Author: Peter Shoobert

This week I was running low on wood, so I had to go out and get some. All I have left is one bigger piece of basswood which I am saving for my final carve. Additionally, I have used the biggest dead branches in my backyard already, so I made a run to Rona near…

I decided to carve a wooden bear for this week’s Learning project. To learn how to do this I watched another YouTube video. I was scrolling through videos to which most did not inspire me until I stumbled across this video by the user LINKER The video was informative and easy to follow as LINKER…

En Garde! For this week’s learning project post I had the urge to carve a wooden sword. I’m not exactly sure why, but I wanted to and did it. Unfortunately, there was not lots of available sources that were carving what I wqas looking for. All of the videos of wooden swords are big life…

For this week’s learning project post I decided to carve a wizard. My first project I made a gnome looking thing. It was not that great and I wanted redemption. To learn how to carve this wizard I watched a video made by Alec LaCasse. This was probably the best video I have learned from…

For this weeks learning project I decided to carve a flower in a flower pot. It is my girlfriend’s birthday at the end of the week and I always like to buy flowers, but this way I can make them and they won’t wilt away! I found this video on YouTube under the user FARMAN…

For this week’s learning project post I decided to carve a fox. Similar to last week’s project, I learned from a youtube video. I felt that this carve was easier than last weeks and I have a couple hunches as to why that is. First, I found that I made less mistakes on the fox…

For my first whittling project I decided to try and carve a tiny gnome. As you will see, mine does not look quite like the one in the video because it is much more difficult than I thought! Following this video was easy. The steps all made sense, and there were no skips so I…

Welcome to the beginning of my Learning Project Journey. For as long as I can remember I have been a builder and a crafter. I started young with Lego. Then moved on to smaller figurines as I got a bit older. Recently I’ve been tinkering with wood. Building chairs and foldable tables for me and…