Presentations & Patterns


Table of Contents

  • Carving a Simple Eye
  • Carving an Ear
  • Carving a Nose and Hair
  • Tree-hat Santa
  • Gnome
  • Smörkniv A & B
  • Carve an Evergreen Tree
  • Ball in a Cage
  • Carve a Hedgehog
  • Carving Knives – A Perspective
  • Carve an Alligrabbor or a Clipodile
  • Carving the Moravian Star
  • Advanced Painting Techniques
  • Carve a Penguin
  • Introduction to Acrylic Painting
  • Basic 5-Minute Wizard
  • Smörkniv
  • Butter Knife Patterns
  • Celtic Green Man Spoon
  • Happy Tree
  • Skulk of Foxes

Carve a Simple Eye

By Ed Kerns


Carving an Ear

by John Laffan and instructions from Dale Hall


Carving a Nose and Hair

by John Laffan

Face, Nose and Hair Handout


Tree-hat Santa

By Dale Hall



Smörkniv A & B Instructions and Patterns

by Bert Bleckwenn


Carve an Evergreen Tree

By Dale Hall


Ball in a Cage

by Dale Hall


Carve a Hedgehog

by Val Hildegrand


Carving Knives – Perspective

by Bert A. Bleckwenn


Carve an Alligrabbor or a Clipodile

by John Laffan

01/18/24



Carving the Moravian Star

By John Laffan

11/16/23


Advanced Painting Techniques

By Bert Bleckwenn

Oct 19, 2023


Carving a Penguin

By John Laffan



Basic 5-Minute Wizard Tutorial

Popularized by Tom Hines And Doug Linker
Program Led By:
Ed Kerns & John Laffan
Acknowledgements to:
Dale Hall
Montgomery County

YouTube link to Doug Linker’s video: https://youtu.be/AlIr95-ZlCc


The Smörkniv – What it is and How to Make One

by Dale Hall – 2020

A Smörkniv is a Swedish cultural icon of the traditional butter knife. It is a great first project to learn about wood grain pattern, and basic carving knife skills.


Butter Knife Patterns

Sourced from the Internet by Bert Bleckwenn, 07/11/22

Harley Refsal’s Smörkniv style and other butter knife spreader patterns with quarter-inch sizing guides for scaling sizes.


Happy Tree

Painting patterns, based on original article by Larry Green in Woodcarving Illustrated (Winter 2017, Issue 81) and two YouTube instructional videos by Larry Green and Doug Linker.

Bert Bleckwenn, 07/11/22


Skulk of Foxes

a series of carved stylized foxes in a variety of different American wood species. Individual photos of different wood species included so they can be used to select different color and grain patterns of American Wood species.

Bert A Bleckwenn, 07/11/22


Celtic Green Man Spoon

A pierced carving using a scroll saw and carved. The design is a combination of green man and Celtic knot carving pattern.

John Laffan, 07/12/22