[Woodcarver] relief carving instruction suggestions

[J and C Lukens]

Dave.....it might be best, especially for just a 1 to 1 1/2 hour season,
and on that small of a piece, to do the very basics of carving.......put a
1 inch circle in the center of the 4 x 4, then center a 3 inch circle or
square around the center circle and teach how to first use the v-groove
around these two objects....then proceed with a shallow gouge or any type
of gouge around these two objects, removing the wood with and across the
grain to show how to deal with the difficulties of grain work.....as they
work around the two figures, they will in a sense be raising a circle in
the center (gouging inwards  towards the outside of the circle) and raising
a larger object (preferably working around the outside of the circle or
square [the circle would be best]) thus two objects to illustrate the
shallow relief system of strokes......their knives MUST be sharp, so a few
minutes of stropping is very important......i know this is not exactly what
you had in mind, but with the shortness of time, i think these procedures
would suit your seminar more that trying to produce  a picture......i
myself am having to give an introduction to chip carving, and i too only
have a short period of time.....gotta get at the basics FIRST.....hop this
helps......carve on and God Bless

John aka Mr Chips


> [Original Message]
> From: David Andreychek <chipps96 at mindspring.com>
> To: Woodcarvers <Woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
> Date: 1/12/2004 9:11:59 AM
> Subject: [Woodcarver] relief carving instruction suggestions
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> I want to teach a basic relief carving mini-seminar for 25 people at our
> club's carving class that would last between 1 and 1 1/2 hour, although
> they may take it home with them to finish it off.  My current idea is
> using a 4" x 4" x 3/4" piece of basswood with either a wooden fence,
> doghouse, or barn design in the middle of it.  This will illustrate
> perspective, undercutting, texturing, and the difficulty of removing
> wood from tight spaces.
>
> Since this is a club with people having lots of carving tools or some
> with only their 1st set of palm tools and cannot remove much wood, I
> must keep it small and simple, yet instructive.
>
> Any suggestions or comments?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
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