Carving - Page 11 of 21

Pleasure in the making—and every day thereafter

Green woodworker Dave Fisher shows you exactly what he looks for in his go-to carving tools for making chips fly.

Kevin uses a jigsaw, router and templates to make the cutout and relieved areas of the headboard. Then he adds a beautiful carved texture to the relieved area using a gouge.

Silhouette of the Past within the Present

The piece-de-resistance on David Fisher’s hand-carved bowl is the decorative chip carving around the rim

Learn how Jon Billing turned the drawer fronts and recessed pulls on his wall cabinet

In the world of green woodworking, Dave Fisher is a rock star. As a bowl carver, Dave has taken what many think of as a rustic form and added a refinement that few thought was possible.

For some time I've been interested in doing a chip carving project. I selected a Treasure Casket shown in a book by Paul Hasluck, "Manual of Traditional Wood Carving" and scanned the one-page illustration…

Synopsis: David Fisher carves bowls from green wood in a snug, unplugged shop in Pennsylvania. He takes as much pleasure in the process as he does in the finished pieces. The…

After decades of carving, Al Breed still wants to know what the first cut a 18th-century craftsperson made in a carving.