{"id":3058,"date":"2010-02-04T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.144.40.173\/blog\/2010\/02\/04\/carving-a-caricature-colt\/"},"modified":"2018-05-03T12:17:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T16:17:33","slug":"carving-a-caricature-colt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/carving-a-caricature-colt\/","title":{"rendered":"Carving a Caricature Colt"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b><\/span><\/em>Simple stylized horse is easy to carve<\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

By Floyd Rhadigan<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

This adorable little colt only requires a few tools to complete. Novice carvers can expect excellent results in a relatively short period of time and more experienced carvers can finish the project in a single day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My first carving project was a horse similar to this one. Back in the 1970s, I worked in my dad\u2019s sign shop. Smokey Joe Briemuiller, a family friend, would often stop in to sell his carvings. He could carve a horse similar to this one in 20 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smokey Joe\u2019s work fascinated me and I spent as much time learning from him as I could. Joe taught me how to make a carving knife from an old straight razor and taught me a lot about carving, most of which I still use today.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Materials:
\n<\/i><\/b>Basswood: 2 1\/2″ x 4″ x 5 1\/2″
\nNatural finishing wax, such as\u00a0Watco<\/p>\n

Tools:
\n<\/i><\/b>Carving knife
\nDetail knife
\n#3 gouge:\u00a01\/2″
\n#7 gouge:\u00a01\/2″
\n#9 gouge: 3\/4″
\n#11 gouge: 1\/4″
\nV-tool, small<\/p>\n

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CLICK HERE to download the Caricature Colt Pattern.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Purchase Floyd Rhadigan’s book Carving Fantasy Creatures<\/em> for further reading about caricature carving. Learn to carve 5 different lighthearted fantasy creatures such as gargoyles and dragonsmore with detailed patterns and instructions. The book is available for purchase for $12.99 from www.foxchapelpublishing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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CLICK HERE to read the full step-by-step instructions and other great articles from <\/em>Woodcarving Illustrated Fall 2009 (Issue 48).<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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