hello, please can you show how to carve smoke (from a train engine) and snow on the ground and blowing in a winter scene.? i want to carve a mantel with a winter scene of a steam train rushing through the mountains in a very cold winter...still trying to wrap my head around it...lol
Hey there i am carving my frist mantel which i have hand hewed an torch the top side it has 2 different pics being 2d carved an only about a half inch in depth but it is getting burnt in with a wood burning for detail how much should i charge for a piece of this magnitude? Plz help with this as i dont know what it should be all other pieces ive done havent been this intense. You can rech me on here or on facebook under arrows elegant floors.
Not seeing a sample of your work and the detail, it is difficult to determine a fair market value. I price my work at $5 per square inch of carved surface, plus the wood and any other extras, such as installation. One thing I never do is use woodburning on any of my work because wood burning is only a temporary art form. Take a piece of charcoal and put it in the sun and it will eventually turn white from the ultraviolet. Covering the charcoal with an outdoor varnish will slow the whitening process but it still happens. Woodburning is nothing more than turning wood into charcoal and it will always fade. A mantel is a family heirloom, lasting hundreds of years. Depending on the light exposure, a wood burned mantel begins to deteriorate from day one and maybe 20 to 50 years at best will be so faded that the artwork will be almost invisible. With practice, a good quality artist oil paint can achieve the same effect as woodburning and will last a hundred years or more.
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How can anyone not appreciate this mans work !
Thank you for sharing this intimate, but very detailed carving class. That is a piece of art!
i love the sound of the "ring" when you strike the mallet/chisel to the mantel.
Excellent tutorial, it would be great being this talented, thank you for sharing your skills !
Fantastic piece of artistic woodwork.
hello,
please can you show how to carve smoke (from a train engine) and snow on the ground and blowing in a winter scene.? i want to carve a mantel with a winter scene of a steam train rushing through the mountains in a very cold winter...still trying to wrap my head around it...lol
Hey there i am carving my frist mantel which i have hand hewed an torch the top side it has 2 different pics being 2d carved an only about a half inch in depth but it is getting burnt in with a wood burning for detail how much should i charge for a piece of this magnitude? Plz help with this as i dont know what it should be all other pieces ive done havent been this intense. You can rech me on here or on facebook under arrows elegant floors.
Not seeing a sample of your work and the detail, it is difficult to determine a fair market value. I price my work at $5 per square inch of carved surface, plus the wood and any other extras, such as installation.
One thing I never do is use woodburning on any of my work because wood burning is only a temporary art form. Take a piece of charcoal and put it in the sun and it will eventually turn white from the ultraviolet. Covering the charcoal with an outdoor varnish will slow the whitening process but it still happens. Woodburning is nothing more than turning wood into charcoal and it will always fade. A mantel is a family heirloom, lasting hundreds of years. Depending on the light exposure, a wood burned mantel begins to deteriorate from day one and maybe 20 to 50 years at best will be so faded that the artwork will be almost invisible.
With practice, a good quality artist oil paint can achieve the same effect as woodburning and will last a hundred years or more.