Woodcarving – Issue 213

Issue 213 of Woodcarving magazine is filled with a host of great articles for you.

Our Guest Editor, Dave Western, welcomes you to the issue; makes a decorative bowl to serve his favourite snack; and we have an extract from his new book, Carved Lovespoons, where Dave makes a traditional Welsh lovespoon.

In our Projects section, Steve Bisco celebrates the summer season with a beach scene; John Samworth boggles the brain with his interpretation of the Penrose Engine House optical illusion; Cedric Boyns lets his imagination take flight with his carving of a cagou bird; Kevin Alviti makes a handy mobile phone holder; Zoë Gertner recreates a vintage hand brush; and Paolo Frattari adds more detail to his sculpted head.

In Techniques, Graham Thompson explains how to capture the defining features of a person in a portrait carving.

In Features, Peter Benson shares what he has learned from teaching children to carve; we meet Lara Reisigl Domeneghetti, whose experimental approach examines the relationship between past and present; and Steve McAndrew, secretary of the Cleveland Carving Club, asks two club members how they came to carve.

We also have updates from the carving community and a peek at our next issue.

All this and more in Woodcarving magazine 213!