Here's My Woodcarving!
by Jacko
Belgium
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My name is Serge Jacob. I'm 49 years old and I live in Belgium. My day job is as a mechanic in the Belgian Airforce, where I work on small training airplanes (Marchetti). I'm also a mechanic on the aerobatic team (The Belgian Red Devils ), where I have found my inspiration to make several of the devil wood sculptures you see below. They are specially made for my team and my friends.
My woodcarving hobby started 3 years ago , after being inspired by all of the wooden sculptures I saw wherever I travelled. I bought my first tools, which I believe were Pfeil, which at the time were the best ones to get. The first pieces of wood that I carved were limewood, which is very soft and easy to carve.. The first carvings I made were not very nice, and therefore I started to buy some books online. I found out that Chris Pye was a top carver in UK, so I used his books as my learning school.
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My carving tools.
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I started to train myself on every piece of wood that my friend would give me. I was able to make some pretty nice carvings, so I expanded my abilities and began to make my first Totem (tikis):
The tikis were really fun to make and I ended up keeping the Tiki God for myself (2nd photo). I gave the other 54 away or to friends who wanted specific ones. Some of them ended up better than others, and I was able to sell the better ones, and with that money I bought new and more specialized tools. With the better tools, I delve deeper into my carving hobby and started to become well-known. I keep getting better every year and I am happy to make things for people that they'll keep forever.
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Going along with the idea that every great carver has a
board on their door (joking). This was
my first training for making letters.
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My first try making a box, a plan I found on the internet.
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I made this for my son to give him good luck in life
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Made this for my bird-loving friend who is a carpenter. I ask
him a lot of questions about wood and woodworking tips.
He also gives me some of the wood they throw away and
some of the pieces end up being really nice scraps!
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Made this for a bird lover who has owls at home. This was
the first of a series of birds I made, so there are mistakes,
but the more I make them, the better they get.
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A board i made for the pilot of the team, Nr4. I was his
Crew Chief for 3 seasons before he left the team.
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A very special board i made for the airshow in Salon de
Provence, home base of Patrouille de France. They invited us
there for their 60th anniversary.
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I love the celtic style and wanted to make a celtic carving
to be able to show off in my home.
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Specially made for dog lovers as gift..
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Me in our team outfit, holding 2 of my devils. Everyone is
really enthusiastic about my totems.
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Specially made sign for my friend who sells antiques
and Brocantiek.
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I hope you all like my style. I know I'm a beginner, but every day I get better and better!
You can email Jacko at
bs176232@skynet.be
. You can also visit his Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/serge.jacob.902
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