Wonder if it should apply to decks, I apply one coat on completion but find they deteriorate too quick, discolour, slight warping or hairline cracking over the course of a few months
Yep, good advice. I even start with diluted oil to help with penetration but that's because spoon face more abuse than a bowl. And after seeing Nadav oil this bowl, I would suggest to take way more time rubbing the oil in. Take 10 minutes or so to massage the oil in and study the wood and grain. On the first coat you still have time to catch a scratch or so that now becomes an eye-sore with the oil on it.
Totally don't need to do that. I've seen that little gem of advice on another video someone said their grandfather told them to do it with gun stocks. It's certainly completely unnecessary and inapplicable for small wooden bowls
I'm knitting with two strands of laceweight yarn while watching you carve. Carving, like knitting, fosters patience and controlled effort. The repetition of movement is a form of meditation. Thank you for sharing.
Happy to hear that! Honestly one reason I started making videos was because I enjoyed carving and watching meanwhile something that inspire me, so hearing that it reached you makes me happy 😁
Brilliantly narrated video. The music is amazing. Your brother is a very talented self taught musician! You are very talented as well, not only in the carving; but the entire process to bring it to an audience. Thank you so much for taking the time to share with all of us!
You did a beautiful job Nadav! You have an extremely eloquent way in which you wield the English language. Your explanations are like poetry. Thank you for teaching me. May the Lord bless you and your family!
@@nadavartandwood 🥰You are most welcome my friend! To be honest, I wish my fellow Americans could speak half as articulately as you! 😆 Keep up the wonderful work!
Another thing to do when finishing wood is to use a tacky cloth after sanding. These are cloths that are coated with wax or tree saps which pull the fine dust out of the pores. When you then use the oil, let it dry. Then use 400 or 1000 grain on it, tacky cloth again, and then do the second oil layer. This way you get a very smooth durable layer. The 400 grain between the oil coatings will help knock down any sticking out fibres.
Wonderful video and outcome! I felt super calm watching it, your dog boosted the calmness twice! Thank you for sharing your work! It’s motivational and relaxing
You, Sir, are a true artist. I enjoyed your humble commentary throughout the video. Your brother's composition was very good. Thank you for sharing your technique.
I would love to see more of your setup! I live where it is incredibly cold in the winter and would love to set something up to carve/woodwork inside my house.Thanks! Love the video!
You have a wonderful way of explaining what you are doing and why. Your voice compliments the video perfectly. May I also compliment you on your diction. You have a new follower 😊👍
The best part of your narration is the why you do something, not just what you do. It's nice to know what to do but variables and individual skills and techniques make the why part more adaptive to an individual. It's amazing to see the bowl that was trapped within that fallen branch. How relaxing to be carving by the window with your dog by your side.👍🏻❤️ I felled a big black walnut tree in my yard and have many projects planned for the wood, thanks for the inspiration.
It's a lovely bowl, the only tip i have is that when I'm carving anything green (wet) i leave it pretty thick initially and let it dry out before the finishing cuts. This way it generally avoids splitting and ruining all that work
Thank you for actually using hand tools, so many are driven and thrive on power tools that is it sad at how few really still use hand tools . The only other channel I have found is chop with Chris
Yes it might have to do with me being limited working from home😅 but I also feel like there are shapes and forms I can only reach with hand tools, it gives the wood much more space in the conversation (:
I love watching wood carving videos and yours have touched me. They make me feel that I can do it too. Thank you for your posts ❤ My son likes watching them with me before bedtime too 😂
I would would strongly recommend you watch Zed outdoors , he has interviewed several carvers, showing their thinking process behind every decision they make while carving spoons and a plethora of other things.
I salute your intuition and artistry to let the wood talk to you and what feels right. I have both mora knives and as a left hander it it tricky. Seeing a few different positions but stil controled is inspiring. Keep pouring your heart and soul into your work🧘❤️
beautiful bowl. My only suggestion would be to spray the entire bowl down with water after the first sanding, let the bowl dry, and sand a final time. This tip comes from making cutting boards, it lifts the fibers that are already loose and lets you sand them down so when the oil is applied you wont have any roughness to the touch
I have watched many carving videos, and many of your carving videos. I love the sound of the wood being cut. I also think multiple oiling makes good sense. I am going to try the walnut oil. Your attention to detail and explanation of using the pen versus pencil was a good tip for me. Thank you for identifying tools and subtle techniques. Your work is truly art, keep it up!!
That is a beautiful bowl. I've just started to carve and I think this will be my next carving. Your bowl is amazing. Thanks for sharing your talent with all us beginners.
Love your work, love the stories, love your voice and more than everything love the wood! Carving wood is the most beautiful gift from heaven! May your life be plentiful of health, love, joy and peace!
i don't have words how beautiful your carving process was, the final output . gradually went into my heart then into my brain and now it is in my blood.. i am breathing the sound of wood being carved! this is too good.
Your a artist in many ways sir, your amazing. You and your brother made your parents proud. It truly is a journey of trial and error in woodworking and your an inspiration for the process. Just the way you composed this video is stunning so relaxing and genuine with the knowledge and experience from your perspective is so well done
First, Thank you for making these wonderful videos. You may not be able professional or a teacher but your calm voice and simple narration helps give someone like me the confidence to try carving. Again Thank you
I liked the "Zen" and "intuitiveness" of your narration. I am an engineer, and find it difficult to "see" the natural shapes inside of the wood, but I learn something every time I carve something, or turn a bowl on the lathe. Liked and subscribed!
18:05 I am not an expert, but I was told that when carving bowls for food, you need to make them as smooth as possible to avoid bacteria build-up. Similar to stainless steel tubes welding in the food industry, it must be absolutely smooth and with as little edges as possible to avoid food to be stuck on rough surfaces, this only to avoid bacteria forming. Thanks for the video, wood carving is so relaxing, yet it can be so tense sometimes, especially when you mess up...
Thank you for sharing another masterpiece! As a left-handed carver I appreciate your suggestion to try different ways of holding the tools. Some positions you’ve demonstrated here have never occurred to me to try. It would be awesome to see you make a video of your tool honing process, especially the hook knife.
Happy to hear that!😁 just always be careful with new techniques, I often cut myself this way😅 I’ll make a sharpening vide as I get asked a lot, but it might take some time (:
I have those same two knives :) I find taking small breaks is good. When you come back your hands are fresh and it feels like you can carve more efficiently again. Its interesting.
Beautiful. I'm so glad TH-cam recommended you today! Quite happy to go through the backlog of videos and I hope there are many more to come. Thank you for making these.
Soul of Siberia is one of my favourite channels about carving a kuksa. Mabe it would be interesting for you. And about this video. I can't stop watching it. A year ago it was a really hard moment in my life. My heart was looking for peace. I still can't find it. But i was lucky to found this video. And when i watching it, i an getting easier. Can't explain why. But, thank you. Really.
I'd love to see a video showcasing all the tools you use! I've always had to improvise with any kinda of hobby or project I start on because the desire to create is too great to wait for getting what is commonly used. And from what you've said in your videos I feel that you also find unusual ways of working with what you have instead of waiting till you have one tool to proceed with a project. ~May Šamaš light your path.
beautiful! since you asked for suggestions: you should try burnishing one of your carvings with a smooth pebble, rather than sanding, just to see if you like it. rubbing the wood firmly with a pebble gives the carving a level of shine that you can't get with sandpaper, since it compresses the fibers, whereas sandpaper tears up the fibers. i find the oil still sinks into the wood if it is burnished. burnishing will smooth over some of the knife markings, though it won't get rid of them quite like sandpaper. just a different look, but one which i really enjoy.
Thank you for the suggestion! I am actually now in Greece next to the beach and I already picked some pebbles and tried it on my carvings, thank you I’ll probably share it on the next narrated video I’ll film😁
That is something to try indeed. Have a collection of various pebbles to try out. Thanks! I've made a spoon and some hearts on a 1 knife only challenge and found that scraping can give very smooth result with a satin gloss too. 'If you see a line somewhere, scrape it' x 1000 , quite meditative too.
Rule of thumb is: oil once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year and then once a year.
Thank you for sharing, very useful advice
Wonder if it should apply to decks, I apply one coat on completion but find they deteriorate too quick, discolour, slight warping or hairline cracking over the course of a few months
Yep, good advice.
I even start with diluted oil to help with penetration but that's because spoon face more abuse than a bowl.
And after seeing Nadav oil this bowl, I would suggest to take way more time rubbing the oil in. Take 10 minutes or so to massage the oil in and study the wood and grain. On the first coat you still have time to catch a scratch or so that now becomes an eye-sore with the oil on it.
rule of thumb is water it first then dry then sand then oil
Totally don't need to do that. I've seen that little gem of advice on another video someone said their grandfather told them to do it with gun stocks. It's certainly completely unnecessary and inapplicable for small wooden bowls
As a novice carver I appreciate your explanations of why you do things a certain way.
INCREDIBLE!
I'm knitting with two strands of laceweight yarn while watching you carve. Carving, like knitting, fosters patience and controlled effort. The repetition of movement is a form of meditation. Thank you for sharing.
Happy to hear that! Honestly one reason I started making videos was because I enjoyed carving and watching meanwhile something that inspire me, so hearing that it reached you makes me happy 😁
You not see yourself as a teacher, but you are a very gifted one. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with others.
Brilliantly narrated video. The music is amazing. Your brother is a very talented self taught musician! You are very talented as well, not only in the carving; but the entire process to bring it to an audience. Thank you so much for taking the time to share with all of us!
☺️🙏🏾
You did a beautiful job Nadav! You have an extremely eloquent way in which you wield the English language. Your explanations are like poetry. Thank you for teaching me. May the Lord bless you and your family!
Thank you 🙏🏾 I believe I still have a lot to learn with writing my scripts so you saying it’s like poetry really makes me happy 😅😁☺️
@@nadavartandwood 🥰You are most welcome my friend! To be honest, I wish my fellow Americans could speak half as articulately as you! 😆 Keep up the wonderful work!
Wow! It's beautiful! ♥️🎀 Perfect for a necklace and ring! Good for you! 👍🙂🦌🎄🪵💐
I love your spirit-gentle, humble, patient, and kind.
Another thing to do when finishing wood is to use a tacky cloth after sanding. These are cloths that are coated with wax or tree saps which pull the fine dust out of the pores. When you then use the oil, let it dry. Then use 400 or 1000 grain on it, tacky cloth again, and then do the second oil layer. This way you get a very smooth durable layer. The 400 grain between the oil coatings will help knock down any sticking out fibres.
Thank you for the tip 😁🙏🏾
Wonderful video and outcome! I felt super calm watching it, your dog boosted the calmness twice! Thank you for sharing your work! It’s motivational and relaxing
Thank you!😊🙏🏾really happy to hear you enjoyed it 😁
Beautiful bowl Nadav...thank you for sharing your gift with us.
What a beautiful music. And so inspiring woodworking ❤
Thank you for making this gentle and calming film.
Sharing knowledge, guiding the observer into the world of wood carving. If only, were the world so kind.
You, Sir, are a true artist. I enjoyed your humble commentary throughout the video. Your brother's composition was very good. Thank you for sharing your technique.
Thank you 😊 I really appreciate your kind words both for me and my brother.
Your dog is so lovely too, I liked the way you checked the quality of the bowl with your dog as well, I think she definitely approved☺
She’s a quality control specialist 😂
I would love to see more of your setup! I live where it is incredibly cold in the winter and would love to set something up to carve/woodwork inside my house.Thanks! Love the video!
You put your lovely doggo to sleep with your carving sounds.....😊❤😌
i really appreciate all the love and work u put into this video thank you sm
You have a wonderful way of explaining what you are doing and why. Your voice compliments the video perfectly. May I also compliment you on your diction. You have a new follower 😊👍
Thank you! I really appreciate you saying that😊😁🙏🏾
Me too. Follow you from Malaysia.
The best part of your narration is the why you do something, not just what you do. It's nice to know what to do but variables and individual skills and techniques make the why part more adaptive to an individual. It's amazing to see the bowl that was trapped within that fallen branch. How relaxing to be carving by the window with your dog by your side.👍🏻❤️ I felled a big black walnut tree in my yard and have many projects planned for the wood, thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you 😊🙏🏾 hope you’ll have a lot of fun with the walnut tree you have 😁
It's a lovely bowl, the only tip i have is that when I'm carving anything green (wet) i leave it pretty thick initially and let it dry out before the finishing cuts. This way it generally avoids splitting and ruining all that work
Yes I do it as well it’s a good point, usually I anyway don’t manage to finish my carvings before they dry naturally 😅
Thank you for actually using hand tools, so many are driven and thrive on power tools that is it sad at how few really still use hand tools . The only other channel I have found is chop with Chris
Yes it might have to do with me being limited working from home😅 but I also feel like there are shapes and forms I can only reach with hand tools, it gives the wood much more space in the conversation (:
That's a graceful, elegant little bowl with a lovely grain.
I love watching wood carving videos and yours have touched me. They make me feel that I can do it too. Thank you for your posts ❤ My son likes watching them with me before bedtime too 😂
I’m really happy you and your son enjoy my videos, hope to see you here more in the future!😁
Thanks for sharing, beautiful bowl. And shoutout to your brother, nice piece in the piano.
I would would strongly recommend you watch Zed outdoors , he has interviewed several carvers, showing their thinking process behind every decision they make while carving spoons and a plethora of other things.
I salute your intuition and artistry to let the wood talk to you and what feels right. I have both mora knives and as a left hander it it tricky. Seeing a few different positions but stil controled is inspiring. Keep pouring your heart and soul into your work🧘❤️
😊🙏🏾
This is great thank you for sharing you craft and knowledge
Stunning bowl, beautiful.
I really enjoyed the close up camera work.
I've recently tried whittling, and now want to move on to carving. Thank you
beautiful bowl. My only suggestion would be to spray the entire bowl down with water after the first sanding, let the bowl dry, and sand a final time. This tip comes from making cutting boards, it lifts the fibers that are already loose and lets you sand them down so when the oil is applied you wont have any roughness to the touch
Thanks for the tip 😁🙏🏾
I’ve never had to carve indoors so your chopping block-clamp setup was good to see, thank you 🙏
Good to see a man with ethical morals, hard to find nowadays.
You have a great philosophy of working with wood. Great video and composition from your brother. Cheers.
Thank you😊🙏🏾
I loved watching your video.
You have a very calming effect as you work.
Love the little bowl.
Tom from Australia.
Beautiful work and very educational. I have a lot of fallen trees, knocked down in storms, so you've inspired me to use them to work with. Thanks.
Nice carving, awesome, greetings from the Netherlands
We can all learn to do anything if we put our minds to it. So beautiful to see the finished product taking shape?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge so humbly & generously , when you're self thought you discover new ways of doing things that are wonderful!
I have watched many carving videos, and many of your carving videos. I love the sound of the wood being cut. I also think multiple oiling makes good sense. I am going to try the walnut oil. Your attention to detail and explanation of using the pen versus pencil was a good tip for me. Thank you for identifying tools and subtle techniques. Your work is truly art, keep it up!!
Thank you😁🙏🏾🙏🏾
Stunning. I love watching your videos and carvings. You are a natural. The videos are oddly comforting. Thank you
As a bowl turner with all of the power equipment, I am in awe at the beauty of your work. Such nice videos and great work! Bravo!
Thank you! I hope to have a big enough space to own a lathe in the future, such a beautiful art form!
Found this channel the other day and its really calming, I've ended up watching right before I go too bed
Calm voice and good teaching...
Very relaxing and meditative watching your work. Thank you..
That is a beautiful bowl. I've just started to carve and I think this will be my next carving. Your bowl is amazing. Thanks for sharing your talent with all us beginners.
Thank you☺️🙏🏾 hope you’ll enjoy carving that bowl, stay safe!😁
Love your work, love the stories, love your voice and more than everything love the wood! Carving wood is the most beautiful gift from heaven! May your life be plentiful of health, love, joy and peace!
Thank you for your kind words 😊🙏🏾
i don't have words how beautiful your carving process was, the final output . gradually went into my heart then into my brain and now it is in my blood.. i am breathing the sound of wood being carved! this is too good.
😁🙏🏾
My daughter and I greatly enjoyed watching your video. The bowl is so beautiful! You have inspired us to try for ourselves ❤ thank you!
Thank you 😊🙏🏾 I’m happy to hear!😁
Your a artist in many ways sir, your amazing. You and your brother made your parents proud. It truly is a journey of trial and error in woodworking and your an inspiration for the process. Just the way you composed this video is stunning so relaxing and genuine with the knowledge and experience from your perspective is so well done
Thank you so much for your kind words 😊🙏🏾🙏🏾
I love the unique shape the crack in the wood made, in the end t was pretty even though it was a pain at first notice :]
Гений! Золотые руки! Собака рядом,это очень хорошо!!!!!
You and your brother are truly gifteð. Thank you for sharing.
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First, Thank you for making these wonderful videos. You may not be able professional or a teacher but your calm voice and simple narration helps give someone like me the confidence to try carving. Again Thank you
Happy to hear I managed to help you with my narration😁 I am still learning so I hope I’ll get better with time(:
A wonderful video with mesmerizing sound effects.
It makes me feel like an imposter using angle grinders and electric sanders 🙏🏾I’m inspired.thank you
Beautiful work, beautiful video.
I liked the "Zen" and "intuitiveness" of your narration. I am an engineer, and find it difficult to "see" the natural shapes inside of the wood, but I learn something every time I carve something, or turn a bowl on the lathe. Liked and subscribed!
Thank you😊🙏🏾 glad to hear you joined!😁
18:05 I am not an expert, but I was told that when carving bowls for food, you need to make them as smooth as possible to avoid bacteria build-up. Similar to stainless steel tubes welding in the food industry, it must be absolutely smooth and with as little edges as possible to avoid food to be stuck on rough surfaces, this only to avoid bacteria forming. Thanks for the video, wood carving is so relaxing, yet it can be so tense sometimes, especially when you mess up...
Sounds like a good thing to know!though This specific one is being used on my table at the moment as a small tray for tiny items😅
Thank you for sharing another masterpiece! As a left-handed carver I appreciate your suggestion to try different ways of holding the tools. Some positions you’ve demonstrated here have never occurred to me to try. It would be awesome to see you make a video of your tool honing process, especially the hook knife.
Happy to hear that!😁 just always be careful with new techniques, I often cut myself this way😅 I’ll make a sharpening vide as I get asked a lot, but it might take some time (:
Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing your technique. Could you make a video on how you sharpen your knives, especially your hook knife?
Thank you🙏🏾😊 I will make a narrated video about sharpening my tools but it might take some time as I have many projects in my head 😅
Beautiful work, bowl and dog. I too would love to see your method of sharpening the Mori, when and if you get to it.
One of the most beautiful videos I think I’ve ever seen.
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I have those same two knives :)
I find taking small breaks is good. When you come back your hands are fresh and it feels like you can carve more efficiently again. Its interesting.
Incredible. I'm from Brazil and you inspired me to work with wood, thank you.
I like to use a mix of beeswax and oil to finish my carvings. It makes them really smooth to the touch and they also smell nice.
Thank you! I loved your approach, your explanations, the photography, the music and your dog! You've rekindled my interest in hand tools.
Thank you for your lovely words. I am happy to hear I inspired you ☺️
I see that your pupper is involved in the process and is a careful inspector.
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Beautiful work. I've always found wood carving fascinating and now I'm inspired by you to try it.
Beautiful. I'm so glad TH-cam recommended you today! Quite happy to go through the backlog of videos and I hope there are many more to come. Thank you for making these.
Happy to hear you joined my journey 😁🙏🏾
You found a beautiful piece of wood for this project. The bowl design showcased the wonderful grain. Wonderful!
you are very talented I would love to see more narrated videos
I love your videos and wish you all the success in the world.
Thank you🙏🏾😁
I found your video very relaxing and the simplicity of the bowl and its carving quite beautiful…you have a new fan.
Happy to hear 😁🙏🏾
Very beautiful bowl. Very beautiful video. Thank you.
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Wow le tue sgorbie sono rasoi!
Complimenti per la manualità
Great job and simple good-wood philosophy. I admire the calm way you create your wooden forms.🍂🍂🍂
Thank you😊🙏🏾
This bowl is beautiful. Your video was informative and relaxing to learn from. Thank you for sharing. 😊🇨🇦
Soul of Siberia is one of my favourite channels about carving a kuksa. Mabe it would be interesting for you.
And about this video. I can't stop watching it. A year ago it was a really hard moment in my life. My heart was looking for peace. I still can't find it. But i was lucky to found this video. And when i watching it, i an getting easier. Can't explain why. But, thank you. Really.
Thank you for your recommendation 😁🙏🏾 I’m really happy to hear it gave you peace, these comments truly motivate me to create more(:
Thanks, I'm just starting out and was wondering how to use this type of knife in my starter kit and thanks for the tips on selecting wood.
I'd love to see a video showcasing all the tools you use! I've always had to improvise with any kinda of hobby or project I start on because the desire to create is too great to wait for getting what is commonly used. And from what you've said in your videos I feel that you also find unusual ways of working with what you have instead of waiting till you have one tool to proceed with a project.
~May Šamaš light your path.
I might make a video like this with a studio tour (: and yea I’m a improviser as well😁😅
Your work is beautiful mate, we’ll done 👍👍👍
Ta ai um dos trabalho que pretendo aprender a fazer. Parabéns pelo trabalho.
Please keep doing these videos. They are entrancing as well as educating in nature. Subscribed.
You pulled a nice bowl out of that log. Well done.
😍what a beautiful process and end result. I enjoyed the piano music so much too.
Beautifully organic
That is beautiful. Thank you for the video.
Really nice result! Thank you for your relaxing and humble videos 🙏🏼
Your sharpening is superb.
you're a good teacher
beautiful! since you asked for suggestions: you should try burnishing one of your carvings with a smooth pebble, rather than sanding, just to see if you like it. rubbing the wood firmly with a pebble gives the carving a level of shine that you can't get with sandpaper, since it compresses the fibers, whereas sandpaper tears up the fibers. i find the oil still sinks into the wood if it is burnished. burnishing will smooth over some of the knife markings, though it won't get rid of them quite like sandpaper. just a different look, but one which i really enjoy.
Thank you for the suggestion! I am actually now in Greece next to the beach and I already picked some pebbles and tried it on my carvings, thank you I’ll probably share it on the next narrated video I’ll film😁
@@nadavartandwood Awesome!
That is something to try indeed. Have a collection of various pebbles to try out. Thanks!
I've made a spoon and some hearts on a 1 knife only challenge and found that scraping can give very smooth result with a satin gloss too. 'If you see a line somewhere, scrape it' x 1000
, quite meditative too.
A beautiful bowl! Thanks for sharing.
Love your videos , so inspiring and relaxing to watch
Thanks for this beautiful piece - all so beautifully and simply produced, paced and played. Satisfying from start to finish. 🙏❤️
Thank you for detailing the process of gathering and preparing the wood!
So simple, but so beautiful
I love it! Absolutely gorgeous.
Amazing job, very natural, like Wabi Sabi style!!! Thank you to share your passion with us!!! Regards from Brazil.
A lot of work but very skillfull and something to learn. At the end this smal bowl is a Masterpiece 👌🏻
Loving these! Hope to see more of your explaining videos!