[Woodcarver] Modeling Clay

[Mike Bloomquist]

Plastering should be Plastelina... spellchecker snuck one by me ;-).

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From: "Mike Bloomquist" <m.bloomquist at verizon.net>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Modeling Clay


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> Chris,
> Lori already did a great job on covering your question, so I'm just going
to
> add my vote for Plastering as the medium of choice for carving models.
It's
> a bit more expensive, but worth it in the long run because you can recycle
> it.
>
> I was going to save this for when the project was carved, but...
>
> http://www.borg.com/~bloomqum/images/truckin%20pattern%201.jpg
> http://www.borg.com/~bloomqum/images/truckin%20pattern%202.jpg
> http://www.borg.com/~bloomqum/images/truckin%20pattern%203.jpg
> http://www.borg.com/~bloomqum/images/truckin%20pattern%204.jpg
> http://www.borg.com/~bloomqum/images/truckin%20pattern%205.jpg
> http://www.borg.com/~bloomqum/images/truckin%20pattern%206.jpg
> http://www.borg.com/~bloomqum/images/truckin%20pattern%207.jpg
>
> shows my latest modeling effort from armature to finish <well, as
"finished"
> as I tend to go>,  I prefer the wooden tools as well as the metal loop
> tools.  Again, I agree with Lori... no plastic.  From this model I take a
> photo from the top and side to give me a cutting pattern for the bandsaw.
I
> shoot them from a as far away as possible to get a true a profile.  Then I
> print them out scaled to fit the block of wood.  In this case the cut out
> blank was still so "weird" looking that the clay model helped me even
after
> the pattern making stage by helping me see what large areas needed wasting
> out.
>
> Ivan has a great article on clay model making using Plastelina in the
latest
> "carving" magazine.
>
> Keep on Carvin'
> -Mike B.->
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <chrishoward307 at bellsouth.net>
> To: <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 5:15 PM
> Subject: [Woodcarver] Modeling Clay
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> >   Hi all,
> >
> >    Wanted to post a question I think will help many of us. What types of
> modeling clay is recommended tools and techniques used.
> > Chris Howard
> > Gatlinburg Tn
> > http://www.gatlinburg-artist.com/
> >
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