How to Carve a Mouse -by Steve Tomashek

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Stop Action Animated Instructional Video: How to Carve a Miniature (under 1 inch) Mouse out of wood. The wood is Greek Boxwood, the paint is Liquitex Acrylic. The finest brushes I use are 18/0 Loew Cornell Round and Liner Brushes. The pallete is a CD. The knives are made by Lyons and can be purchased for around $36 from online sources. All of the sound effects are real (but exaggerated) thanks to an Olympus Digital Voice Recorder. The movie was assembled in iMovie from 112 still pictures taken with an obsolete but still very usable Nikon Coolpix 990 with an excellent macro capability.

Check out my website and my other videos for more miniature woodcarvings.
Steve Tomashek's website: http://www.ministeve.com

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Woodcarving
• Wood
• Carve
• Miniature
• Mini
• Mouse
• Carving
• Stop
• Action
• Motion
• Animation
• Art
• Sculpture
• Paint
• Whittle
• Steve
• Tomashek

[Bruuski]

How different is boxwood in comparison to basswood for carving your pieces? Is it easily available? How long does it take for you to carve say a mouse in real time? Hope to see your fantastic work come Nov in MN.

[stomashek]

@Bruuski

Boxwood is denser than basswood so it's harder to carve. It is also harder to come by in the US than basswood. It grows as a shrub in many places but tree-like only around the northern Mediterranean; southern France, Greece and Turkey. You might be able to find pieces on the internet. The mouse takes about 2.5 hours from start to finish.

[orkboy999]

where do i get a thumb guard + the whiskers are massive

[stomashek]

@orkboy999

Office Supply Stores; look for rubber fingers

[fezan84]

LOL @ the Hunt's Ketchup

Damn man, you're talented. I want to start wood carving and was wondering if you could recommend any resources for beginners. Great vid.

[stomashek]

I've commented in various places here and on my site.  Also here: For beginners I'd recommend a book by Tangerman "Whittling and Woodcarving" :an idea book to get your creative juices flowing. If you love carving you'll come back to it even after you cut yourself. Like training your muscles to be able to shoot a basketball through a hoop--you need to train the muscles of your hands and fingers to have minute control and strength. Hope this helps, Steve

[camaretsurmer]

That was fun! :)

[SKEEZIN08]

love the song at the end!

[orkboy999]

where do i get a thumb guard

[TheLucyPoodle]

Thank you so much! This is a great video!

[MegaLol555]

the sound of the wood was so addictive

[0Peasqueak0]

This part, 0:35, gets me every time.