A fan bird carve 2 .mov

See master craftsman Sean Hellman carve an exquisite fan-bird out of a single piece of ash wood.

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Education

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• bird fan-carving wooden-bird
• fan bird
• fanbirds
• carving wooden fan birds

[woodwrightman]

Kerkol, I mainly use ash, but many other woods are suitable. I have also used scots pine, slow grown stuff. Have a look at my blog to find out more

spoonerismer I leave them as they are, no oil. Sometimes I stain them with light fast stains.

[thornwarbler]

amazing!!!!

[kerkol]

It looks great.  what kind of wood dou you use yo make this fan bird? thanx

[Cheekybarber]

AWESOME!!!!

[spoonerismer]

do you put a light oil on them afterward?

[psychodelicdragon]

that axe isn't very sharp, so much for the fingers! haha

[bygonetoni]

Firstly, I would like to say well done for posting this on YouTube - such an unselfish act. If we don't share our skills for other generations to learn they will be forgotten or worse, lost to time. I have made one so far - which turned out OK. When I get more time I will experiment more. Secondly, I like the way you use your carving axe, for one moment I thought I was watching a Japanese carver at work. Keep up the good work.