[Woodcarver] Carving featured in Fine Homebuilding magazine

[Phill Pittman]

I had several (9) Vietnamese employees at one time and I can't say that they
showed me much about traditional Vietnamese carving, but they were all from
multi-generation furniture making families and all showed a very strong
French influence ( not surprising), Both in the execution and building. Of
course they were carving and building what they were assigned to, but
usually someone's personal tendencies bleed over into the job. I never got
to correct one of them.Their craftsmanship was impeccable.
They worked on the shop after hours and built a huge alter for their church.
I thought that would be an opportunity to see some of their own design. It
was gorgeous, but not a bit of ornament on it. It tended more toward deco
than any other design. They were with me for a few years and it was a
privilege getting to work with them. ( and a real education about a lot of
other things too!) I have always regretted not getting them to open up more
about their native woodworking practices.
It was all work and deadlines then.  There is time to take a deep breath
now.

I will check out the Barnes and Noble suggestion and see what I can find.

Take care, Phill

Phill Pittman
digicarve at verizon.net
www.masterwerkes.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Victor Hamburger" <VHamburg at bellatlantic.net>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Carving featured in Fine Homebuilding magazine


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> GlendaKAllen at aol.com wrote:
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> > Thank you Vic.
> > Do you happen to Know very much about Vietnamese carving?
> > Thank you,
> > Glenda
>
> Hi Glenda,
>
> No, I don't know much of anything about Vietnamese carving.  I think the
British
> magazine, "Wood Carving" can be found occasionally in Barnes & Noble book
stores
> and they may have done an article on it.  They have done articles in the
past on
> other countries.  Perhaps someone on the list buys the magazine regularly
and
> can tell us more about it or what issue it might have appeared in.
>
> Thanks, Vic H
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