Carve a Ball-and-Claw Foot with Phil Lowe
The ball-and-claw foot, combined with the cabriole leg, is a hallmark of 18th-century furniture. Here, Phil Lowe shows you how to design and carve the version made popular in Colonial Philadelphia. You will learn about: The history of the cabriole leg, Making leg-profile patterns, Refining the shapes with spokeshaves, rasps and files, Laying out the ball and claw on the foot of the blank, Rough-carving with straight and spoon gouges, Sharpening carving tools, Rounding out the legs, and Scraping and varnishing.
