Beginner carver on a budget - Tiki Carving

J JohnnyP Tiki Socialite Attica, MI Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Posts: 1695	J JohnnyP Posted posted on Thu, Jun 12, 2008 6:34 AM Yes you can can carve on your budget. You can find wood all over the place for free, keep your eyes out. Logs are everywhere, old shipping pallets have some nice wood in them sometimes, dimensional lumber scraps can be found at building sites. If you carve small, you can get exotic wood pen blanks for a couple bucks. I carved with a utility knife and X-Acto for a while and you can get a set of inexpensive flat chisels for about 10 bucks. Don't buy any really, really cheap carving sets with gouges- you'll just get frustrated and be wasting your money. That said $20-30 dollars a week is a decent budget and you can buy one quality gouge or chisel a week with it and within a couple months you can have a decent basic set accumulated.

Yes you can can carve on your budget.

You can find wood all over the place for free, keep your eyes out. Logs are everywhere, old shipping pallets have some nice wood in them sometimes, dimensional lumber scraps can be found at building sites. If you carve small, you can get exotic wood pen blanks for a couple bucks.

I carved with a utility knife and X-Acto for a while and you can get a set of inexpensive flat chisels for about 10 bucks. Don't buy any really, really cheap carving sets with gouges- you'll just get frustrated and be wasting your money.

That said $20-30 dollars a week is a decent budget and you can buy one quality gouge or chisel a week with it and within a couple months you can have a decent basic set accumulated.

Post #386577 by JohnnyP on Thu, Jun 12, 2008 6:34 AM