Basic Cuts and Carving Tips

In this section, you will find the following tutorials:

• Stop Cut in Relief
• Low Relief Carving
• High Relief Carving
• Smoothing the Background
• Laminating
• Using a Depth Gauge
• Joint Lines and Smoothing Backgrounds
• Working with the Grain of Your Wood
• Adding Drama through Shadow
  • Introduction to Dramatic Shadow
  • Undercutting Techniques
  • Level Changes and Free Floating Elements
  • Pattern Work for this Tutorial