[Woodcarver] Bark on wood

[Joe Dillett]

Hi Ren Te from the Philippines,

Welcome to the List. Even if you would succeed in carving that relief with 
the bark in tact it would be in danger of coming off in years to come with 
handling and cleaning. If we are aiming to make our work so it looks good 
today and many years from now I would remove the bark. If the bark is an 
important feature than perhaps I would try to reproduce the texture of the 
bark in the carving.

Joe Dillett
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ren Te" <bansoy03_02 at yahoo.com>
To: <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 3:34 AM
Subject: [Woodcarver] Bark on wood



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Hi all,
  I'm a newbie on wood carving. I just bought my tools and want to do relief 
carvingfor a start. I have a mahogany trunk and want to preserve its bark as 
a border on my piece.
  But everytime I make a cut, it(bark) just fall off!

  any suggestions on what I'm gonna do? or i might just peel it off 
completely...

  Thanks for the help,

  Ren Te from Philippines


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