a wonderful 3 days
learning woodcarving. With your expert guidance far more was achieved than I
could dream of. From a log to an archery trophy in memory of my
beloved husband and then another log to a robin with a red
breast." Carole T. |
| Owls are always very
popular for carvings in the round, and this one was made
by Ray using Cherry wood and carving directly from the
log. Finished in Danish oil it stands outside. |
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Jacky's family gave her some carving
days for a special birthday present,
details... She carved these
kingfishers in willow leaves and darting out of the
water in relief using a section of Beech and retained
the bark as a border. |
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Using Yew wood, Imelda
carved this barn owl for her husband's 70th birthday
present. The light coloured sapwood of its face makes a
spectacular contrast with the darker heartwood of its
breast. |
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Chuck began carving his dog, Misch,
at evening class. Made from Lime wood and finished
with wax polish, it is about 11ins long. |
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Gill carving her 'Green
Man' which was stunning when finished. This was her first carving
and she had not used hand tools before, though she is good at
drawing. She is holding the carving in Carver's chops whilst she works
on the fine detail. The carving is in Lime and is approximately 10 ins square and
carved to a depth of about 2ins. |
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Tim is carving a traditional decoration in oak which he
will use in his period property renovation. |
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One of Simon's interests is catering
and his first carving was a relief of some mushrooms, followed by
some incised lettering then a hedgehog in the round. For each
project he used a different species of timber so that he gained
experience working with several native woods. |
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And to show that age is no barrier to beginning
carving... |
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| Richard and Carey with ten year old
grandson Tidiahn, all of whom had never carved before. Tidiahn first
made a mallet which he used to carve his coiled snake. the markings
on Richard's giraffe were made using a punch and the frills on
Carey's lizard cut using a V tool. |
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Octagenarian Mac polishing his first
carving, ivy leaves carved
in relief, made using Cherry wood.
How did he do it? |
| Carvings made by Children |
| Fourteen year old Jessica came with
her grandmother for a week and made a relief carving of a gorilla.
She has waxed the finished carving and is polishing it with a
duster. It will be included in her GCSE coursework. |
| Our first day at a new school.
Katie, aged 10, printed a photo of herself and her sister in their
new school uniform then carved the picture in relief and gave it to
her mother for Christmas - a lovely surprise. An unforgettable event captured in a wood
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| When nine year old Ellie came with
her grandmother Rosie she made her own mallet and used it to work on a
homework project on Dartmoor ponies. She drew and cut round the
outlines of the horses and added a stream and tor in the background.
Rosie continued carving some architectural panels for her barn
conversion, in Cherry wood, depicting the four seasons in the life
of the tree, which she had started previously. |
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Liz aged 13 years old printed a photo
she had taken of one of the family labradors and used it to make a
relief carving which she gave to her mother for her birthday
present. |
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Eleven year old Henry carving his football trophy
using sycamore wood.
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Willa with Josh, her teenage son,
and their woodcarvings. Willa is carving a horse lying down and Josh
has made a guitar. |
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