[Woodcarver] Thank you Susan Irish

[chipps96 at mindspring.com]

Susan,

I agreed to lead a 1 hr seminar for our club on relief carving.  I made 2 landscape
carvings from patterns from your Landscape book previously and am currently working
on another one from your book.  In preparation for last Sunday's seminar, I reviewed
your on-line tutorial on relief carving using the sailboat picture.  I used that
picture, copied it for each club member and had them color in the 4 distinct carving
levels.  It was a great eye opener for most of them as they never thought of your
method of defining the various levels in a relief carving and then numbering each
sub-layer.

Thank you for your step by step tutorial as it gave me lots of information to give to
the club.  I also passed out small blanks and had them try different forms of texturing
by using a gouge / V-tool and rocking it back and forth while pushing it forward.

You really saved the day for me and it gave my club a basic idea on what relief carving
is.  Since your web site is on the picture I handed out, I hope some of them will
visit it.

Thanks for your help,

Dave Andreychek
member of YORKARVERS wood carving club in in York, PA.