Allen is a woodcarver, knife maker and tool sharpener, and likes to teach classes on caricatures, woodspirits, dogs, etc. He was featured in CARVING magazine, carving cool little caricatures called "shelf elves". Allen has competed in numerous competition throughout the US, winning many awards. He also creates short little instructional carving videos for Youtube.
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See Allen demonstrate his techniques for detailing hair, faces and clothing, with this Indian. Starting from a 1.5" X 1.5" block he describes how to mark up the block, how to rough out the carving and then he describes all the detail work step-by-step. Allen shows you easy to use techniques to carve eyes, hair and other facial detail. If you ever wanted to carve a caricature from just a block of wood, than this DVD is for you.
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Allen has made a roughout that he can turn in to about 15 different caricatures. See him demonstrate how to carve a civil war soldier from that roughout. Allen takes you step-by-step through the process in intricate detail. Also included are pictures of the many other caricatures that you can turn this roughout into.
In this DVD, Allen demonstrates how to make a wood spirit. He starts with a tree limb that he cut from his own back yard and turns it into a excellent cane topper. Allen puts a little spin on his wood spirits by giving them big noses. You can carve a big nose or small, but your sure to have a lot of fun.