[Woodcarver] ??? on American Indians

[Merrilee Johnson]

Hi Phil!
   After reading your comments I went to a  couple of Celtic sites to look 
at their knot work.  I am having problems drawing the braid.  I could use a 
celtic knot,  couldn't I?  That may help solve a lot of the problems I seem 
to be having.  Thank you for another view!
Merrilee


>From: "Phill Pittman" <phill at masterwerkes.com>
>Reply-To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
>To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
>Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] ??? on American Indians
>Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 09:40:57 -0500
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>I design and carve a fair bit of Celtic knotwork and you can definitely
>"braid" two strands. There are many ways to do it.
>  It is more accurately described as a long asymmetrical knot and gets FAR
>more complex than the typical three strand braid.
>As far as practical function goes, the only two strand ornaments used in NA
>hair was typically with a third object ( leather or skin strip) acting as
>the third strand more or less making it a three strand braid. Just not all
>three strands were hair. Or,, two strand twists done in pairs side by side
>and terminated together at the end. This would keep them from un-twisting.
>The termination could be with the hair itself to the parallel braid or 
>again
>with foreign ornamental object. This really made it a four strand if you
>were counting.
>
>All of that said, no matter how you do it, there will be a lot of simple
>repetition, an I think it'll be a fun carve no matter how it gets done.
>
>Good whittling, Phill
>Phill Pittman
>digicarve at verizon.net
>www.masterwerkes.com

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