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Making sticks
Roughing out a bittern
Shaving away at the ash timber to get the basic shape right. Drawing on and redrawing the profiles as the shape gets closer...
Heron Walking Stick Crook
Roughed out and marking up a piece of ash for a heron walking stick crook
Hazel Block Stick
Block stick seasoned and ready to be carved into a diving kingfisher walking stick
Chinese pond heron - carving profile
Painted paper carving profile on top of ash timber carving blank
Squacco heron - carving profile
Painted paper carving profile on top of ash carving blank
Green heron - carving profile
Painted paper carving profile on top of ash carving blank
Grey heron - profile for walking stick carving
Painted paper profile on top of ash timber carving blank
Goldfinch Walking Stick
Carved piece with the sawn sections alongside
Goldfinch Walking Stick by Raif Killips
Late stage carving - just the beak and berry to finish.
Goldfinch Walking Stick
Early stage carving showing rounding out of contours.
Goldfinch Walking Stick - Final Preparation for Carving
Cut to maximum thickness. Showing wooden dowel dry fitted.
Timber Blank Prepared for Goldfinch Carving
Blank cut out ready for carving
Making a Goldfinch Walking Stick
Template on lime carving blank
Choosing an eye
A set of 10mm eyes being offered up in order to find the best iris colour match
Bittern Crook & Walking Stick
Feather texture and colour staining almost resolved...
Bittern Crook & Walking Stick
Carved ash with eye temporarily fitted and initial feather texture being applied with pyrography
Bittern
Band sawn ash blank with paper design template for bittern topped walking stick
Garganey Duck
Steps in making a garganey duck head walking stick
Garganey Duck Head Carving
The final duck head carving with eyes set and fully painted.
Garganey Duck Head Carving
Final carving before setting the eyes and texturing with feathers.
Garganey Duck Head Carving
Head emerging from the block. The eye channel, musculature and bill detail.
Garganey Duck Head Carving
The bill is starting to take shape and other elements of the profile
Garganey Duck Head Carving
The start of roughing out the carving, softening the edges and forming the bill
Garganey Duck Head Carving Template
Template for duck head carving set on top of band sawn block to assist rendering and carving lines
Garganey Duck Carving
Basic cut out for duck head carving with eye socket drilled
Preliminary sketches
Preliminary sketches for a beaver walking stick
Sketch to Stick
Steps from design sketch to finished carving of a reed bunting thumb stick - The sketch
Other Pins
Robin Red Breast
Robin Walking and Hiking Stick
Goldfinch Walking Stick
Detail of carved goldfinch walking stick
Goldfinch Walking Stick
Goldfinch walking stick carved by hand in lime timber with a coppice hazel shank. Painted with artist acrylics.
Goldfinch Walking Stick
Goldfinch walking stick carved by hand in lime timber with a coppice hazel shank. Painted with artist acrylics.
Bittern and Reed Bunting sticks
Roughing out a bittern
Shaving away at the ash timber to get the basic shape right. Drawing on and redrawing the profiles as the shape gets closer...
Robin Walking Stick
Detail image of robin walking stick
Robin Walking Stick
Heron Walking Stick Crook
Roughed out and marking up a piece of ash for a heron walking stick crook
Kingfisher Walking Stick
Kingfisher one-piece walking stick carved from hazel
Hazel Block Stick
Block stick seasoned and ready to be carved into a diving kingfisher walking stick
Kingfisher Walking Stick
One-piece carving of a kingfisher diving through autumn leaves. From a coppice hazel block stick. Mainted with acrylics and finished with acryilic varnishes
Kingfisher Walking Stick
One-piece carving of a kingfisher diving through autumn leaves. From a coppice hazel block stick. Painted with acrylics and finished with acryilic varnishes
Kingfisher Walking Stick
One-piece carving of a kingfisher diving through autumn leaves. All life size. Carved from a coppice hazel block stick. Painted with acrylics and finished with acryilic varnish.
Bittern Walking Stick
Bittern carved from ash
Heron Walking Stick
Heron walking stick carved from ash. Coloured with wood stain and sealed with exterior matt acrylic lacquer. With a coppice hazel shaft, finished with quality brass ferrule.