How to Carve Celtic Knots

[@thisolddog2259]

You made me a subscriber within 30 seconds by your calming nature and honest approach! These intertwined carvings are very challenging.

[@dalcassian56]

This type of carving is my specialty, but I used powertools; scroll-saw, rotary carving tool with flex shaft. I even carved my wife's engagement ring😊 and the box i gave it to her in! Having said that, i have the utmost respect for an artist who can accomplish these designs by hand.

[@jimkelly8473]

I get so into your carving that at time’s without realizing it I’m blowing away your chips… You are truly a Master at your work… MiiGretchen for sharing

[@philt8322]

Hi Chris, as a beginner I found this most informative, Many thanks Phil

[@rehnai]

Thank you for the detailed instructions. The end result is sublime. I love the fact that there is no sanding required.

[@peterribolli8300]

Always satisfying to watch someone who knows and is master of what they do, cheers.

[@joehudson439]

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[@phyllisokeefe6540]

Never saw a woodworker work so diligently with so much care to produce something so simple yet so beautiful. I will try it under the masters video guidance. Hope I do half as well.

[@phoenixdk]

I love the sound of carving wood.

[@suecollins3246]

Like biting into a Crunchie!

[@richardlamb2551]

I was taking lessons from a guy called Howard Spires, perhaps you know him, his teacher was a guy called Mr Onions, I think Howard did mention you at some time to me ,he did say you were one to watch! Glad I have found you on youtube I will now be an avid watcher of your on line classes👍

[@suecollins3246]

Silly 65 year old me bought a set of six woodcarving chisels a few weeks back and hasn't the _first_ idea what to do with them. They are also very poor qutility. This is _useful_

[@TimWak222]

great vid, great teacher. will be watching all your vids.

[@tinahammond5930]

Absolutely Brilliant, Thank you for sharing your technique

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[@davidsmart8594]

Invaluable information. Thank you.

[@ronmitchell859]

Where do you get those curved gouges that are otherwise flat across the radius? All I'm finding in curved gouges are ones with a scooped or bowled cutting edge.

[@kc7js]

Fantastic--Thank you!

[@haerdy1337]

thank you - really really well done!! learning a lot!

[@simongroom974]

This has been really useful thankyou A quick question ……What is the wood you are using?

[@benstradling7615]

I've carved a load of Celtic knots often 3d ones in hard woods like old 100 year reclaimed old oak I loved your knot but you made hard work of it you've a lot more tools at your disposal than me from experience I know you could have got the same end result with basic bench chisels and a Sharp knife .

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Ben - You may well be right! I only know the way I know and very rarely have used a knife. If there's a link you can give me so I could see some pictures of your work, I'd love to see what you've been doing.

[@benstradling7615]

@@woodcarvingworkshop I've only got pictures of the recent carving I've been doing these are rather crude since I've only the use of my right hand after suffering a stroke I'll ask some of my family to send me pictures of the lovespoons I carved them for wedding gifts as they are pre stroke here are what I've carved recently bear in mind that these can take me months as I only have access to the woodshop one day a week .photos.app.goo.gl/a57GDqk1uEvEmvG69 Obviously these have no where near as good a finish as I'd like or as good as yours but they give me pleasure and they are sold to raise funds for the charity Day center that has the woodshop I use .

[@davidshanahan3693]

@@benstradling7615 just seen the photos you linked, your work is superb.

[@bamsebrumbamsebrumen5403]

Thanks for sharing 🙂

[@rickreed123]

Thanks. Very instructive. Very relaxing too.

[@Станислав-д5о]

Спасибо! Очень интересный урок!

[@ECLIPSE_74]

Большое спасибо, очень полезный урок ! Привет из России !

[@karthiganapathi407]

Great art work with clean work and explanation. Real talent with experience. Can you let know the carving tools, Blades you are useing.

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Karthi - You can find the full tool list, a working drawing and seem more on Woodcarving Workshops - link below video.

[@shahramvedaei8573]

Hello master, Since my English is not good, I did not understand much of what you said. Can you tell me the most suitable types of wood that are suitable for carving? What is the best type of wood? thank you

[@chrispye5149]

shahramvedaei8573 - For this style of carving, you need a plain , tight-grained wood. here i am using Jelutong, but you could use, Limewood, Basswood, Brazilian Mahogany, Walnut, Birch - that sort of thing. With open-grained woods, such as oak, the small parts tend to break off, especially where the fibres are short. Hope this helps!

[@MattisonWarren]

Brilliant!

[@claudiomagri5884]

Parabéns ficou muito bonito 👏👏👏

[@scottjenkins8817]

I can not find a short bent skew chisel. Can you post a link to the items you used?

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Look for a distributor of Pfeil tools. The short bent skews I'm using are actually very flat gouges rather than chisels, and 5mm wide. You buy the skewed versions of these Pfeil gouges as a pair, left and right. So, you want to buy Pfeil cut '2a/5l' and '2a/5r'.

[@suecollins3246]

That was _super_ !

[@joehudson439]

no that wood carving?

[@peterrschuck]

Great video would love to join, but as a pensioner, it's just too much with the current strain on finances with prices increasing, shinkflation as well with no price reduction often increases as well. With the Aussie $ as low as it is, the exchange price is high for us. I'll keep watching your youtube videos. Would help having a listing of tools here once for those who can't sign up for financial reasons. The last thing I'd want to do is sign up for a month, download as much as I could, and then ask for money back. Wishing you all the best. Have a great 2023 xmas and a healthy and prosperous 2024 New Year.

[@jimeronimo]

Howdy from Texas. Good stuff. Well laid out. Always nice when someone takes the time to lay out the project and tools in the manner you did. I do have some questions about a large project. Wondering of you happen to have a web page and/or email I might be able to start sharing what I'm up to and get your feedback and insight on? Jim

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Jimeronimo - Not directly as such. However, if you subscribe to WoodcarvingWorkshops.tv 1) You'll see a huge number of projects and may well find your answers there and 2) Below each video is a questions/comment box to which I do reply.

[@beebob1279]

Could you suggest a beginners wood carving set that's affordable to the average person just starting out?

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Bee Bob - OK this is self promotion: I strongly suggest you subscribe to Woodcarving Workshops. There's a monthly option - currently $16 a month; you can cancel after a month. What's in it for you? First, the Beginner's Course, which will get you started with some fundamental carving skills. Second: the course has a big accompanying download and uses just a few really important tools, useful for all sorts of carving, which is what you are looking for. Third: you get to use these very tools and by the time you are done you'll be familiar and confident with carving handling and creating. Four, you can ransack the whole site for advice on sharpening, around 90 carving projects from easy to advanced to challenge you; there are downloads with working drawings and tool lists; you can ask questions etc etc. Lastly and to show my complete personal confidence here: If you don't think that this ends up the best $16 carving investment you've made, write to me through the website contact page and I'll refund your money personally. There you go!

[@richardlamb2551]

Can I ask what wood you were using for this exercise please?

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Richard - Right at the top, text just under the video: Jelutong, a sort of easy-to-carve rubber tree. You could use lime, basswood or any of the harder woods: maple, cherry etc; but not open-ringed woods such as pine.

[@jeannechristensendavis9599]

I don’t know how to download the pattern. Can you tell me how?

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Jeanne - The working drawing and list of tools for this project are available to subscribers to www.WoodcarvingWorkshops.tv. The cost of subscribing for a month is about the price of a coffee and bagel - you can subscribe for just a month - and explore the 92 downloads currently available for a whole range of projects. Have a look?

[@joehudson439]

i think you need to use a computer?

[@suecollins3246]

If you got one of those little mini hand-held vacuum cleaners wouldn't it be easier for you?

[@grahamsymons672]

I may have missed some details but what type of wood are you using please.

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Graham - I'm using Jelutong, a sort of rubber tree from Malaysia. I could have used Limewood (Basswood); both carve easily and take detail. I think a light coloured wood is better than dark because the relief is quite shallow and we need to see the shadows clearly.

[@joehudson439]

looks like tree wood to me?

[@hananeibenamar8381]

Wath kind of wood do you use?

[@joehudson439]

the kind from a tree i think?

[@SezginMesut]

Very good

[@Wicki_]

What kind of wood is this?

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Wickis - The wood is Jelutong,which is a sort of Malaysian rubber tree, very stable and suitable for carving - and a light colour, best for low relief like this. You could use Basswood or limewood as alternatives.

[@Wicki_]

@@woodcarvingworkshop thank you

[@ashuarman1220]

Walnut wood is best for carving

[@Gasiev_Valeri]

круто 👍

[@ShaukatHakim]

Also show the sanding process, please! I’m learning a lot from your videos. Thanks.

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Shaukat - There is no sanding! All left straight from the cutting edge.

[@darcoworks1081]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@toddcorey3190]

You forgot to list the chisels and gouges used....lol. Great video

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Tod - A full tool list and the working drawing are available to Woodcarving Workshops.tv subscribers. (Same for all the many carving projects on the website.)

[@suecollins3246]

Your chisels go through that wood like it's butter!

[@joehudson439]

usually that's what chisels are design to do i think?

[@cecilioc.p.688]

Can I do this on pinewood

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Cecilio - I wouldn't recommend it; the grain is too open and weak. Best use a tight-grained hardwood.

[@rwe2156]

What he's calling a bent gouge the same as a spoon gouge?

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Robert - Apologies that wasn't clear. There are 2 types of 'bent' gouge: shortbent, where the bend starts towards the cutting edge, also called a 'spoon' gouge; and longbent, where the bend starts more or less from the shoulder, also called a 'salmon bent' gouge. Here, I'm using the shortbent, spoon type gouge - and very flat - for cleaning up the tight recesses. To get into corners, I'm using a pair of the same, flat shortbent gouges but skewed, to the left and right. Pfeil makes very good ones of these. Hope this helps!

[@youremybiggestfan]

Thats gorgeoud. Ur wood work is a dyme

[@suecollins3246]

And embroidery!

[@moldprintsrl]

anyone can recommend me a set of carving tools for beginners ? preferably at about £100 , may be even cheaper considering I might damge them anyway due to inability to sharpen properly

[@edgardovieito5043]

Muy Bueno

[@suecollins3246]

Your version looks better - wider strands, more robust, I think.

[@sarwarkamal8913]

I guess you are making it more complicated and difficult???we can easily use carbon paper under this paper pattern. When we will have the design on the wood by using v chisel as far as the lines are concerned and similarly for the inner space by using normal chisel we can get excellent results. Isn't it.the inner junctions and outer line should be curved at an angle to give it more rustic and antique look.

[@woodcarvingworkshop]

Sarwar - Well, there is definitely more than one way to do this! - and I'm glad your method gives you satisfactory results. I never use carbon paper because it always seems to leave the wood dirty; also because it's adding an extra step, and with a level of error in copying my accurate drawing. I certainly don't feel my method is complicated or difficult, but then I use these tools day in day out in my carving! One of the reasons I don't use a V tool is because if you look closely you'll see the apex of the V is actually a little rounded, and this can't give the precise junction that you get when chisel cut meets chisel cut. But, as you say, perhaps the softer look is what you are looking for - I'd love to see a picture of your work!

[@jimkelly8473]

Miigwetch, not MiiGretchen