Ozark Walking Sticks Review of Heinecke Wood Products

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Jan 292012
 

Any time that you set out to do something that you enjoy, you should strive to have the best material and equipment that you possibly can.  If you like to go fishing, you want the best fishing gear that will help you accomplish a successful fishing trip.  If you are a hunter, you want the best supplies and weapons to help ensure that you have the advantage on every outing.  Wood carving isn’t any different.

When you set out to work on a wood carving project, whether you are a seasoned wood carver, or a brand new beginner, you need to have the best tools and wood to make the wood carving process safer, more fun, and more successful.

There are a ton of choices when it comes to choosing quality wood carving tools, but I’ve not found any better option for great quality basswood than Heinecke Wood Products.  Tim and Dale Heinecke have been in the wood business for over 30 years and supplying fine carving wood since 1995.  Their practice blocks are all Northern Wisconsin Basswood.

Every order that I have received from Heinecke, shipped quickly and delivered wonderful white basswood that was precisely cut and planed on all sides.  The practice sticks are ready to carve right out of the box and create really nice carvings.  They even do custom sized at no additional cost.

Check them out today, you won’t be disappointed.

5 New Beginner Wood Carving Videos from Gene Messer

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Jan 222012
 

Ozark Walking Sticks has 5 new Gene Messer Beginner Wood Carving Videos on DVD ready to ship to your door.  These DVDs are a great resource for all wood carvers who want to be able to sit down and carve an easy project without using an internet connection.  You can rewind and fast forward these wonderful wood carving projects so that you don’t miss a single cut.

The wood carving projects are jam packed with information and show the entire process of carving the projects listed below.  Mr. Messer goes step by step on video so that you can follow along and carve one for yourself.

 

Indian Girl Carving

Wood Carving - Indian Girl

 

You get two DVD’s jam packed with easy to follow instruction on the simple projects listed above. Each DVD is priced at a very low price of $24.00 $12.99 and comes with free shipping. Pick up your own copy and start making wood carvings.

Please allow 2 weeks for processing and delivery.
Wood Carved Cowboy

Wood Carved Cowboy

You get two DVD’s jam packed with easy to follow instruction on the simple projects listed above. Each DVD is priced at a very low price of $24.00 $12.99 and comes with free shipping. Pick up your own copy and start making wood carvings.

Please allow 2 weeks for processing and delivery.
Animal Shelf Sitters

Wood Carved Animal Shelf Sitters

You get two DVD’s jam packed with easy to follow instruction on the simple projects listed above. Each DVD is priced at a very low price of $24.00 $12.99 and comes with free shipping. Pick up your own copy and start making wood carvings.

Please allow 2 weeks for processing and delivery.
Broken Heart

Wood Carved Broken Heart

You get a DVD jam packed with easy to follow instruction on the simple projects listed above. Each DVD is priced at a very low price of $12.99 $9.99 and comes with free shipping. Pick up your own copy and start making wood carvings.

Please allow 2 weeks for processing and delivery.
3 Piece Santa

3 Piece Santa Wood Carving

You get two DVD’s jam packed with easy to follow instruction on the simple projects listed above. Each DVD is priced at a very low price of $24.00 $12.99 and comes with free shipping. Pick up your own copy and start making wood carvings.

Please allow 2 weeks for processing and delivery.

Use the View Cart button below to process your order after you have added all of the desired DVDs.

All videos are in MPEG-2 format and should play in most set-top DVD players.

20 Wood Carving Tips for 2012

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Jan 152012
 

If you talked to 20 different wood carvers, you would probably get a lot of different responses if you asked for some quick and easy tips for wood carving.  Here are 20 tips to get your wood carving started out on the right foot for 2012.

  1. Learn to Sharpen your tools
  2. Wear a Wood Carving Glove and Thumb guard
  3. Keep all wood carving patterns
  4. Keep a small mirror in your wood carving box to examine your own facial expressions.
  5. Buy some good wood carving books
  6. Purchase tools individually, not as a set
  7. Use good quality paint brushes
  8. Use a business card as a carving ruler
  9. Strop your wood carving tools often
  10. Use blade protectors to keep wood carving tool blades safe and sharp
  11. Keep band-aids in your carving box
  12. Keep a notepad and pencil with your to record ideas when you have them
  13. Find a wood carving club or carving friend to guidance and motivation
  14. Maintain your wood carving tools
  15. Keep a folder of pictures of your carving subjects to refer to
  16. Take pictures of all of you wood carvings as a record to see your progress
  17. Subscribe to Wood Carving Illustrated and/or Chip Chats
  18. Buy quality wood carving tools
  19. Mark your wood carving tools
  20. Practice, Practice, Practice

Painting Trick for Wood Carving Paint Washes

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Jan 092012
 

Most wood carvers that I talk to, including myself, prefer for their completed and painted wood carvings still look like wood.  That means that we want them to have some wood grain showing through that paint.  I feel that this adds to the beauty of the wood carving.  It also lets the person looking at the wood carving know immediately that it is a wood carving.

There have been times when painting my wood carvings, that I have coated the paint too heavily and it makes the finished piece look like it could possibly be made of plastic, ceramic, or some other non-wood material.  The key to allowing the wood grain to show through is to use a paint wash.

Paint washes are accomplished by watering down your desired color of paint.  It will take practice getting the right proportion of water to paint.  I like to keep a piece of scrap wood of the same type that my project is carved in to test the paint wash.  Another option that you have to test your paint wash, is to use some newspaper.

Save some old newspapers and when you are ready to test a paint wash for it transparency qualities, you can apply the paint wash directly to the newspaper.  If you can see the newspaper enough to ready the print, you have a paint wash that will allow the wood grain to show up after the wood carving is completed.

Happy New Year from Ozark Walking Sticks!!!!

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Jan 032012
 

I know that I’m a little late getting this post up to say Happy New Year, but it’s only the 3rd of January. :) I hope that everyone had a great Christmas and are now turning the page on a New Year full of opportunity and wood carving experiences.

So far, I haven’t completed any projects for 2012, so I haven’t been able to sign any carvings with ’12 yet.  Hopefully a couple carvings will finish up in the next couple weeks.  I notice that I usually have a few projects going at the same time.  Every project that I do, seems to bring to mind other ideas and then I start on those and more ideas manifest. :)

It’s a new year and I hope to touch on some more interesting wood carving topics through the year.  Just remind everyone, if you have a carving project that you want to share, just email us some pictures and maybe some background about the piece.  We always enjoy seeing and sharing pictures of other carvers projects on the blog.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!