[Woodcarver] Bark carving question - fantasy houses

[Merrilee Johnson]

Good Morning Victor,
  Last week we had Dayle Lewis from Richmond IN come to our club for a 
class.  The second day we decided we wanted to do the fantasy houses in 
bark.  What a fun thing to do!!  The way we did it was to "become one with 
the bark"  and let it tell you what to do.  Seriously though,  I don't think 
you can draw a complete plan of what to do before you start because the bark 
is so flaky that as you carve the plan changes because it falls off.  Look 
at your piece - get an idea where you want to put things - take off only the 
outside bark needed to start and then carve into and away what you don't 
need.  It took me a while to get started because I'm still chicken of making 
a mistake but once started -  it is sooooooo  cool and fun to do.  The first 
one is just practice anyway.
One of our carvers is a carpenter and he had problems with the fantasy part 
- everything was square and straight and even.  As the day went on with our 
suggestions for being free and fun he was beginning to bend a bit.  The next 
one he kept saying.
HAve fun with it!  Oh and use old knives or gouges if you have them - I sort 
of yucked up my favorite knife with the sad and grit.
Merrilee


>From: Victor Hamburger <VHamburg at bellatlantic.net>
>Reply-To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
>To: woodcarver <Woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
>Subject: [Woodcarver] Bark carving question - fantasy houses
>Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:22:10 -0400
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>I have a question for those who have read "Carving Found wood", or seen the
>fantasy houses that Rick Jensen carves in bark.  I have a couple of small 
>pieces
>of bark that would fit well with this style of carving.
>
>My question is, how do you "lay out" the design?  Start by removing the 
>rough
>bark only where you know you don't need it, and then carve further back on 
>the
>rough bark as you expand the carving? Or do a more complete pattern first, 
>so
>you can remove most of the excess rough bark first and then get into the 
>final
>shapes and then details? The book doesn't go into a lot of detail on this 
>style
>of bark carving and I would be interested in various opinions.  Anyone on 
>the
>list taken any classes with Rick on these houses?
>
>Thanks,	Vic H
>
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