carving a wizard

First off, welcome to iD Carver. We are a husband and wife team delving into wood carving as beginners. My husband, Dave, has carpentry skills and is very handy at home but he has never taken up wood carving before (except to try it out when he was little). I am Mrs.Izzy, and I have never ever carved anything.


How did we pick this hobby? A few months ago, Dave came home from Lowes with a carving magazine that he thought was interesting. He wanted to try and carve one of the figures. He showed it to me and I thought it would be fun, too. So here we are...a few hundred dollars lighter, with different sizes of basswood, pocket knives, carving knives, gouges, etc.


I watched Dave carve a 5-minute wizard, and so I tried one. Here is my first carving. Although it took more than an hour, I did have fun. I must say, I was pretty proud of myself. I can't draw, I can't paint, I can barely make stick figures, but here I am with a wizard! Painting it was fun too, but I did have some trouble with the eyes, as if I've never seen eyes before. My wizard looks a little scared, but Dave said it looks fine. So I will leave it at that.


In this blog, we hope to chronicle our journey into wood carving; our failures, success, progress and injuries (no major ones so far!). Both Dave and I will post here and post many pictures. We have differing talents and experience but we're both having fun.


mrs.izzy