[Woodcarver] New to the list

[Paul McCain]

Welcome Pastor Schaaf,
   
  I am a retired pastor of the Mo Synod ilk and with you, I thorougly enjoy carving....especially relief carving.  God's blessings on your New Year and Merry Second Day of Christmas.
  Paul McCain......Saginaw, MI

"The Rev K.R. Schaaf" <kschaafer at hotmail.com> wrote:
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      Greetings from South Carolina!
  I am new to this list and have appreciated reading your comments and discussion.  I am a fairly new woodcarver as I started 6 years ago at the age of 24.  I am also a Lutheran Pastor and picked up Bill's marvelous book "Inspirational carvings" at my local woodworking shop.  I took up woodcarving on my year-long internship in Yuma, Arizona.  One of the parishoners at the church I was working at taught woodcarving at a local Junior College and I took his course.  It was a great introduction to this art form I have grown to love.  
     I have done a few carvings for my church and have told Bill that I would post them, but wanted to see how it was done through the list.  I just finished them and am my worst critic, but I would appreciate your thoughts.
    I have a long way to go with carving wood, but these were done as a gift from one of my parishoners to the congregation I serve and they asked me to do the work.  They told me what they wanted and I tried to fulfill it.   I used Spanish cedar which I have mixed feelings about.  I am still not too sure on what is good wood to do various carvings with and am looking for a guide or book to which wood is good for what.  Any suggestions?  
  Also Bill, do you by chance sell those nail stamps that you show in your book?  I would love to purchase something that could do background detail as you show in your book.  Also, does anyone have any thoughts on using a Dremel plunge router in their carvings, or has anyone used one?  I don't have a plunge router and was thinking about getting an attachement for my Dremel.  
  Sorry for all the questions, but thanks for taking the time to read them.  Have a Merry ChristMas and a Happy New Year and happy carving!
  Kent Schaaf

The Rev.'d K.R. Schaaf 


  
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