Learn How to Carve a Hollow Form - Carving for turners or turning for carvers?
Channel: Mustardpiece
Date: 2021-05-01

Well I am back with a simple carving of a hollow form. The design is fairly simple, but it teaches the fundamentals of carving and it is fairly easy to follow.  Woodturning combined with woodcarving. 

The goal of this project is to be able to carve sharp  precise lines that look like the work of an experience carver. To achieve this first, I used a carbide tooth wheel on my DeWalt angle grinder and then  cleaned the lines up with my Foredom rotary carver using a carbide burr. I think the wood (red maple burr) fits together very well with the black staining that I applied on top of the carved surfaces. I also put a finial on the bottom and the top of the piece. I think this technique balances the piece out very well. Of course now it don't have a way of standing on its own so, I also had to design a stand for it. :)

As always I used my Axminster AC355WL woodturing lathe and traditional and carbide woodturning chisels to complete this work. I think combining woodturning with woodcarving  is a very good way to create variety and most of the masters know how to carve, so there must be a truth to this. 

I hope you enjoy watching this video. 

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