fundamentals of woodcarving return to student dashboard Advanced - Faces, Advanced Alec LaCasse 12/5/24 Advanced - Faces, Advanced Alec LaCasse 12/5/24 Father Time Learn to carve Father Time this Christmas Read More Intermediate, Beginner, Advanced Alec LaCasse 11/9/24 Intermediate, Beginner, Advanced Alec LaCasse 11/9/24 Repair Cracks Learn to repair your carvings! Read More Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 11/9/24 Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 11/9/24 Santa Relief 2024 Carve Santa in a relief style! Read More Advanced, Advanced - Faces Alec LaCasse 10/14/24 Advanced, Advanced - Faces Alec LaCasse 10/14/24 FRANKENSTEIN RELIEF Carving Frankenstein in Cottonwood Bark! Read More Advanced - Faces, Advanced Alec LaCasse 10/4/24 Advanced - Faces, Advanced Alec LaCasse 10/4/24 Carving A Deep-Set Greenman in Cottonwood Bark Carve a deeply set greenman in cottonwood bark Read More Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate, Beginner - 101 Alec LaCasse 9/23/24 Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate, Beginner - 101 Alec LaCasse 9/23/24 Acquiring Materials: Cottonwood Bark A series on collecting and prepping materials for carving. On this episode we talk cottonwood bark! Read More Advanced, Advanced - Wildlife Alec LaCasse 4/4/24 Advanced, Advanced - Wildlife Alec LaCasse 4/4/24 Carving Man's Best Friend-- Yellow Lab Learn to carve a yellow lab’s portrait in basswood. Read More Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face Alec LaCasse 3/21/24 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face Alec LaCasse 3/21/24 Planes of the Face--Understanding Facial Form Read More Advanced, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 3/15/24 Advanced, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 3/15/24 Advanced Wood Spirit --Middle Eastern Man Learn to carve a wood spirit based on a middle eastern man’s portrait! Read More Advanced, Intermediate, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 2/13/24 Advanced, Intermediate, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 2/13/24 Korean Woman with Hambok Part II of our exploring ethnicities series! Read More Advanced, Advanced - Faces Alec LaCasse 1/9/24 Advanced, Advanced - Faces Alec LaCasse 1/9/24 Young African American Man A part of a series of carving people of various ethnicities! Read More Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 11/5/23 Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 11/5/23 Aged Woman Profile Carving an old woman’s profile in cottonwood bark Read More Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face Alec LaCasse 10/7/23 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face Alec LaCasse 10/7/23 Male Vs Female The fundamental differences between male vs female face Read More Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced - Projects, Intermediate - Projects, Beginner - Projects Alec LaCasse 9/26/23 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced - Projects, Intermediate - Projects, Beginner - Projects Alec LaCasse 9/26/23 How to Carve Hair Using v.i.s.e method Carving Hair using the VISE method. Read More Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 9/6/23 Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 9/6/23 Carving the Aging Process Learn the anatomy of aging. In this project we take a youngish face and turn it old! Read More Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 8/18/23 Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 8/18/23 Carving a Woman of The Forest A fun new take on the green woman. Chock-full of info on carving female faces for all of you who have been struggling with it! Read More Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 7/8/23 Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 7/8/23 Oak Greenman Intermediate/Advanced Definitely my favorite Greenman project so far. It’s packed with detail and will help to maximize the beauty of your Greenmen! Read More Advanced, Advanced - Projects, Advanced - Faces Alec LaCasse 6/21/23 Advanced, Advanced - Projects, Advanced - Faces Alec LaCasse 6/21/23 Carving a Greenwoman In Birch (Part 2) Read More Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 6/5/23 Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 6/5/23 Carving a Green Woman in Birch (Part 1) Read More Advanced, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 5/23/23 Advanced, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 5/23/23 Carving a FIERCE Mountain Man with Wolf Cap This is a new take on the mountain man with a wolf headdress! Read More Older Posts return to student dashboard
Advanced - Faces, Advanced Alec LaCasse 12/5/24 Advanced - Faces, Advanced Alec LaCasse 12/5/24 Father Time Learn to carve Father Time this Christmas Read More
Intermediate, Beginner, Advanced Alec LaCasse 11/9/24 Intermediate, Beginner, Advanced Alec LaCasse 11/9/24 Repair Cracks Learn to repair your carvings! Read More
Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 11/9/24 Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 11/9/24 Santa Relief 2024 Carve Santa in a relief style! Read More
Advanced, Advanced - Faces Alec LaCasse 10/14/24 Advanced, Advanced - Faces Alec LaCasse 10/14/24 FRANKENSTEIN RELIEF Carving Frankenstein in Cottonwood Bark! Read More
Advanced - Faces, Advanced Alec LaCasse 10/4/24 Advanced - Faces, Advanced Alec LaCasse 10/4/24 Carving A Deep-Set Greenman in Cottonwood Bark Carve a deeply set greenman in cottonwood bark Read More
Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate, Beginner - 101 Alec LaCasse 9/23/24 Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate, Beginner - 101 Alec LaCasse 9/23/24 Acquiring Materials: Cottonwood Bark A series on collecting and prepping materials for carving. On this episode we talk cottonwood bark! Read More
Advanced, Advanced - Wildlife Alec LaCasse 4/4/24 Advanced, Advanced - Wildlife Alec LaCasse 4/4/24 Carving Man's Best Friend-- Yellow Lab Learn to carve a yellow lab’s portrait in basswood. Read More
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face Alec LaCasse 3/21/24 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face Alec LaCasse 3/21/24 Planes of the Face--Understanding Facial Form Read More
Advanced, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 3/15/24 Advanced, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 3/15/24 Advanced Wood Spirit --Middle Eastern Man Learn to carve a wood spirit based on a middle eastern man’s portrait! Read More
Advanced, Intermediate, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 2/13/24 Advanced, Intermediate, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 2/13/24 Korean Woman with Hambok Part II of our exploring ethnicities series! Read More
Advanced, Advanced - Faces Alec LaCasse 1/9/24 Advanced, Advanced - Faces Alec LaCasse 1/9/24 Young African American Man A part of a series of carving people of various ethnicities! Read More
Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 11/5/23 Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 11/5/23 Aged Woman Profile Carving an old woman’s profile in cottonwood bark Read More
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face Alec LaCasse 10/7/23 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face Alec LaCasse 10/7/23 Male Vs Female The fundamental differences between male vs female face Read More
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced - Projects, Intermediate - Projects, Beginner - Projects Alec LaCasse 9/26/23 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced - Projects, Intermediate - Projects, Beginner - Projects Alec LaCasse 9/26/23 How to Carve Hair Using v.i.s.e method Carving Hair using the VISE method. Read More
Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 9/6/23 Intermediate, Advanced, Features of the Face, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 9/6/23 Carving the Aging Process Learn the anatomy of aging. In this project we take a youngish face and turn it old! Read More
Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 8/18/23 Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 8/18/23 Carving a Woman of The Forest A fun new take on the green woman. Chock-full of info on carving female faces for all of you who have been struggling with it! Read More
Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 7/8/23 Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Intermediate - Faces Alec LaCasse 7/8/23 Oak Greenman Intermediate/Advanced Definitely my favorite Greenman project so far. It’s packed with detail and will help to maximize the beauty of your Greenmen! Read More
Advanced, Advanced - Projects, Advanced - Faces Alec LaCasse 6/21/23 Advanced, Advanced - Projects, Advanced - Faces Alec LaCasse 6/21/23 Carving a Greenwoman In Birch (Part 2) Read More
Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 6/5/23 Advanced, Advanced - Faces, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 6/5/23 Carving a Green Woman in Birch (Part 1) Read More
Advanced, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 5/23/23 Advanced, Advanced - Projects Alec LaCasse 5/23/23 Carving a FIERCE Mountain Man with Wolf Cap This is a new take on the mountain man with a wolf headdress! Read More
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fundamentals of woodcarving
Father Time
Learn to carve Father Time this Christmas
Repair Cracks
Learn to repair your carvings!
Santa Relief 2024
Carve Santa in a relief style!
FRANKENSTEIN RELIEF
Carving Frankenstein in Cottonwood Bark!
Carving A Deep-Set Greenman in Cottonwood Bark
Carve a deeply set greenman in cottonwood bark
Acquiring Materials: Cottonwood Bark
A series on collecting and prepping materials for carving. On this episode we talk cottonwood bark!
Carving Man's Best Friend-- Yellow Lab
Learn to carve a yellow lab’s portrait in basswood.
Planes of the Face--Understanding Facial Form
Advanced Wood Spirit --Middle Eastern Man
Learn to carve a wood spirit based on a middle eastern man’s portrait!
Korean Woman with Hambok
Part II of our exploring ethnicities series!
Young African American Man
A part of a series of carving people of various ethnicities!
Aged Woman Profile
Carving an old woman’s profile in cottonwood bark
Male Vs Female
The fundamental differences between male vs female face
How to Carve Hair Using v.i.s.e method
Carving Hair using the VISE method.
Carving the Aging Process
Learn the anatomy of aging. In this project we take a youngish face and turn it old!
Carving a Woman of The Forest
A fun new take on the green woman. Chock-full of info on carving female faces for all of you who have been struggling with it!
Oak Greenman Intermediate/Advanced
Definitely my favorite Greenman project so far. It’s packed with detail and will help to maximize the beauty of your Greenmen!
Carving a Greenwoman In Birch (Part 2)
Carving a Green Woman in Birch (Part 1)
Carving a FIERCE Mountain Man with Wolf Cap
This is a new take on the mountain man with a wolf headdress!