Valerie Jones wood carving tutorial part 1 of 3

Valerie Jones wood carving tutorial part 1 of 3

Valerie Jones demonstrates her chip-carving techniques on Mahogany wood in this 3 part video clip series. She carves wood by hand using an X-acto knife, She describes her work as she carves the German-style, geometric patterns into the wood after tracing or stenciling the pattern on the surface. She discusses the methods she uses in her self-taught carving practices including: how to hold the knife, wood grains, guiding the blades, finishing the final product, following the stencil patterns and other valuable information. This could be educational to anyone interested in learning to carve wood by hand.