[Woodcarver] relief carving instruction suggestions

[Loren Woodard]

Dave:

The suggestions you have sound good.  Another one that we do in our club is
Dogwood blossoms on a 4 x 4 piece.  Hope this helps.

Loren Woodard

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andreychek" <chipps96 at mindspring.com>
To: "Woodcarvers" <Woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 11:11 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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