2082-Christmas Gnome.qxd
Source: www.woodcarvingillustrated.com
Topic: Wood Carving
Sort Desciption: Turn the carving over and remove the wood. Repeat. for the other nostril. .... This is his first article for Wood Carving Illustrated. Jan’s website ...
Content Inside: love woodcarving and I love teaching it.It’s my passion to get as many people interested in it as I can.One of my favorite teaching projects is this Christmas gnome.Once you learn the basic steps,you’ll be able to make a gnome in under ten minutes! Throughout the demonstration, I use terms to describe cuts that may not be familiar to all carvers. Many of my students have never carved before,and I’ve found that using words that create a visual image help communicate how a cut should be made.The wonderful staff at Fox Chapel came up with this idea to show an illustrated glossary of the words I use.For best success,you should practice making each cut before you tackle the gnome. I also visual imagery to describe where to position lines. The first uses a clock face and helps eliminate the need to use a measure distance between lines or angles.You might see an instruction to position a line at 1 o’clock or 8 o’clock.The second visual image I use describes cut lines to make the eyes. An instruction might be to “angle the line from the corner up five parts and down three.”It means that if the eye is divided into eight parts,the line angles up to the imaginary fifth line before turning down for the remaining three parts. Christmas Gnome Wood Carving Illustrated 1 Customize your gnome easily by shifting the direction of the beard and mustache flow, the type of hat he’s wearing and the color scheme. In under ten minutes, you can make this charming Christmas gnome with simple tools. I Christmas Gnome Christmas Gnome A six-minute carving project to brighten the holidays By Jan Oegema 2 Wood Carving Illustrated Christmas Gnome Decide which way you want the hat to go.Yours can go to one side or the other or, as shown here, to the back. Use your pencil to make starting and stopping points dots. By bringing a line from one dot, over the top of the carving and down to the other dot, you’ll create your first cutting line. STEP 2 Take the knife ...
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