[Woodcarver] Waterleaf or egg and dart moldings

[Bill Smith]

hi joyce its not copy written if u change the wording
to your own words what is ment by copy written is that
u use the same words for word and also the same
picture if its copy written or an article of art.

I do furniture carving all the time

Bill
--- Joyce Hanna <joycehanna at gwi.net> wrote:


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> Hi,

> I hope someone can help me out.

> 

> I received a "scholarship" to attend a class on

> moldings taught by 

> Chris Pye.  The conditions of the scholarship were

> that I write an 

> article explaining how to make one of the moldings. 

> The class was 

> excellent; Chris is an extraordinary teacher and

> great person, and I 

> learned a great deal.  Problem: the article is due

> soon, and the 

> audience is people who know a great deal about

> making- and carving- 

> American period furniture.  I feel totally

> inadequate to the task! 

> Everytime I try to write, I feel as if I am copying

> people who have 

> already written excellent articles on this subject,

> such as Chris 

> himself and Fred Wilbur.  The class used writings by

> Chris Pye, so 

> those were my  "notes".  Also, the tools I bought to

> make the 

> moldings are the same ones as in his article, as was

> the router bit. 

> I can't afford to buy all new gouges and bits to

> vary the molding so 

> it becomes "my" molding. I plan to photograph the

> carving stage by 

> stage with instructions, so that part I am ok with. 

> It is the rest- 

> introduction, information about which furniture to

> use the moldings 

> on, bits of advice, etc., that has me nervous. I

> plan to choose 

> either egg and dart or waterleaf moldings to

> describe.  Can anyone 

> refer me to some written material so that I have

> more than two 

> sources of information (Pye and Wilbur) to rely on? 

>  After the long 

> discussion of copyright laws, I am intimidated by

> not only the 

> audience but by writing itself.  Maybe one of you

> carves these 

> moldings and could share some information that is

> not copyrighted.

> 

> The other problem is that I have dial up internet

> service and I can't 

> use the web as a resource because I pay by the hour

> and it crashes or 

> doesn't work most of the time. It's fine for email;

> but it is way too 

> expensive for me to get direct service.  So I am

> limited to stuff I 

> can order via the library interloan service,  or buy

> at the bookstore.

> 

> If you have not tried carving moldings, it is great

> fun!  I plan to 

> use some on a bookcase to dress it up.

> 

> Joyce

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