What Are The Best Types Of Wood For Wood Carving

July 23, 2020

What type of wood are the best Choices for carving?

They are many choices of wood on the market but in this, video, I will go over the best choices to start carving…

To start a wood sculpture you are going to need a few tools and materials, lest go over the list of the ones I like and used for the last 30 years…

This list is very much what you need to Start carving in wood.

Pattern or design
Piece of wood
Pencil
Carbon paper
Masking tape
Carving chisels
Wood Mallet
Table or bench to work
Wood Clamps
Sandpaper
A lot of desire to learn wood carving

This few supplies will be good to begin your Art Sculpture. True time and when you advance more and more you will add more tools by them you will have a better feel for what is best for your style as a wood carver…
Wacht this videos for wood carving tools that I like and used every day.

Now when you have a little idea of what you need let me go over some of this materials and tools, let start with the basic the piece of wood that is going to transform in from of our eyes into a beautiful carving.
You have a lot of types of wood available some are great to work with, some they have more grain, some are dark in colors or light.
True the year of woodcarver if used many types of wood and this is the best that I like and I use.

TYPE OF WOODS FOR WOOD CARVING OR WHITTLING

True the years of woodcarver I had used many types of woods for my sculptures, I prefer someones more than others, the best is to try many at you can, in this way you will have the experience with each type and by the years of using a few types you will determinate what is the best for your Wood Carvings…

ASPEN WOOD OR LIMEWOOD
This is my best choice that I used to create my carvings because is soft to cave without any problems, the grain is minimum so you don’t have to fight to carve in any direction. This type of wood was used in the 1700 hundreds by Griling Gibbons how to become the master of the relief carving that will give you the feeling of the are floating in the air…

In Europe, this type of wood is known as Limewood.
Aspen wood is fantastic to give any finished because of the quality of a light color that will take any color. You as well will obtain great details in your final surface. The cost is usually low than most type of hard numbers.

BASSWOOD

This is a great material to use for woodcarvings, is not hard to obtain great carvings. A lot of woodworkers used this particular type of wood. Is a light in color that is a great quality to give it stain finished because is icy to dark as a light type of wood. The only disadvantage is when you used sandpaper to give the final surface is a little difficult and need longer work to obtain a real smooth surface. But overall is a great wood to work with it, you need to maintain your woodcarving tools real edge sharp if not you will have a difficulty to carve special against the grain, this type of wood is very economical and that is a good quality special when you are starting carving in wood…

POPLAR WOOD
This particular wood is also harvested in the USA the main characteristic of this material it has a green color grain in combination with the light color this could give you a lot of possibilities to created great projects… Is a soft and icy lumber to carve as well good to obtain great finish results. The cost of the lumber is in the low range, it stains finish very well because is a light color but you have to take in count the green grain that will turn darker with the finished…