Possibly. I am doing a woodcarving show on Saturday, where I intended on selling them for $15.00 each. One was a pre-order, so I made three, just in case others thought they wanted one too.

Three little shelf mice with crinkley hemp-cord whiskers and leather tails! #Woodcarving

Four more finished crosses.

I finished my rose cross and three cross necklaces this morning. The larger crosses is stained basswood and the smaller ones are butternut.

Four completed crosses in basswood with golden pecan stain applied.

The Rose Cross in progress, shown with my small chip-carving knife.

I'm nearing the end of my goal. I finished these four crosses today and I only have the rose cross to finish tomorrow! #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving

10-cm cross chip-carved in basswood.

10-cm praying-angel cross chip-carved in basswood.

The last two ten-centimeter crosses are carved! I will apply a finish after I complete the last two larger crosses, so i can stain them all at once. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving

Original design on paper by mychipcarving.com, my modification, adding the center circle-completed carving, and the newer mods with rose and smaller cross.

Closeup of new design. Chip-carved rose started

The evolution of my thoughts...The original pattern, the modified carving with a circle, and the modified-modified design with a rose and smaller cross. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving.

Two new patterns transferred onto the basswood star.

Two new patterns transferred onto the basswood star.

Patterns on both sides, wood cut out and ready to carve. Im still deciding how my cuts will fit.

When i start to divide up the geometric spaces, I try to think about how to make it interesting.

The dots are where the deep points are.

Another design, which should be easier to carve than the last one I posted. We'll see. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving

Subdividing the spaces 1.

Subdividing the spaces 2.

Subdividing the spaces 3. Can I carve it?

Sometimes I don't even know if I will be able to carve something I draw. But I kept dividing the spaces smaller and smaller. Tomorrow I will put this and other patterns onto wood and try it out.

My first double-sided ten-pointed star in this series of nine.
#ChipCarving, #WoodCarving

Side two of a ten-pointed star.

Thanks Dave! For sure, I'm sharing everything as I do it, and I'll try to capture all of it together when I do the Rochester woodcarving show on the 28th and 29th. Here's side 2 of the first ten-pointed star.

Transferring the design onto the wood using a heat transfer tool.

Checking to make sure the lines transfered

Side A is on the wood, ready to cut out.

One side of this double-sided star is carved. I'm working on the other side

Three out of nine double-sided, ten-pointed stars are in progress. These photos show the transfer of patterns onto the wood using a heat transfer tool. I carved one of the designs yesterday! I started carving the flip-side this morning. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving

A new five-pointed star in basswood.

I got everything done that I did today! Chasing stars...
#ChipCarving, #WoodCarving

Star designs started on paper using a compass and ruler.

Another 10-pointed-star design! My goal is 18 designs.

A compass and pencil on a piece of paper with 4.5 centimeters circles drawn.

Four ten-pointed star chip-carving designs on paper.

I started designing some new rosettes, stars, ornaments for #ChipCarving. These are five/ten divisions of a circle using a compass and ruler. There is something very exciting to me about creating geometric patterns.

Two more ten-centimeter crosses. Cutting curves and long, skinny chips are my weakness I guess. More practice!

Playing with new designs and shadows. On the cross to the left, I wondered what it would look like with an inward-beveled edge all the way around, meeting a vertical wall. Then I kept the rest simple.
I tried to fit an angel on the other cross and make it into a chip carving. #ChipCarving

Rings are done! Now on to the never-ending knots!

A celtic-style cross started. Shown with a hatchet-style knife.

I started lowering the rings.

I started this tonight...

Three basswood crosses chip-carved and stained with Minwax oil-based golden pecan stain.

What they look like finished! #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving

My own on-wood cross design, cut out and almost ready for the finish to be applied. Shown standing with a chip carving knife next to it.

Almost ready for a finish!

Another small cross completed.

The same small cross in progress, shown with a chip carving knife.

I started this one last night, and now its ready to finish! So many tiny chips make my neck sore. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving

8. A chip-carved cross in progress.

9. A chip-carved cross in progress.

10. The near-complete design. Next cut it out, sand and fine-tune, then finish.

11. Same cross shown at an angle with the two knives that I used.

Nearly carved. Progress today! This is my near-final design. I will be too tired after work to finish this cross today. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving.

4. Cross chip carving in progress

5. Cross chip carving in progress

6. Cross chip carving in progress.

7. Cross chip carving in progress.

Today's progress... #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving

2. Cross chip carving in progress

3. Cross chip carving in progress

A new cross designs started on Basswood. Shown with compass and ruler.

There is something very satisfying about designing something right on the wood! #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving

Thanks Andy! It was a tough push at the end!

All eight crosses in this set are finished! I have five more blanks cut, to try my own designs.

Ta-Da! All eight designs by John Niggemeyer, from Woodcarving Illustrated. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving with only a few minor variations.

Crosses four and five finished. Basswood with golden pecan stain.

I finished crosses four and five out of eight today. Three more tomorrow! Then I'll show them all together. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving

5cm × 3.5cm crosse necklaces chip-carved, shown on my green work table above my chip-carving knife, without strings.

Second cross necklace in this series. I wonder how many designs are possible within the constraints of this shape, size and lower-cross element?

My fifth out of eight designs by John Niggemeyer, Woodcarving Illustrated magazine. Shown here, pattern, Carving in progress, photo of finished carving from magazine article.

This one is delicate and time consuming because of the tiny chips! Number five of eight!
#ChipCarving, #WoodCarving