Carving Article on Carving Wood Robots

Well, it was inevitable that someone would eventually come up with a blog on carving of all things, wood robots! Most of the time old timers are carving far more interesting subjects such as cowboys and Indians or furry little creatures from a forest. Wood Robots? What was this carver thinking? Let's analyze this for a moment: What shape would allow the beginning student or not too experienced carver the best success? Aha! The stick figure! Remember when you were a child in Kindergarten or perhaps First Grade when the teacher drew on the old chalk-board, a stick figure? You were fascinated! I know I was because that same day after school, I ran home and decided I would be an artist. Mom kept those stick figure sketches for a long time, and she was really proud of me.

My original blog, "Carving Wood Robots" will attempt to inspire you into doing what has given me unlimited pleasure, carving wood robots. I will let you in on the secret to all of this carving wood robots craze. If you haven't quite figured it out, it is really simple: A wooden robot is just like that old stick figure the teacher drew for me on the black board. Now think like a carver and imagine that in carving a wood robot, the challenge would be a lot easier that carving a human face, or the face of a bear or even a winged angel. If you study art, you realize that the more detail in a project, the more difficult it is to pursue. Carving a wood robot can be seen as a very simple way of accomplishing a wood carving.

To conclude this article, let us take a moment and visualize a carved wood robot. Close your eyes now and try to imagine how you would cut this robot shape to imitate the stick figure I have previously mentioned. Professional wood carvers begin their projects with a blank, which in carving circles means the basic shape of the desired wood for a particular project. A blank can be previously prepared with a band saw or a coping saw. Later, I will explain this in great detail, but for now, think about what I have discussed in this article. The last thought would be to envision a rectangular piece of wood standing in front of you on a table, standing upright of course, the long side in its vertical position. This is a humble beginning to carving a wood robot.