[Woodcarver] Modeling Clay (CHAT)

[Mike Bloomquist]

Thanks Big Dog.  "Keep on Truckin'" was a cartoon from Robert Crumb.  He was
an underground, hippy era cartoonist who also did Fritz the Cat, Devil Girl,
and Mr. Natural among others.  The phrase was used by several commercial
entities, but Crumb lost a legal bid to copyright the it.  Because of my
e-mail signature I thought I'd do a 3-d version with a woodcarving spin for
"Keep on Carvin'".  He's going to have a woodcarving knife in the low hand
and a big yellow carving glove on the high hand.

...and thanks for the kudos Gordon.  Anyone whose heard me get on a role
talking about something passionately (like woodcarving), knows I can do 7000
words WITHOUT pictures and not even break a sweat <BG>.  Unfortunately
members of the clubs I belong to can testify to this first hand.  I couldn't
pass up such a great lead in to show off... Chris, y'all make a great
straight man ;-).

Keep on Carvin'
-Mike Bloomquist->

Wooden Dreams Woodcarving
http://www.borg.com/~bloomqum


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Woodcraft Shop" <wdcrft at revealed.net>
To: "'[Woodcarver]'" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 9:07 AM
Subject: RE: [Woodcarver] Modeling Clay (CHAT)


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> Cool maquette, Mike.
>
> Can't wait to see the finished product.
>
> The sketches look familiar.  Wasn't that a cartoon or logo for some
company
> at one time?
>
> BIG DOG
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Bloomquist [SMTP:m.bloomquist at verizon.net]
> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:05 AM
> To: [Woodcarver]
> 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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