Thread: Carving in lamination?

Whilst this may not be the answer you are looking for, I have seen laminated timber in different coilours used for pen turnings.
Cheers Iain.

Well done Johnno; a blatant but worthy attempt to keep the woodcarving BB alive and gasping! Laminated blanks have been used lots and lots and lots for carving. It's used for bulk, for strength and for decorative effect, along with other things, I expect. I've been trying to remember where I saw a picture a while ago of a huge carving cum wall sculpture that was made from laminated timber. One bit of carving that is nearly always done with laminated timber is the good ol' rocking horse. Run a search on rocking horses and you'll come up with lots of laminated examples.

If laminating timber for carving it is a good idea to pay particular attention to grain direction as it can mean the difference between a carving job going easily of becoming a pain in the proverbial bum. It can ruin the whole flow of a job trying to carve a joint with the grain running in opposite directions.

It can be done but it also takes a lot of the fun out of a job in a real hurry.

My 2 bobs worth.

Cheers - Neil

The guy I used to work for did a fair bit of carving and when it came to door panels, shields, etc, they were almost always laminated. Couldn't get the boards wide enough any other way. As Neil says, it can be a problem with grain etc and well worth taking care when arranging the boards. It also depends where on the carving the join will be and how many joins you have to contend with.
My two bobs worth too.
Cheers
Shaun

Didn't think I'd get so many replies...but hey thanks guys..I haven't seen any of it around....must be my sheltered life here in the backwoods of WA.

Cheers

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Johnno