Sculpture

Sculpture Patterns That Make Wood Carving Just Too Easy

Like me you may never have taken up sculpture thinking it was just too hard. Until now. This young lady is my first attempt at a Torso. I made it using patterns and worksheets from the talented Australian sculptor/carver John Van Der Kolk. His unique system opens up wood sculpture to the complete beginner. One of the most difficult challenges for the novice wood sculptor/carver is being faced with a block of wood and having to start chipping away. These unique woodworking sculpture patterns take care of the initial, difficult step of roughing out. You are just left with some fairly easy finishing off.

To give you a bit of an idea how this innovative system works here is a brief guide to making the torso.

All these designs make use of a simple pattern making technique to produce a series of profiles. (Full size patterns for each profile are included).

1 Cut Out Profiles Sculpture patterns torso templates The worksheets come with full size patterns for each profile. Glue photocopies onto a 19mm dressed board, species of your choice. I used Red Cedar (Toona Australis). These profiles can be cut out with either a:- fret saw jig saw scrollsaw or bandsaw
2 Drill Profiles Using a simple home made jig, one piece of wood with two holes, drill a pair of holes in all but the top 3 profiles.
3 Make Base 2 holes and 2 dowels in one piece of wood make a temporary base. Slip the profiles over the dowels. Remove the paper before gluing.
No holes in the top 3 profiles. We don’t want the nice lady to have dowels sticking out of her shoulders do we?	One of the many useful instructional diagrams that are included in the work sheets.
4 Glue Stack Remove the paper templates and glue the layers together.
5 Shaping Using an Arbotech mini-grinder to shape the torso. You can use a number of tools for carving the steps smooth. Coarse sandpaper on a rubber backed disc on an angle grinder or on a drill one of the angle grinder carving disc combinations. eg Arbotech
Removing the steps, quickly reveals the underlying shape. A bit of sanding, okay, a fair amount of sanding later and Roberts your aunty.

I hope that gave you a good idea as to how this unique and original sculpting system works.

The worksheets will give you all the details you need to produce a remarkable piece of timber art.

Worksheets for all these projects include full size patterns and detailed step by step instructions that take you through the whole process from buying the timber to finishing off.

When you make your first sculpture you will love the ease with which you will be able to sculpt such a magnificent piece of work. All your friends will be amazed that you have been able to produce something so good.

These comprehensive plans are a cheap way to find out how to produce a sculpture that could be sold for hundreds of dollars.

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Sculpture Patterns
No chisels needed!

Like me you may never have taken up sculpture thinking it was just too hard.

Until now.

One of the most difficult challenges for the novice wood sculptor/carver is being faced with a block of wood and having to start chipping away.

These unique woodworking sculpture patterns take care of the initial, difficult step of roughing out.

You are just left with some fairly easy finishing off.

Find out more with this step by step guide ....

Six Unique Sculpture Patterns to choose from

Dolphins Sculpture Pattern
Formula 1 Sculpture Pattern
Humpback Whales Sculpture Pattern
Spitfire Sculpture Pattern
Torso Sculpture Pattern
Reclining Torso Sculpture Pattern

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Intarsia Patterns
African Elephant Intarsia Pattern
Angel Fish Intarsia Pattern
Backyard Contemplation Intarsia Pattern
Bikie Intarsia Pattern
Bull Intarsia Pattern
Bunny Intarsia Pattern
Butterfly Kitten Intarsia Pattern
Carrot for Lunch Intarsia Pattern
Charlie Chaplin Intarsia Pattern
Deckchair Kangaroo Intarsia Pattern
Dolphin Family Intarsia Pattern
Duck Intarsia Pattern
Ducklings Intarsia Pattern
Dunny Intarsia Pattern
Eagle Intarsia Pattern
Egret Mirror Intarsia Pattern
Elder Intarsia Pattern
Elephant Intarsia Pattern
Elvis Intarsia Pattern
Flying Kanga Intarsia Pattern
Fox Cub Intarsia Pattern
Friendly Frog Intarsia Pattern
Gecko Intarsia Pattern
Gentle Foal Intarsia Pattern
Goanna Intarsia Pattern
Hello Cocky Intarsia Pattern
Honeyeater Intarsia Pattern
Horses Head Intarsia Pattern
Kittens Intarsia Pattern
Koala Dad Intarsia Pattern
Koala Mum and Baby Intarsia Pattern
Kookaburra Intarsia Pattern
Lazy Kangaroo Intarsia Pattern
Lazy Koala Intarsia Pattern
Marilyn Monroe Intarsia Pattern
Marlin Intarsia Pattern
Mo Intarsia Pattern
Numbat Intarsia Pattern
Palm Cockatoo Intarsia Pattern
Pistol Intarsia Pattern
Playful Pup Intarsia Pattern
Pumpkin Cottage Intarsia Pattern
Pup on Parade Intarsia Pattern
Puss in Boot Intarsia Pattern
Ram Intarsia Pattern
Sailboard Intarsia Pattern
Sailing Intarsia Pattern
Sandy Intarsia Pattern
Shark Intarsia Pattern
Spotty Fish Intarsia Pattern
Swaggy Intarsia Pattern
Teddy Intarsia Pattern
Tree Frog Intarsia Pattern
Triple Dolphin Intarsia Pattern
Up North Intarsia Pattern
Wallaby Intarsia Pattern
Wombat Intarsia Pattern
How to woodcarving and sculpture art system that makes it easy for anyone to produce impressive animal and figure sculpture using only your scroll saw and a sander