Monday 1 September 2014

Types of Chisels Required for Wood Carving

Indian handicrafts are the most loved and popular artworks which people use for decoration, daily use, and gifting purpose. These are available in different materials such as wood, marble, clay, metal, and many more. There are various artisans in India using their expertise to manufacture such beautiful handicrafts. They use their skills and tools for this purpose. Wood carving is one of the most popular skills which is used for manufacturing various wooden handicrafts items.
Wood carving requires a lot of practice and knowledge about tools to use. Chisel is one of the popular tools every carver should have. There is a great array of chisels available in the market and every beginner should know about how many and what chisels are required to carve wood craft. When you are about to select tools, stop for a minute and think about the project you will work on. If it is large and natural looking wood carving, there will be need for fewer tools than needed for fine and beautiful detailed carving. Some helpful suggestions related to chisels are mentioned below.

At least two U-gouge chisels are always required at time of wood carving. Check how many strokes and how much depth will be required, and think about the project you are planning. While crafting some wooden handicrafts, sometimes you need to carve areas difficult to reach. For this purpose, you can use back bent, bent, or spoon gouge. To get into depth and do sharp contrast work, you should use V-gouge tools. Its size should be determined by the size of carving and type of detail. To get into spaces at an unusual angle, one skewed chisel will be required.

Well, chisel is one of the most important tools in wood carving. if you do not have knowledge of tools required, you can follow above mentioned suggestions.

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