John Shortell, Carved Eagles, Wood Art

Carving Patterns

If you’d like to try your hand at carv­ing your own eagle you can pur­chase full size wood carv­ing pat­terns here. Once the pur­chase is com­plete you will receive an email with a link to a .pdf file con­tain­ing a full sized carv­ing pat­tern. Large pat­terns are printed on mul­ti­ple pages with reg­is­tra­tion marks so you can piece them together from stan­dard 8.5 x 11 inch pieces of paper.

Prices vary based on the com­plex­ity and detail. The longer they take to pro­duce the more the pat­tern costs. When you fig­ure how long it would take to cre­ate a full sized pat­tern on your own, the prices are quite reasonable.

Most of these pat­terns are exact copies of the orig­i­nal carv­ings. You won’t find more accu­rate pat­terns anywhere.

The best way to put large pat­terns together is to use reg­u­lar clear tape to tem­porar­ily hold the sheets together then use clear pack­ing tape to com­pletely cover the pat­tern on both sides. This cre­ates a reusable pat­tern. Once lam­i­nated with the pack­ing tape you can cut out the pat­tern. It you want to cre­ate a more durable, reusable pat­tern you can glue the lam­i­nated pat­tern to a piece of tem­pered hard­board with spray mount adhe­sive and then cut it out with a band saw or jig saw.

Please email me pho­tos of your fin­ished carv­ings and I will post them on this page.

Bel­lamy Eagle with Banner

This is the carved eagle that made John Bel­lamy famous. 25″ eagle with ban­ner, “Don’t Give Up The Ship” This pat­tern includes the body, the head, the ban­ner and the staff.

Bel­lamy Eagle with Flags

One of John Bellamy’s nicest cre­ations. This full size pat­tern is offered in three dif­fer­ent sizes. Choose the size you’d like from the drop down box below. Avail­abe in 48″, 36″ and 24″.

Pineap­ple

Pineap­ple Pat­tern 17 inches wide and 15 inches tall.

New­port Shell

The finest 18^th cen­tury Amer­i­can fur­ni­ture was made in New­port RI, and the finest New­port fur­ni­ture fea­tured these beau­ti­fully carved shells. Avail­able in three sizes, 6″, 8″ and 10″.

War of 1812 Eagle

Full winged eagle with rib­bon ban­ner. Carve or paint your own slo­gan on the ban­ner. Avail­able in 48″, 36″ and 24″ sizes. Makes a great sign. My most pop­u­lar out­door eagle.

Eagle with Rope and Flags

Patri­otic eagle with flags and unusual draped ropes. 48″ wide.

Old Brown Eagle

Old brown eagle with black back­ground. Looks almost like a fish. Eagle is relieve carved onto a board, with the back­ground carved away. Over­all length of board is 52″.

John Bellamy’s $600,000 Eagle

This is the now world famous eagle carved by John Haley Bel­lamy that recently sold for $600,000. This pat­tern is now avail­able is three sizes: 48″, 36″ and 28″, and include quills, vein­ing and let­ter­ing on the ban­ner. Included ban­ner is printed sep­a­rtely. This is the most accu­rate pat­tern you will ever find of this eagle.

Long Thin Bel­lamy Eagle

This is one of Bellamy’s more odd carv­ings. Long and stretched thin. I’ve seen sev­eral vari­a­tions of this eagle. Some with ban­ners, some with­out. It’s about 45″ long. The head is only slightly longer than his stan­dard eagle. He made a much larger ver­sion to be hung on a firehouse.

Rooster Weath­er­vane / Sign

Orig­i­nally a metal weath­er­vane, this carved rooster can be used as a weath­er­vane or, like I used it, as a sign. It is about 27″ square. Tail and back can be detailed or left plain.

Bellamy’s War & Peace Eagles

Sup­pos­edly, an Amer­i­can Eagle fac­ing the viewer’s left sybolizes peace and an eagle fac­ing the viewer’s right sym­bol­izes war. Bel­lamy carved these as a pair. Included is pat­terns for both eagles. Pat­terns include quill and vein details.

Bellamy’s Ver­ti­cal Eagle

John Bellamy’s mas­ter­piece. His great­est two dimen­sional eagle. The unfin­ished eagle is pic­tured in a photo hang­ing on Bellamy’s stu­dio wall in Yvonne Brault Smith’s book, “John Haley Bel­lamy, carver of eagles.” The eagle is 32″ tall and 26″ wide. Pat­tern comes detailed with quills and veining.

George Wash­ing­ton Plaque

Pat­tern is a copy of a cast iron plaque, but some­one had to carve the orig­i­nal from wood. Plaque is 16″ wide by 20″ tall. Pat­tern also includes large, full color photo to follow.

Samuel McIntire’s Sheaf Of Wheat

Samuel McIn­tire was one of America’s finest wood­carvers dur­ing the 18^th cen­tury. The sheaf of wheat was one of his sig­na­ture designs. This pat­tern includes the sheaf of wheat pic­tured set in a cir­cle plaque that is 8″ in diam­e­ter. Pat­tern also includes a closeup photo to use as a model.

Eagle On an Arrow

This eagle has long been attrib­uted to John Bel­lamy, but I have seri­ous doubts. While many traits hint at Bellamy’s work, there are too many details that make me believe oth­er­wise. This eagle is avail­able in three sizes–18″, 36″ and 48″. Detailed pat­tern with quills and veins.

Artis­tic Carv­ing Com­pany of Boston

Eagle by the Artis­tic Carv­ing Com­pany of Boston. 43.5″ wingspan. Detailed pat­tern with quills and vein­ing. Photo included with pat­tern to use as a guide.

Patri­otic Cen­te­nial Shields

Six dif­fer­ent patri­otic shields prob­a­bly from the cen­te­nial period. Each shield has a sep­a­rate pat­tern that is 48″ tall. Each pat­tern also includes a large color photo to use as a guide for carv­ing and paint­ing. The down­load for this pur­chase includes six .pdf files.

Lady Lib­erty Por­trait Plaque

A copy of Lady Liberty’s por­trait from an Amer­i­can Coin. An icon of Amer­i­can his­tory and Amer­i­cana. Pat­tern includes color photo to use as a guide. The width is about 11.5″ so you can use a stan­dard 1x12 as a blank.

Mor­gan Liberty

Lady Lib­erty from the beau­ti­ful Mor­gan Dol­lar. Pat­tern includes close up qual­ity photo to guide your carv­ing. About 9.5 inches wide and 12 inches tall.

In Hoc Signo Vinces Bel­lamy Eagle

One of Bellamy’s Finest eagles. 33″ wide. Tem­plate includes sep­a­rate body, head and rib­bons. High res­o­lu­tions color photo included to guide your carving.

Early, Unusual Bel­lamy Eagle

This is an unusual eagle carved by John Bel­lamy. Mixed with the iconic head and body, Bel­lamy used a dif­fer­ent style ban­ner and very strange claws. This eagle recently sold at auc­tion. At first glance this looks like one of his ear­lier works, but with the head and beak so well devel­oped, it is hard to say. This eagle is also quite large at 57″ wide.

George Wash­ing­ton Medallion

Mea­sur­ing about 11″ tall, this medal­lion is done in high relief with a real­is­tic like­ness. Pat­tern includes high res­o­lu­tion photo for reference.