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Nordic Style Carving – Sculpture Foam

Nordic Style Carving is worked with smooth edges, simple shapes, and little or no detailing.  When worked in wood, as sugar pine or black walnut, the wood grain becomes the dominate feature of the carving.

With high density sculpture foam, a Nordic styled bird carving becomes the base for adding small areas of texture or as the background for a full acrylic scene painting.

Supplies

6″ x 5″ x 1″ block of sculpture foam
basic set of carving knives
220- and 320-grit sandpaper
graphite paper for tracing
6mm black glass beads for the eyes
acrylic craft paints

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Wood Carving, Pyrography Pattern Collection

On sale through Dec. 31st, 2022
For a limited time get a free bonus book, signed by Lora Irish with your
Thumb Drive order at ArtDesignsStudio.com
This week’s book is the Great Book of Wood Burning – Edition 2, a $22 value.

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Free Santa Ornament Patterns for Wood Carving and High Density Foam Carving

Santa comes in all flavors of the rainbow from vanilla through dark chocolate.  Worked in either basswood or high density foam they make great additions to your holiday decorations.

So let’s have some free fun!  Click here –  Santa Ornament patterns.

I will be adding new Santa patterns over the next few days, so please bookmark my website.

Today’s free patterns were carved using high-density foam. This makes the ornaments easy to carve, and extremely light weight. So you can super-size your ornaments while keeping them light enough to decorate your Christmas tree.

 

 

 

Free Santa Ornament Carving Patterns

 

 

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Extreme Pumpkin Carving

Extreme Halloween Pumpkin Carving
is not just for the advanced wood carver!
With our new E-Project any beginner can create
this delightful Halloween Pumpkin face decoration.

 

 

 

 

 

New Free Tutorial High Density Foam
Cane Topper Carving
Includes
what High Density Foam is
why it’s great for wood carvers
how to use it in your cane topper carving
a free wood spirit pattern shown left.

 

 

48 page PDF with full, step-by-step instructions.
Two pumpkin patterns.
Ready to Download!
On Sale $3.95

 

Learn how to carve!Learn how to paint!Learn how to decorate!
Available only on our Pattern Website, ArtDesignsStudio.com

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Halloween Curtain Critter Felt Cut Outs!

It’s almost Halloween and time to have a little fun! So let’s begin.

Halloween Bats Curtain Critters Mini-Pack Patterns

 

You will need some

stiff craft felt – Get a package of assorted colors

fine point embroidery scissors for easy cutting

spray adhesive – follow the can directions for use

black spider web – to hang on your front window

computer printing paper

digital Curtain Critter patterns.

Paste Glue – low water content that won’t buckle your paper

 

Each pattern pack includes 5 Halloween patterns, 1 bonus pattern, and a full PDF file of instructions, for only $1.95 USD.  Availble through Lora Irish’s pattern website, ArtDesignsStudio.com.

 

 

1. Chose your favorite Halloween Curtain Critter pattern pack, or chose all six!

2. Open the PDF instruction file.  Print the page for the pattern that you want to use onto regular printer paper.

3.  Use either spray adhesive or low water content paste glue as Yes! to coat the back of the printed pattern.

4. Center the pattern on your stiff craft felt sheet.  Press firmly in place and let dry for several minutes.

5.  With fine point embroidery scissors, cut out your shape.

6.  Open your sheer curtains and secure your spider webbing to the inside of your front window.

7.  Lay, tape, or pin your felt Curtain Critter cut out onto the webbing.  Close your sheer curtains.

8.  Turn on your indoor table lamp, and turn off your porch light.  The light from inside the house will show you cut outs as black silhouette.

 

 

 

Indoor View

Outdoor View

Halloween Curtain Critter Mini-Packs are available in Haunted Houses, Bats, Rats, Cats, Pumpkins, and Spiders.
As our Halloween treat for you they prices at only $1.95 USD.

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