The views and rankings for this Top Ten Wood Carvers countdown is purely the opinion of myself and the Basswood Carving channel and the sole purpose of the video is to share the channels which have helped in the growth as well as the art of the carving community on youtube. These rankings were created for fun and were not judged on the number of subscribers or even number of views but by their Instructional value.
The growth of the carving community on youtube has been tremendous and in a time in our lives when division amongst us has never been worst, I know I can always turn to the carving community for good friends and fun.
Since the lockdowns have started and many people have not been able to attend their clubs and classes , I have found my solace in being able to grab a block of wood and my knife and join one of my carving friends on youtube. If you are new to carving I encourage you to get a knife and some basswood and join our community. Any of the carvers listed in this countdown have videos geared for beginning woodcarvers.
I know there are many great carvers out there on youtube that haven’t been listed so feel free to comment on your favorites or even any new channels that maybe haven’t been discovered even if it’s your own.
So with that being said here are our Top Ten Wood Carvers on youtube.
Number 10 – James Massey
Number 10 in our top ten countdown goes to James Massey of the Alaska Woodchuck Channel. James Started his channel in Jan. 2020
James currently has 1,300 subs with 51,425 views. I really enjoy the passion and excitement James puts forth in his videos whether he’s doing a knife review or talking about carving. James is definitely an up and comer in the Youtube carving world.
Check James channel out at Alaska Woodchuck
Number 9 – Sharon Elliot
Number 9 in our top ten countdown goes to Sharon Elliot of the Sharonmyart Channel. Sharon Started her channel in April of 2014
She currently has 33,800 subs with over 2.5 million views. Sharon is a very good teacher and one of the first channels I started watching to learn the basics of wood carving. Although she hasn’t posted for quite some time her channel still receives a good amount of views. We hope she’ll start posting again soon.
Check Sharon’s channel out at SharonMyArt
Number 8 – Mike Stinnett
Number 8 in our top ten countdown goes to Mike Stinnett of Stinnett Sticks. Mikes channel features some of the most beautiful, realistic walking sticks I’ve ever seen Mike Started his channel in Nov. of 2011.and currently has
397,000 subs with over 50 million views. Stinnett Sticks is the only channel in the Top Ten list that does mostly power carving. Along with his dog Pearl who sometimes steals the show Mike puts extraordinary effort into creating a story with his beautiful walking sticks.
Check Mikes Channel out at Stinnett Sticks
Number 7 – Kevin Coates
Number 7 in our top ten countdown goes to Kevin Coates. Coming from Newfoundland, Kevin’s channel features caricatures ranging from Fishermen and boat builders to Berry Pickers.
Kevin Started his channel in Oct. of 2016. and currently has
21,800 subs with over 2.6 million views.
Kevin puts a lot of emphasis in the faces of his carvings and has great camera angles to learn just how he does it.
Check his channel out at Kevin Coates
Number 6 – Lynn Doughty
Number 6 in our top ten wood carvers countdown goes to Lynn Doughty of Out West woodcarving. Lynn’s unique carvings of Old West Themes start with
a common utility knife as his blade of choice.
Lynn Started his channel in Oct. of 2006. and currently has 5,400 subs with 517,000+ views.
Lynn is a Great teacher if you like Old west caricatures and I often wonder why he hasn’t been discovered more in the youtube community.
Go check out his channel Lynn O. Doughty and lets get his views and subs up!
Number 5 – Arleen Zoomer
Number 5 in our top ten countdown goes to one of the hardest working ladies in wood carving Arleen Zoomer of Carvers Wood shop.
Arleen Started her channel in Aug. of 2008. and with only 17,000 subs has over 4.7 million views.
Arleen is a excellent teacher who cranks out massive amounts of carvings mostly from 3 to 4 inch blocks of wood During the Covid Arleen has been
teaching live online classes on Facebook and Youtube which I’ve enjoyed since not being able to attend my regular classes
Check out Arleen at the Carvers Woodshop.
Number 4 – Russell Scott
Number 4 in our top ten countdown goes to Russell Scott of Scott Carvings. Russell was one of the first carvers I enjoyed watching when I started learning to carve. Russell started his channel in Jan. of 2012. His channel currently has 11,600 subs with 812,000 views.
Scott Carvings offers very good instruction in wood carving and you can tell by the way he explains his cuts that Russell is no stranger to teaching wood carving which is why he is in the number 4 spot. For beginners looking to learn carving Subscribe to Scott Carvings if you haven’t already.
Number 3 – Dennis Stallings
Number 3 in our top ten wood carvers countdown goes to Dennis Stallings. I was saddened when I found out Dennis passed away in May of 2019 Dennis was a true Ambassador in the woodcarving community.
Dennis also had one of his carvings lessons featured in Woodcarving Illustrated back in Spring of 2017. Dennis started his channel in May of 2008
His channel currently has only 9,000 subs but has over 1 million views.
Check out Dennis Stallings Channel for fun carving Instruction
Rest In Peace Our Friend.
Number 2 – Doug Linker
Number 2 in our top ten wood carvers countdown goes to Doug Linker. Doug started his channel in Aug of 2015. His channel currently has 175,000 subs with
just over 10 million views. Doug’s channel not only does carving
tutorial videos but also features him traveling out for camping weekends in which he always carves a project out in the wild. His channel really increased popularity with his coffee and carving videos. Doug delivers fun quick carves and puts great effort into producing quality videos whether he’s in his shop or out in the bush. I know personally I look forward
to see what fun carving project Doug comes up with next.
If you haven’t already go check out Doug Linkers Channel
Number 1 – Gene Messer
The number 1 spot goes to The Grandmaster of carving
videos Gene Messer. Gene started his channel in Sept of 2007
His channel currently has 26,000 subs with almost 7 million views. Gene is probably responsible for getting more people involved in carving than anyone.
Over the years Gene has suffered through Hurricanes and
tropical storms at his home but his love for sharing his carving
has never stopped him putting up videos. Recently he shared a
video encouraging other carvers to share their carvings on youtube. Which was my inspiration to create this channel.
Gene is truly a pioneer when it comes to creating carving video’s
Let’s get Gene the subs he deserves.
Visit Gene Messers Channel
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