easy wood projects - Small Sculpture Workshop

easy wood projects

We’ve just enjoyed a weekend workshop of small sculpture with Tapawera artist David Carson.

In this workshop, you can create one or two wall hung or free standing small sculptures, working with the natural features of various woods, using the jointer, bandsaw and table saw. 

In particular I enjoyed the freedom to just create using the natural shapes, colours and characteristics of the wood without having to take consideration of function, structural strength or weight loading etc.

Timbers used are often offcuts that would otherwise not have much use in conventional woodworking and some blocks were pulled out of the firewood shed.  Im a bit of a wood hoarder anyway, but now I can see what can be done with such scrappy bits of wood my hoarding habit will only get worse.
Were working on some up-cycle project ideas (using reclaimed wood or offcuts) to run as weekend workshops in the near future so this weekend was a good introduction to it.

This small sculpture workshop is suited equally to first time woodworkers or to those with experience, it’s a lot of fun, more info at www.cfw.co.nz

David Carson with a totara block

Splitting the block with a wedge, letting it split the way it wants to

Warwick

Wood selection

Some of Davids works

Lauren and David making wood selection

Tashs rimu sculpture between coats of oil 

Lauren finishing her totara sculpture

Warwick putting on the finishing touches

Warwicks totara and walnut sculpture

Laurens finished work

Tashs finished work

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