Here's My Woodcarving!
by Sylvia Hilpertshauser
Switzerland
Last summer I finished my apprenticeship as a woodcarver at the Swiss school of Woodcarving in Brienz, Switzerland. I decided to become a woodcarver after my first apprenticeship as a a medical assistant. There were a few reasons for this decision:
Since I was young I loved doing drawing and painting which is also a big part of a woodcarvers daily work. Besides, I had the wish to do something relating to a trade, to build something at which you can see the progress at every day's end.
I like nature and its forms and materials a lot so that is the main reason I found my perfect occupation in woodcarving.
Beneath you can see some of the carvings I did during my apprenticeship:
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Closed Music Box: Flower Waratah, diameter 30 cm, lime

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Open Music Box: Flower Waratah, diameter 30 cm, lime

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Giraffe on top of a pillow, lime, height: 30 cm

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Crocodile (lime) on top of a small drawer cabinet
(Lime, cherry wood and medium-density fiberboard MDF)
length: about 70 cm

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Shell, larch, length: about 1,5 meter

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Me working on the shell during the woodcarving
symposium in Brienz, Summer 2014

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Pixie, larch, length: about 1m

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Back of Pixie

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Woman, lime, length: about 30 cm

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Side view of Woman

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Detail of a clock made of Limewood

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Weatherstation - Limewood

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Wall Lamp - 3 Pieces - Cherry

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Room Divider - Walnut, Limewood

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Lady in a Summerbreeze - Pear

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Family Coat - Walnut

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Elf's Ride On An Owl - Plaster

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You can email Sylvia at
hilpsylvia@gmail.com
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