[Woodcarver] NEWR 2005

[Linehan718 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/30/2005 8:46:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
m.bloomquist at verizon.net writes:

Luckily he had one of his mallets left after class, and I am now the  proud 
owner of a George Basehore, signature series, red-neck power  carver.

Keep on Carvin'
-Mike B.->




I am extremely jealous now.  I also liked the way George chose  to give his 
class.  I'm quite sure that I used a carpenters chisel to do  some of my first 
early reliefs. I also loaned a couple of carpenters  chisels and mallets to a 
few students in his class.  I always carry them  around as part of my arsenal. 
 While it may not be "correct"  woodcarving, sometimes we make due with what 
we have and sometimes, use any  means to create a finished carving.  In my 
writings on "state of  woodcarving" I advised beginners that they can start with 
simple tools and work  their way up to the professional tools and immediately 
received some  criticism.  There is the school of thought which thinks that 
you need to  start out with the best tools that money can buy. And while I agree 
that nothing  comes close to a top quality professional tool,  I must live in 
the world  of reality, where most can not afford more than a few basic tools. 
 My hat  is off to George for going against the grain with his teaching 
methods.   Some of the feedback I got from some of his students was that it was 
very  frustrating to only work with a carpenters chisel and mallet and some of 
them  waited till his back was turned and used their more conventional carving  
tools.  Had he had a class full of true beginners, I think that they would  
have been a bit more accepting of his one chisel method.  I did get a  chance to 
see some of the completed reliefs and think that at the least, he  taught 
them that the desire to carve is not dependant on the tools that one  uses.  It 
is a good lesson for those of us who spend every dime we have on  that next top 
quality tool that we think we absolutely must have.
 
Maura carvin'  in  nyc
http://www.carvinginNYC.com
http://www.picturetrail.com/carvinginnyc
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