[Woodcarver] Mike Bloomquist's Carving Site - carving forenjoyment

[Mike Bloomquist]

Re: [Woodcarver] Mike Bloomquist's Carving Site - carving for enjoymentNot missing a thing Sylda.  In fact you're obviously a woodcarver who gets it and doesn't forget it.  My original statement was (in a shorter version) that I sometimes lose track of the original joys and reasons and have to find them again.  Pretty silly, huh?

Keep on Carvin'
-Mike B.->

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  From: Sylda 
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  On 10/27/04 4:24 PM, "Alex Bisso" <albisso at bresnan.net> wrote:


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    Am I missing something?  I guess the difference in your carving and mine is:  I'm not carving to have show winner.  Oh, yes, I'm doing the best I can whenever I carve (woodburn, make jewelry), but I'm carving to  (1) enjoy myself; (2) see what I can do; (3) be with friends at club meeting times; (4) keep my hands usable; (5) keep busy doing something fun; (6) occupy my mind with something constructive; and if at some point in time I come up with show/class winning item I'm be thrilled beyond words, but these other things are way ahead of that.  Is that thinking wrong?  People seem to like the things I make and are thrilled with the presents I make and even display them, so my work must not be all bad.  Have I missed the boat?
    Sylda


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    Hi Doug.  I seem to really toil over most of my carvings and it takes some discipline to get them done.  Sometimes I get really absorbed in them and time escapes me but it almost always feels like hard work.  The relaxing and fun carving I enjoy most is simply sitting down with a good diamond willow walking stick or cane and just cleaning away the weathered surfaces and cleaning out the diamonds with a good pocket knife.  It is just simply whittling away wood - reminds me of a joke I heard.

    An old timer was whittling away one day and someone came up to him and asked, what are you doing?
    He said, "carving"
    They said I know that, what are you carving?
    He said, "wood"
    They said, I know that, what are you making?
    He said "wood chips"
    Getting a bit frustrated they said, what is it going to be when you get finished?
    He said, "a whole lot smaller"

    I think that is the kind of carving that is most enjoyable.

    Alex Bisso
    Billings, MT 


      Subject: RE: [Woodcarver] Mike Bloomquist's Carving Site

      Hi Mike and all, 

      I'm not sure if it's just me, but sometimes I carve strictly to lose myself  in what I'm carving. For these times I need a simpler piece just to enjoy vs. creating a show winner. Anyone else been there???

      DougE

      Tom,

      I'm sorry to hear your continuing in woodcarving was ever in question.  Just MTCW, but, as addicted as I am to this woodcarving art,  once in a while the shop and/or the carving bag just aren't the sanctuary they normally are.  Sometimes it helps to step back from it as much as you can, and give it a rest... go back to something simpler... or go in a different direction for a while... try something new <like fan birds or chip carving ;-)>.  Don't lose track of why you enjoy carving wood.  If you do, take the time to backtrack a little and find that place again.

       





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