For most of my carving projects, I use a straight knife like this Flexcut roughing knife ($30 at Woodcraft). How a knife feels in your hand is more important than the brand. If you’re able, try before ...

Local artist, Fred Monceaux, of Fred’s Hand Wood Carvings & Craft, stops by the Passe Partout studios with a collection of his wood works. Fred is licensed in the State of Louisiana and Acadia Parish.

In this photo from July 2015, Ron Ferrell, owner of West Virginia Wood Patterns, looks at some of his collection of more than 5,000 wood patterns which were stored at a warehouse adjacent to the ...

Perhaps because it neighbours the ancient civilisation of Gandhara, traditional wood-carving is still popular in Rawalpindi, where craftsmen prefer hand-carved wooden products. However many machines ...

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