Basket Weave Pattern #1: How to do it
Basket Weave Pattern Technique Adapted from the book “High Relief Wood Carving” by William J Schnute. Layout a grid of squares. Each side of the grid equal to the width of the carving gouge you’ll use. In this instance, the gouge is 5/16mm. Each side is therefore 16mm, or about 5/8”. Since I’m more imperial than metric, I used 5/8. Close enough. Each side of each grid square will get a stop cut with the 5/16 gouge. Mark orientation lines. It’s real easy to make mistakes. So make some marks to help orient your gouge for the upcoming stop cuts. Mark every other square, as in a checker board pattern. Make stop cuts The key to avoid mistakes is to always ...
