Carving with wood is an ancient art. There are many ways to carve wood, but what if you need to make a wooden carving that is a copy of another object? There are several ways to do that, too, depending on your expertise, budget and the demands of the job. In this tutorial we'll take a basic look at some techniques for duplicating a wooden carving.
Rough out your chosen wood to the correct size and shape.
Lay the original down in a tray and cover it with water or an opaque liquid.
Take out enough water to expose just the highest part of the object.
Carve that part into your blank piece of wood using whatever carving technique you have chosen (knife, chisel, router etc).
Continue exposing more of the original piece and carving that part into your new block.
Continually check your measurements and drawing against the original as often as you need to, using your micrometer and calipers.
Let out more water and keep going till you've exposed the whole object and carved the duplicate.
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