Chip carving

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"Recovering Grey" by Dominick Paul: for a more detailed version, see [1] or download the high-res file

Some chip carving knives available from Woodcraft

Chip carving is a style of wood carving in which knives are used to remove small chips of wood from the project surface in a single piece. Chip carvings have two planes: the wood surface and the point beneath the surface where the cuts intersect. Patterns can be free form style or based on geometric figures. The projects are created primarily using chip carving knives upon basswood, butternut, pine, or mahogany.

1 Artisans
2 Tools
3 Examples
4 References

[edit] Artisans

Wayne Barton
Dominick Paul
Richard Patrick Notto (1931 - 2005)
Marty Leenhouts

[edit] Tools

Chip carving knives can also be used for whittling, cabinetry, and general workbench purposes. Two knives (shown below) produce most effects seen in chip carvings.

[edit] Examples

By Wayne Barton: see more of his work here	Mahogany chip carved plate, 5 inch dia. Marty Leenhouts	Basswood chip carved candleholder, Marty Leenhouts	Basswood chip carved clock, Marty Leenhouts
Basswood chip carved trivet, Marty Leenhouts	Basswood chip carved trivet, designed from the turkey tracks quilt pattern Marty Leenhouts	Basswood chip carved trivet, designed from the bold blooms quilt pattern Marty Leenhouts	Basswood/walnut chip carved music box, Marty Leenhouts
Book holder, made from one piece of basswood, Marty Leenhouts