[Woodcarver] Bark on wood

[rja]

Usually to best retain the bark is to cut the tree when dormant.  In the US this during the winter months or late fall to early spring when the sap is not active.  In the case of wood in the Philippines this may be difficult.  Another possibility is to seal or saturate the bark with some type of clear sealer which basically glue the thin pieces together.   We normally cut basswood during the winter which will give the lighter colored wood and will also retain the bark.  This is also done with other species when cutting ovals with bark.  For carving we usually use basswood and butternut but others also use several other woods for various mounting and sign purposes.  

Dick Allen

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ren Te 
  To: woodcarver at six.pairlist.net 
  Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 3:34 AM
  Subject: [Woodcarver] Bark on wood



  Hi all,
  I'm a newbie on wood carving. I just bought my tools and want to do relief carvingfor a start. I have a mahogany trunk and want to preserve its bark as a border on my piece.
  But everytime I make a cut, it(bark) just fall off!

  any suggestions on what I'm gonna do? or i might just peel it off completely...

  Thanks for the help,

  Ren Te from Philippines




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