[Woodcarver] What is relief carving?

[Bill Judt]

Ivan:

WOW!!!
I've been carving relief for 25 years and didn't know some of the stuff 
you explained in your message.
Thanks for the comprehensive information.

There's something to learn EVERY day, eh!

Blessings and Peace,

Bill
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On Dec 30, 2003, at 5:55 PM, Ivan Whillock Studio wrote:

> Relief
> In sculpture, any work that projects from the background. Reliefs are
> classified by degree of projection. Relief sculpture is distinguished 
> from
> sculpture in the round. In a bas relief (low relief or basso-relievo in
> Italian), the figures project only slightly and no part is entirely 
> detached
> from the background (as in medals, coins, or areas of large reliefs in 
> which
> the chief effect is produced by the play of light and shadow). In a 
> haut
> relief sculpture (high relief or alto-rilievo), the figures project at 
> least
> half of their natural circumference from the background. Between these 
> two
> is the demi relief (half-relief or mezzo-relievo). The lowest degree of
> relief in which the projection barely exceeds the thickness of a sheet 
> of
> paper is called a crushed relief (relievo sticciato or schiacciato). 
> There
> is also a relief in reverse, called hollow relief, in which all the 
> carving
> lies within a hollowed-out area below the surface plane, and which, 
> through
> an illusion of depth and roundness, looks like raised relief. Hollow 
> relief,
> also called sunk or concave relief (cavo-relievo), incised relief
> (intaglio-rilievato) are the kind of carving done on gems by the 
> Greeks and
> Romans. Reliefs may be carved from hard materials or modelled in wet 
> clay,
> softened wax, or plaster.
>
> I would add pierced relief, in which the background is entirely 
> removed.
>
> Ivan Whillock Studio