hoping to find the one who has done this German craft and has suggestions. tis a matter of sculpting profiles on a wood ring that when sectioned is an animal or some other profile to finish carving to shape.
In the second video I posted there is a brief showing of a simple little village made by tuning just a ring in a round block shape. From there you would need to study the silhouette of your intended shape and transfer that into the bumps and grooves you will need in your ring. Some shapes might be easier to turn the ring, but incredibly difficult to then carve the individual pieces. You would also need to keep in mind that the surface facing you will be much easier to do legs etc that the side of the ring away from you, so I would keep the top of the piece relatively simple. .hoping to find the one who has done this German craft and has suggestions. tis a matter of sculpting profiles on a wood ring that when sectioned is an animal or some other profile to finish carving to shape.
Thanks for that link John. He does incredible work. I notice also that he turns items with no regard to having concentrc rings. He turns cross grain like a bowl turner and most reifendrehen is turned with the grain oriented as if a spindle. . so the grain is vertical in the all figures.Go to Simon Begg's web page and look under german ring turning in his gallery. https://www.simonbeggswoodturning.com/
Thanks for that link John. He does incredible work. I notice also that he turns items with no regard to having concentrc rings. He turns cross grain like a bowl turner and most reifendrehen is turned with the grain oriented as if a spindle. . so the grain is vertical in the all figures.
I am a very beginner carver and saw the comfort birds on line. this method ought to be ideal if you can find the wood. .wow I certainly will keep coming back to this and thank you Perry for the videos. so far more posts than I expected. so now main problem is to come up with wood of usable size/type.. I gues a trip to a local saw mill to see what he has. I really have not intention to make this a regular thing but would like to do a simple bird shape. my carving club is cranking out what is considered "Comfort Birds" that the blanks are cut from scroll saw/band saw. we have space to turn at this carving club.