Category: foam carving

XPS Foam hand carved cat.

An image of a hand carved polystyrene cat.

XPS Foam carved bird. Source unknown. Probably done a few years ago as we have not used blue foam for some time.

XPS foam is a versatile and popular material for carving due to its ease of use, light weight, and ability to hold detail. You could carve a wide variety of items, including:  Tabletop Gaming & Dioramas Props & Replicas Home Decor & Large Sculptures Craft Projects Tips for carving:

XPS foam green man carving. Carved from a block of 75mm thick xpsfoam. I think the panel was either 200mmx300mm or 300mmx400mm. Tools used to carve xps foam, scalpel, sand paper, soldering iron with a variable temperature control, small metal files, an electric hot wand tool with a variable temperature control. Remember to use a […]

XPS foam block 300mmx150mmx150mm carved with a jab saw and scalpel and then embossed using sculpting hand tools usually used for shaping clay. I also used a small wire brush for smoothing some of the angles. Inspired by Native North American totem designs and images of south American native carvings. Carving tool about 2 hours […]

XPS foam, 3mm thick, 15 off 300mmx300mm, ideal for crafting 3d model making. Available on eBay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125600987867

A wire brush carved and hot wire cut polystyrene dog. Expanded polystyrene.

Carved polystyrene cat head, mostly carved with a hot wire wand, wire brush and sandpaper. Draw your design and cut the profile shape in card, pin the card to the polystyrene, cut the shape out with a hot wand tool, shape the material with a wire brush and smooth it into a final shape with […]

Carved medieval knight on horse xps foam. Using 50mm thick, 300mmx300mm. 12 hours to do, it took three attempts. tried to use an electric hot wand tool but they were to aggressive. Carved with a scalpel and using various tiny sanding files. To be used as a base pattern for making a latex mould and […]