Calvo Woodworking and Carving School

Calvo Woodworking and Carving School in Gloucester, Massachusetts is dedicated to the art and skill of wood carving and woodworking techniques. Our wood carving classes, workshops and seminars for the beginner and intermediate student will give you a strong baseline in the fundamentals of carving that can be applied to any style of wood carving design whether it is abstract, traditional or contemporary. I keep the class size small so that you are assured continuous one on one attention. The teaching style I use is the same as my wood carving teachers who were European trained. I train both your hands to carve and your eyes to see so that you can map your way into a project. It is my goal and hopeful intentions to get you to move beyond your personal expectation and carve wood with more confidence and most importantly, a sense of what to do next. In all my years of teaching and to my delight, on the final day of the workshop, it is usually the student who is pleasantly surprised with their own results. All I ask is that you bring your enthusiasm and nothing more. As the teacher, it's my problem to figure out how to teach you wood carving... so take a deep breath, relax and enjoy learning the skill of wood carving.

We also offer woodworking technique courses such as marquetry, windsor chair making and guitar building. All five day classes start at 9:00 and run until 5:30pm. Pre-registration is required.
The Woodworking School is in easy driving range from New York, New York City, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New Jersey and Massachusetts areas. Our area, known as Picturesque Cape Ann, is a tourist destination point and was the location for the story and filming of "The Perfect Storm". This vacation area offers reasonable accommodations and we are happy to assist you with your housing needs. For vacation fun, there are boats for whale watches, working artist colonies and studios, galleries, museums, beaches, sport fishing, great dining spots, excellent shopping boutiques in historic areas and more.
Updated: December 11, 2009

Calvo Studio also offers a "One on One" Wood Carving Apprenticeship Program that allows you to work up to different skill plateaus. This structured intense program is a conscious effort to make you a trained, well rounded capable wood carver. It is a my hopeful intention that you become fluent with the skill level akin to the old days of apprenticeships. I am actively looking for an apprentice. Direct inquiries only.

Wood Carving - Bevels and Cutting Angles

Wood carving tools are cutting tools often. Each cutting tool has at least one groove. To resolve this at the edges of curved surfaces. But one escarpment ridge is greater. This is actually a cutting angle. How to support a particular angle for conical cutting tools can be used to determine. Optimum efficiency and impact Slants for experienced carvers.

As a wood carver, carving tools and the first time since purchase, here are some things you need to know.

Some carving tools leave the manufacturer without a dip. This is only the commission with chamfer angle, is determined by meanings. Many experienced wood carvers are so on their own terms, because you want to cut the new tools is preferred. I do not want to renew a ledge.

How kind of knife or cutting tool similar already recommended not only to sharpen know beveled based Carver. Corner edges and metal corners Beveled basis that a knife crime. If you know you want to know how the blades, cutting angle (AKA) sharpening angle, experience will be. You control the right slope.

New pre-set simple engraving tools also beautiful by the manufacturer already covered floor to find the bevels. However, the new Carver even by the manufacturer of cutting tool angle, it may not be the correct size or shape that you want created must be aware. Suppose this is true only cone. , Know your needs, specific tasks, namely the right tools and get carving. Give yourself this time.

Engraving tool or the length of your chamfer angle and cutting wood for you to divide the power sets. Its very simple, rake angle, vertical and short conical large. Large-angle power means more wood cut. Edge, the most difficult to cut wood strong. What does this mean?

If soft wood cutting, a small angle to the date for the own vehicle is required. This is a very fine point and a very large wedge (slope length allows) to the rear.

If the hard part, own vehicle to date to have a wide-angle lens. This is also very thick, curved edges and a small cone () short and steep.

Another important point in mind here. How has the cutting edge angle control can determine the size if the statue.

If a small segment angle and using a wedge with a carving tool, based on forest hands too. This provides better control and thus better statue. Unfortunately, we could be so powerful, not that your benefit.

If a large portion of the angle of rest and enjoy a conical engraving tool, wood hand less small. Have less control over their hands since the engraving bit clumsy, maybe. This is a strange thing. These are problems but the error with a quick strong side.

Because we're talking about bevels, here are three main types of wood carving which has bevels: straight (square) bevels, rounded bevels (convex) and () are concave hollow bevels.

Flat bevels. As the name sounds, these bevels have a straight edge square. They are the most efficient cutting edge sharpness delivers more power. Many wood carvers prefer this type of cone.

Round chamfers. Convex and a hollow circular cone and profile chamfer opposite seems. Because more effort is required to cut trees thick wedge rule. Therefore, the cutting angle is important.

Hollow bevels. Bevels pit, and a circular cone with concave and vice versa to observe. , But it is not easy working with him a very special way. Typically, a hollow conical cup without knowing what was learned, will be to take the edge, it is always visible in every part.

If the fundamentals of how cutting angles and beveled edges, you know, keep a hand on any information about cutting tool cutting efficiency effects. Simple mistakes can be avoided and talented wood carvers prefer to be on the road is for.

Whittling - Whittling Vs Wood Carving

Wood shavings or small pieces Whittling part is removed by cutting and pare. This is the basic form of raw material, but today really made of wood carving, right. Raw material requires a series of tools, power tools, know this. Thus, the complex can be very fast. But this is not how you Whittles. Only with a knife cut, two things: the trees part and a knife.

True Cut always has been very easy. Forest details very difficult, very good, but it is not rough. If hands are holding a whittled object, you know. You can see the knife each shot. With emery is not an option. This wood is characterized as a rule detailed carvings are the opposite. There are a wooden statue of the same Even if you generally can not see a knife and hold objects. Very interesting. It may take a week a little girl with a knife cut everything you here. Wood carving the same little girl requires more tools, but only receives a certain portion. There are a lot of information is not manufactured with a knife.

Cut, special circumstances or a certain kind of job requires special tools. Just you, all you need a piece of wood blades. Anywhere inside or outside the home picnic in a park a car Whittle can go almost anywhere. This is not the case with detailed carvings.

If you use wood carve there probably are a number of private vehicles. There detail knives and carving knives, wood and wood picture files, wood chisels and pipes are. And all of them. (Never heard of a loop-stick?) Is probably a very good chance that your vehicle power tools, a handful of raw material is. Then how to provide electric current need to worry. Not so simple.

I really need a work area when carving. Do not hold the timber which usually work. Several times, the same thing for a visa for you, so you will need a good bench or platform. And they do not have anyone to play with for all these valuable tools. Besides the possibility of losing them, they must not touch sharp and dangerous, but one many. And how long I've worked on creating special? In the audience for these pictures I do not want time off. Who knows what? (Hey, where did they go nose?)

Salami slicing and movement-meditation is used as a thinking process. Not this one, so what is a lot of cutting itself. On the other hand, wooden carvings, a process that results. To go with all the details in your mind what to see this as for creating. Them to produce a product so that you can not save any time there.

Asked how I feel pleasure and diarrhea. Do not worry if you fall, have to take time and see what happens, if you want engraving for you. If you may be qualified to see how, how information is located if you want good, carvings could be looking for you. Hey, try both. You may be surprised.

Wood Carving - How to Choose the Right Tools

A wood carver and not just to consume, you will need a set of tools. There is just no way around. So what are the right tools for wood carving?

Sharpen tools. They must first come to a suitable place agreed carved grinding tools. Finally, they are not clear, what is this? Drive yourself crazy.

Naked as a minimum, you must tighten the stone and leather. Edges are used for grinding stone for sharpening. Many different shapes and sizes of grinding comes. Some very long knives at the edges of the blades are usually accommodating short wood carving. There are diamond chips sounds very good, modern facilities to sharpen not work. A key chain or even some sharpening stones as small as a credit card can be found. How convenient.

All micro-burr and prosperity for the purpose blade bit is still to remove the skin become crisp. This is very important wood carving. If something still clings to the edge, it really progress open. Have to import everything. If you'd like a link or advice grinding grinding their edges may be correct.

If you are really serious about a wood carver, forces you to sharpen a knife with a strap is recommended to learn. Once you learn it, as well as many other carvings will be able to sharpen edges. Sharp edges and need for a smooth wood carving is fixed. If you contact them to have the rest of the world. No kidding.

Formatting tools. The tool, all kinds of wooden statues has a special function. Naked as a minimum, you should be carving knives, chisels, Wood Gouges, wood file, and perhaps an electric drill and a hammer riffles.

æ knife. This has all the tools and carving all kinds of ways that you basic attitudes. They are straight edge knife, blade angle, bent knives, chip knives, detail knives, carving knife in his pocket, and lockable inserts with special orders for folding. And all of them. If you want even micro-knives or micro-tool kits is that you want.

This is a question of functionality. Each side shall be final. What do you do when you can learn all kinds of knives, made in front of you and your proposed sculpture will be reviewed, then I know what is the best knife. Preference for a specific task to another knife blade may not coincide with the best there is. Therefore, you have choices.

AE Wood points. Most ground on both sides, chisels, but on one side you can find a cone. Beveled or square head. In fact, forward or backward tilt may have been. Have a choice.

æ Wood Gouges. Apart from this wood is one of the most commonly used carving tools. There are many shapes and sizes. Some very short and thick, with a sharp knife several inches longer than the others to extend. You will probably find different ways. This is not a problem. Of course, every time or another will use a times.

Wood and files files AE riff. Shopping for these tools can be a bit confusing. Really. Some stores call a rasp, others call a Riff. Call it a rasp and another Riff. How do I know how you know. Now, most stakeholders agree that coarse grater looks very flat files. Tool itself may be thick and rectangular like a sharpening file, but not surprising, to see how those who thin curved head riff.

Riffles the other hand, usually thin curved head. This curve can be found at both ends Riff heads can be found in most cases. Converters and sizes which offers even find kits.

æ Mallets. This small hammer in the right situation, is invaluable. Need a chip carving, relief carving and engraving is for printing. (What am I?) Mallets are a must for all wood carving. Only, perhaps, click here to create a shadow and a small notch in the dash a few millimeters too far, perhaps you may have. Really a valuable tool.

AE Power Tools. Wood carving power tools there are a few beautiful. There are drills, rotor burrs, power chisels and mini grinders saw. You can even find power carving kits on. Own selection of power grinders which offers even a wood carver kit, 's.

What this means quite a woodcarver can save much time and extraordinary effort. Just think for a lot of life-size statue of an extremely wide. It is Carver. Hey, what about all the power generated by carving tools? (... I wonder what it would be great.)

Grinding and polishing tools. All engraving is completed and design, you want sand all surfaces. This image is an important step prior to or polishing. For an earlier end of this process will remove all the remains, and we do not have influence of a chemical bond with the wood ready. Loops can be sand paper, sanding clothes or sanding sticks with.

æ cycle is often achieved with sanding. Many features, very, very, very, very good there are rude. A wide choice. Something very similar is defuzzing platform. Looks like it is. This is all the fuzz is still wooden surfaces.

There is a role where clothes æ sanding and is available in various grain sizes. Sections can be cut and rolled or folded roll as desired. Best of all, you do not to crack or collapse do not do not worry.

cereal bars can be found in a variety of sanding æ. Also kits or sanding detail kits will remove the glue stick or product finishing and sanding can find minutes. Mini-sticks and big business for sanding belts sanding belt sander can be used.

Carving an incredible increase in business. Can I use a few tools and work with small projects. Or on a large project such as power tools you can use various tools. Fortunately, too, often funny and very satisfying is comforting. Enjoy!

Wood Carving - How to Choose the Right Style

Raw material is a special talent. This growth can be a great imagination requires extreme patience. If you prefer a wood carver, you are way more choices. Only a small piece of wood and use a knife. Or you can go as far as power tools. What great style you know?

There five main styles are raw material. Her style is very different from each other. This style roaming chip carving, relief carving, sculpture and prints are weakening.

Cut. Wood shavings or a pruning knife cutting involves removing pare parts. This simplest form of wood carving, wood carving but it really is. Then and always, it is important for differentiation, note should be a simple cut. All you'll need a knife and a piece of wood. Because so simple, whittled objects have a lot of information, such as wood carving in any other valid.

If hands are holding a whittled object, you definitely know. Each blade can be clearly seen. How easy, then it centuries ago, the Cavemen began in a moment. Unbelievable is not it?

Chip carving. Chip carving small pieces of wood in a flat wooden surface (chips) is to remove more than one knife to use. This special knife, the way you want it or by pulling on the wood, to cut up or down on each chip, the chip used is produced.

Chip carving has become so popular maintains its own art form. Changing the basic technical wooden triangular smart. For this complex model, often leads to the geometric nature. Free-line on a regular basis to strengthen these trends are used to carving. They really allow dreams.

Bas-relief. This type of flat cut wood sculpture with 3-dimensional mode image is cut. These, you see the wall or sitting at tables or on the surface, there are carved.

There are two types of relief. Visual effects created by a relief carving a cookie. Without this deep shadow, the product appears very shallow and therefore is considered as a relief engraving. High relief, a great effect on the depth created by adding shadows everywhere Carved. Both types of results: a good size and with detail carvings. The finished product is polished to create a very smooth surface. Then, can be painted or varnished waxed.

Engraving engraving. Such a relief carving carvings similar. But instead, as if on a wooden surface, this seems to be a part of the forest. Because the drawings of deep-carved wooden surface is under control. Think of old wooden rolling pin. This cute little pictures all carved remember? Hollow statue.

Many furniture manufacturers also really carved statue style. He is also very empty area equipped with individually carved and furniture that was not attached. What do you think? In fact, dining table and bedroom furniture can be found. This is wonderful for wood paneling. Special panels or other decorative elements or even stand and stand as you can see the actual track surface.

Round sculpture. This tree is the most advanced type of engraving. Product of all parties a full and fast all the details can be seen. A support platform which serves as a base or a timber and base, is carved. Sculpture a person, an animal or a landscape, almost everything you can imagine can be. They may have the size or size. Sky is nearly unlimited with carved round.

This type requires a number of carving tools. Knives, chisels and pipes has reduced the minimum range. Not surprisingly, the use of power tools and our thoughts. After the final product is usually very spectacular. Usually round is wrong for making porcelain sculpture products easily. Details impressive.

Wood carvings around the cave men days, respectively. Over time, he saw an awesome art. This is very common and very satisfying comic is comforting. If you are a hobby, wood carving What could be looking for you.