[Woodcarver] New member, novice carver

[Bill Judt]

Arnie:

I visited your web site and was pleased to see the relief carvings  
there. I hope you take time to explore relief further, as you seem to  
have a knack for it. No everyone can work in relief, you know!
Thanks for sharing.

Blessings and Peace

Bill
List Owner

My books are for sale at: http://wwwoodcarver.com/Books/Books.html
W.F. Judt,
46 Harvard Cres,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
S7H3R1
PH: 306-373-6649
Email: bjudt at sasktel.net
Website: http://www.wwwoodcarver.com


On 1-Jan-06, at 8:02 PM, 85006 wrote:


> I love this group.  I have been reading and lurking for about a  

> month and have gotten some great ideas.  I see many names I  

> recognize from the woodcarving magazines, books, and websites.  I  

> feel honored to read your words and insights on carving.

>

> As all new carvers, I have many questions.  Most of them, I  

> eventually answer from trial and error (more error).  My biggest  

> problem is time and the desire to keep buying wood and tools rather  

> than improve my work with practice.  I have Adult ADD so I work  

> best when I have several projects going at the same time and switch  

> often to the one I will work on next. Jumping around from one  

> carving to another seems to give me time to let a design foment (I  

> think that is the word) as I look at it while working on another  

> carving so that when I come back to it, I see things that I didn't  

> see before.

>

> Looking at the carvings of others in this group, I am awed.  Along  

> time ago, a Sunday School teacher told me that it is best not to  

> envy the ablilities of others but to set their accomplishments as  

> goals for my own creations. So I just wish to say that you have all  

> set the bar very high.  I hope to rise to at least a modicum of  

> success in bringing my visions to solid wood.

>

> I just posted some photos of my carvings so far.  Thanks for being  

> here.

>

> http://www.picturetrail.com/arniewebster

>

> Arnie Webster

> Phoenix, AZ

>

> No bandaids so far