Carving an Amaryllis

This is a livestream that I made for members of my Online Carving School (www.marymaycarving.com). I show how to carve an Amaryllis in 1 inch thick basswood. There are hundreds more lessons on my school. Enjoy!

[@whittling]

I love your videos Mary! I'm going to mention you, your website, Blog, carving journey, in the next episode of my Wood Carving Weekly channel here on KZbin. Thanks so much for all of your contributions to the carving community!

[@lesateliersdubail]

hello Madam I have just discovered your channel and I love what you do I am not English speaking at all and I watch you from France I sculpt a little too and I like your videos and thank you for sharing

[@marymay155]

Thank you! I'm glad you are enjoying the videos!

[@MessickGreg]

Enjoyed the carving Mary Beautiful flower I'll have to try that

[@marymay155]

Thank you!

[@Sheepdog1314]

very nice

[@marymay155]

Thanks so much!

[@gahassanflyeh3963]

Thank you❤❤

[@marymay155]

Thanks!

[@RajinderSingh-ih4ms]

good carving

[@luisfiaz2934]

Beautiful work question where I can get that kind of wood is that basswood ?thank you for sharing you have a new subscriber 👍👍✌️✌️

[@marymay155]

Thank you! Yes, it is basswood. In Europe it is called Linden or Lime.

[@samgentry470]

Just beautiful. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ChrisStCyr-gnt7]

I learned much. You didn’t sharpen at all. Do you have a few of each gouge to move your work along?

[@MessickGreg]

Yes yes

[@marymay155]

😀😀

[@marymay155]

Thank you!

[@antonellochessa5389]

Mary, soon I will need to apply a water based clear satin finish on a wooden knife with a carved handle I'm making in linden(the European one, I live in Italy). I have read that It absorbs a lot and because of that I risk blotchiness or unevenness. What do you advise me to do? Sealing first with shellac?

[@marymay155]

A coat of shellac should seal up the grain. Soft wood definitely will get blotchy. I would suggest testing it on another piece of wood to see how it absorbs. Sometimes it's difficult to predict.

[@DanSpriggs-nq2gn]

Where do you get such good and 8 quarter basswood