[Woodcarver] Carving Clay?

[DickFaulkner]

Bill,
Having spent many years working with Scouting I would like to point out 
that tthe purpose of merit badges are 1 - Expose the boys to something 
new and.   2 - Teach them something about the subject that they can 
pursue it further on their own if they are interested.

So the important thing here is they make a couple of carvings, I think 
it calls for one in the round and one relief the "quality" of the 
results is not important, the important thing is to get them through the 
entire process (meeting all the requirements)  before they lose 
interest.  Do not push for high quality and do not expect it, but if you 
get one or two that show potential, try to feed their interest and 
talent.  Also I would encourage some very simple carvings that would not 
require clay modeling,

Remember, these are kids not adults.  Mostly have fun and help them to 
have fun while learning.

Dick Faulkner

You may view my carvings at:
http://community.webshots.com/user/dickfaulkner


On 11/30/2010 5:01 PM, Marcia Berkall wrote:

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> Hi, Bill,

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> I do a lot of clay modeling to "figure out" a carving and I have my 

> students do the same.  As a matter of fact, I just ordered some plain 

> old gray clay from Dick Blick and sets of 3 birch clay tools for 

> Christmas gifts for my students.

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> I don't use my carving tools with clay.  You can use popsicle sticks 

> if you don't have actual clay tools.  The clay model doesn't have to  

> be detailed at all.

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> I have some carvings on my blog that show the progression from sketch 

> to clay model to carving.  The clay models are very simple, but help 

> me to understand what goes where :)

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> Good luck..they'll have fun!

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> Marcia (aka Mush)

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>> This is my first post to this List, so bear with me.

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>> I have been wondering if it might be a good idea to have my students 

>> (Boy Scouts working on the Woodcarving Merit Badge) try to "carve" 

>> their object in clay before trying it in wood. The idea is that if 

>> you can't carve it in clay, your sure are not going to do it in wood. 

>> Of course, you wouldn't get the fine detail, but at this level, just 

>> getting something that is recognizable is an achievement.

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>> Does any one do modeling in clay before hitting the expensive and 

>> unforgiving wood? It wouldn't hurt the tools, would it?

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>> . . . Bill in Santa Fe

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