The second Carve Along is here! The video is already up on YouTube, but if you’d like to join, you can join this free group by signing up here where you will also get access to the free (past and present) CAL sheets so you can carve right along!
In this video I used the sandwich carving material so I could get some gorgeous colour for the poinsettia, but you could use any carving material you like.
Man, I'd love to see your carvings! Feel free to comment here or message me on on Instagram (you can find me here @cutsandscrapesetsyshop).
Hello again everyone! So it’s been a busy year and I’ve been working on a number of new projects, including another Etsy shop with my sister! Head over to LatchkeySisters.Etsy.com if you’d like to check out our snarky medieval greeting cards and horrific holiday cards!
But I’ve also been back at filming videos and you can check those out over on my YouTube channel. However, for the first one I did want to expand a litter on here because I’ve had a lot of public and private comments sent my way supporting the concern I had. The summary: stay away from Speedy Cut! So many established carvers I know have sad stories about their very first carving, how their very first attempt at carving had withered and died as a result of this crumbly rubber.
Okay, so it doesn’t have zero uses, but pretty close. The only thing I can think of that you might want to use this for is for a young person who needs the softest of soft carving rubbers for learning to carve with a gouge. This material is so soft, a kitten could carve it with its claws, so this is one of the few uses it has.
Anyway, if you want to see what I’m talking about, check all that out in this video here:
What would I recommend using instead? Well, Speedy CARVE (not cut), aka "pink stuff" is a great alternative or you could try some sandwich material if you want some better variety of colour.
