Carving a Bald Headed Woodspirit Walking Stick

This is an interesting woodspirt that I recently carved on the top of a nice sourwood stick. The top few inches of the stick were slightly twisted and thus added a nice look to the woodspirit face. I finished the carving with thinned down acrylic paints layered on and sealed with with Krylon spray sealer. After an antique wash using watered down burnt umber acrylic paint, I used gloss polyurethane as the final sealer.

Always think "Safety First" when carving wood no matter how much experience you have. Always wear a good cut resistant glove such as those made from kevlar on the non-carving hand and if you're not using a table clamp or vise then always use a lap board to protect your legs. Thanks for being safe and have fun learning to carve.

This video is also being used for a current entry on carving woodspirits at my blog: http://woodtrails.blogspot.com

Music "Thingamajig" is royalty free and courtesy of Jason Shaw
http://www.youtube.com/user/audionautix#p/

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• wood
• carving
• walking
• stick
• craft

[HektorPedo]

Hello! What's the name of the knife you used and where did you buy it? Thanks...

[kenyakimbo]

Do you think i could attempt it with a Holly Stick i have been drying out for 3 years

[tibbisnow]

Tell me about sourwood. I mostly work with basswood, butternut and cedar. How is the sourwood to carve? Where does it come from? Makes a strong staff?

Like the way you put the video together: including the tools... Did you carve more on the eyes or stick to painting them. Thank you for taking the time to do this.

[woody53pa]

like nice work



[osprey02]

NICE,I LIKE THE MUSIC TOO

[Guitardude1616]

in the process of makin the same one. thanks for the video

[anonacleaner]

thank you for posting, I love all your work and hope to upload some of my own soon.

[therazz07]

thats awesome!

[TaeIeon]

beautiful

[aulddiy]

yOU GOT IT RIGHT THERE.