A BeaverCraft Tools Collaboration and My First Attempt at a Carving Guide

It almost feels mandatory to mention that I haven’t posted nearly enough blog posts on this website, but here is my attempt to change that.

A couple of weeks ago, I was very happy to receive a message from the BeaverCraftTools team on TikTok asking if I would be interested in collaborating with them. As a long-time user of their products (for the entire 1.5 years I’ve been woodcarving), I felt genuinely excited. After some back-and-forth, we agreed on a beginner carving set that I would feature in three short videos. After that, I would give the set away to one of my followers or viewers. This for one to see if the collaboration worked for both parties and also to be able to gift someone a very robust set of carving knives to tackle all sorts of different carvings and spread the wood carving love so to say.

Below are the three videos I created for this collaboration, along with a happy byproduct: my first guide on how to carve a Cthulhu amulet or pendant.

My first video where I tried to figure out how to make something that’s part of a collaboration, how to showcase the tools while still keeping the video in my own style.

For the second video, I felt I had learned a bit about what worked in the last one and what didn’t. It was also the first time in a long while that I filmed a process video of a more complex, larger carving. All in all, I really enjoyed making it.

The third video is one I actually feel a bit proud of, especially in terms of the angles, shots, and the carving itself. This piece came about on a whim, after a previous idea for an olive wood open book pendant didn’t work out because the wood broke. But after finishing this one, I’ve decided to make more of them. A lot more.

After finishing the Cthulhu amulet carving and editing the last BeaverCraft collaboration video, I had a strange urge to create a guide. It’s something I enjoyed using when I first started out. My way of making guides might be a little unusual, so I’m very curious to see how any of you who use it will like it.

A quick guide on how to carve it yourself

Anyhow, have a great day!

Samuel