[Woodcarver] Power

[Ivan Whillock]

Carving with power.  As I tell my students, when Moses came down the mountain with the tablets, there was nothing written on them about carving; they were concerned with much more important matters.  In carving you can do what you want.  However, there are certain traditions that have developed, a system that some people prefer to follow.  Liken it to guitar playing.  There is no moral reason that a classical guitarist cannot use a Fender Telecaster (he would certainly be heard over the coughs in the audience), it's just that he chooses not to--preferring to follow the developed tradition of the music.  In a classical concert, too, the audience EXPECTS to hear acoustic music.  That same player might, one could imagine, grab an electric guitar and jam with some blues players later that night at a club. (Imagine Segovia jamming with Eddie Van Halen!).

There are satisfactions, as well as certain effects possible, with carving by hand--using traditional tools and techniques--just as there are satisfactions and certain effects possible with an acoustic guitar over an electric one.

And, of course there are also satisfactions and effects possible with power as well.  

I teach and practice traditional carving because it's a beautiful, calming process and I'd like it not to get lost.

In art you choose your pleasure.

Ivan Whillock Studio
122 NE 1st Avenue
Faribault, MN  55021
Visit my website at
http://www.whillock.com
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