Which woods are appropriate for chip carving and where to get them

To sharpen and care for the carving knife used in chip carving

To create a three corner chip as well as positive diamond, negative diamond, zigzag and lace boarder patterns as pictured in the first photo above

To carve rosettes based on a two corner chip as pictured in the second photo above

For students that show good control of their carving knife, there may be time to carve rosettes based on three corner chips as shown in the third photo above