Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 55 Summer 2011

Features:

*Pat Scott Scores Big

Former baseball player carves with Hall-of-Fame right hand

*Carvers Unite to Honor Veterans 

Injured veterans are presented with handcarved eagle canes

*Best of Show 

Impressive projects inspire woodcarvers everywhere

Projects:

*Great Horned Owl

*Carving a Rabbit in Cottonwood Bark

*Making Patriotic Pins

*Carving a Folk-Art Chickadee

*Recipe Chef

*Chip Carved Photo Frame

*Carve a Tower of Teetering Turtles

*Making a Mechanical Bottle Stopper

*Roly-Poly Hedgehog

*Carving Tree Spirits in Found Wood

Techniques:

*Dealing with Tree-Killing Insects

*Carving Eyes

*Using a Contour Gauge

*Making Controlled Cuts

*Maintaining a Sharp Edge