[Woodcarver] How about some basic relief carving techniques?

[John Bird]

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Fran;  From past experience, I can assure you that any advice recieved
from Ivan Willock,Joe Dillet or Bill Judt is as good as it gets, but there
is another source that is on par with them, and with illustrations, is
easier for me to sort thru and figure out. I'm refering to Laura S.
Irish's website at http://www.carvingpatterns.com,and her carving
tutorials contained therein. If you should go there and spend a little
time getting used to the layout and the links, you'll be amazed at the
info she provides........ at no cost!!

I find it so useful because she illustrates her method of seperating the
layers found in a relief carving,and being a caricature carver, those
seemingly simple things were very confusing to me.

Also,I find that we are fairly close neighbors....Bentonville, Ark. to
Rose, OK.,which is about 30 miles west of Siloam Springs. If I can help in
search of local sources, contact me at    okwoodcarver at gotsky.com

Be talking to ya ,

Prairiejohn











> Hi, I have done a woodburning of an old stone fireplace, and it turned out

> very nice I thought.  But I think it would make a great relief carving,

> with

> maybe some burning for additional shading.  However.......I transferred

> the

> whole thing and started carving....Well, of course, I carved away most of

> my

> whole pattern.  I am trying to figure out how far to go because this

> fireplace has things in front of it like the old pokers and a small bucket

> of wood.  At first I thought the mantle should be the farthest thing to

> the

> front, but now, I see that the things in front should be out farther than

> the mantle.  Anyway, you can imagine what a muddle my board is in.  Does

> anyone have any sort of 1,2,3 beginning steps for planning a relief

> carving?

> I think my original plan is now pretty much beyond salvaging.

>

>  It seems like it shouldn't be so hard to figure out which layers to start

> with, but wow, have I got my head into a muddle.  Any advice?  Or any

> recommendations of books with good basic instructions on the relief style

> of

> carving?  I really LOVE what others have done - I see so much depth and

> definition in relief carvings, and while I admire the carvings in the

> round,

> I don't think I'm capable of much in that department.  But maybe with some

> guidance, I could do this type of carving.

> Any help appreciated.

> Arkansas Fran

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> What actually fueled my posts about the drop in emails was the other day

> when I opened my mail, only to find about 30 messages from pyro lists I'm

> on, 25 from the sculptures lists and another 20 or so from a woodcraft

> list.

> guess what, 3 carving emails and not even carving but chat related(I am

> not

> against chat). I wondered why the other hobbies and crafts were going

> strong, while all the carving lists were  pretty quiet and chatting  a

> lot.

> It started me thinking about all the great discussions I used to get

> involved in, both as learner and helper.  I also recalled that roughly 3

> or

> 4 months ago, when waiting for the results of Matt Kelleys WOM pencil

> contest, the issue seemed to be delayed quite a while. I  laughingly

> thought

> to myself that they must be having a problem with "Notes from the net"

> column since there hadn't been any decent carving discussions lately.

> This

> is not just a summer problem, or going away on vacation thing.  I have

> definitely noticed a huge drop off in posts over at least the last year,

> perhaps year and a half on all of the carving lists, even those that

> permit

> chatting.  what I see is newbies joining and introducing themselves, maybe

> a

> few replys and then the handful of regular posters go back to chatting,

> maybe discuss some traveling to and from shows and the price of gas(yes

> all

> woodcarving related).  There haven't been any real in depth topics

> discussed

> lately and only a handful in recent memory. Then someone posts and asks

> why

> we are all chatting and not helping him learn.  At first I was a little

> put

> off by him and told him he needed to ask specific questions to get answers

> but then I realized  the guy just wanted to absorb and learn as I did when

> I

> joined some 5 years ago.  Yes I asked questions and got a ton of answers

> but

> I also learned a lot listening to other peoples questions and answers.

> There isn't much of that anymore, just an occasional interesting post. I

> just wondered what was going on.

>

> To the new carvers who are just lurking about, we are here to help you but

> can't if there are no questions to answer.  There are very knowledgeable

> people, who know all about tools, construction, design, wood, carving

> techniques, painting, burning and finishing.  Please don't be shy or

> intimidated.  Most members remember me when I joined, big mouth, very

> enthusiastic, would ask the stupidest questions, Im sure they could say

> worse about me.  but boy did these guys and girls propel me to new

> heights.

> I never imagined that I would be doing what I do now.  In short, you will

> only get out of these lists what you put into them.  My personal mentor

> and

> friend Charles Post has been diagnosed with end stage cancer and is

> nearing

> the end of his days and recently gave me his toolbox(lord did the tears

> stream down my face).  He asked me that I keep on with my carving and that

> I

> bring others along behind me.

>

> So lets go newbies, what are you working on, what do you need to learn.

>

> Maura Carving in NYC

> www.carvinginnyc.com <http://www.carvinginnyc.com/>

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