[Woodcarver] Help

[Linehan718 at aol.com]

Hi Alex,  I can sympathize with your carving slump. There was a time  when I 
was almost obsessive with my carving.  Now I give thanks for  commissions, 
seems nothing motivates like money sometimes. When I have really  been stalled, 
there are three things I found would get me back into it.   One was to clean my 
shop. Seems I just can't stand it when its just too  organized. Another was 
to sharpen and/or hone all of my chisels. Theres just  something about a 
wonderfully sharp tool that begs to be used. But the best  motivator that I ever 
found was to help another carver along.  Perhaps  theres a youngster around who 
would like a few lessons or a bunch of seniors who  you could volunteer to 
teach a small class for.
 
As for pictures, I just bought a new Nikon and the difference in my  pictures 
is amazing.  I also thank god for digital cameras.  I often  take up to 20 
pics of the same thing, changing the lighting, changing positions,  changing 
backgrounds. Then load all the pics into my pc and pick out the best  one or two.
 
 
Maura
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