[Woodcarver] How to carve the Hobo/Tramp art Crown of Thorns

[Ed Ertel]

Hi Jim,
I believe that for the most part they were built up from thin pieces of wood (like pieces of cigar boxes, orange crates, shingles, etc) with triangular notches, scallops, and other motifs along the edges.  One piece would be put on top of another with notches staggered from the one below it, leaving only enough width showing to highlight the different edges.  If you search something like "book on tramp art" you will find several books on it, on Amazon and elsewhere.  
EdE

      From: Jim Williams <wdcrvr at hotmail.com>
 To: Carvers List <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com> 
 Sent: Monday, July 6, 2015 6:31 PM
 Subject: [Woodcarver] How to carve the Hobo/Tramp art Crown of Thorns
   
<!--#yiv6370522445 .yiv6370522445hmmessage P{margin:0px;padding:0px;}#yiv6370522445 body.yiv6370522445hmmessage{font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;}-->Hey everybody.  I need some help here.  I have been doing a lot of different ball in cage, chains, and other whimsical carvings lately and have been really enjoying it.  I have done some research on Hobo/Tramp Art Carvings and I am really impressed with what is called the Crown of Thorns carvings.  These are items (ie, picture frames, crosses, etc) that are made up of a large number of small carved pieces.  The items look like a whole bunch of little points put together.  I have been able to find plenty of photos and information on the items that have been produced but I cannot locate anything that shows me how to actually make the individual pieces or put them together to build the projects.  If anyone out there can help me find this information I would be extremely grateful.  I would like to try my hand at it.  Considering the lack of information available, I am afraid it may be a lost cause, but I figure that there might be someone out there that can help me.
Thanks
Jim 
 

  
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/woodcarver/attachments/20150707/ebaf889e/attachment.html>