[Woodcarver] What is relief carving?

[Joe Dillett]

Me to Bill,

Ivan is not only the master carver but the master teacher. When you've got a
couple of masters it's got to count for something. LOL

Ivan, thanks for sharing your knowledge. (I can just hear you saying to
yourself "yes grasshopper") LOL.

Joe Dillett
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Judt" <bjudt at sasktel.net>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] What is relief carving?


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> Ivan:
>
> WOW!!!
> I've been carving relief for 25 years and didn't know some of the stuff
> you explained in your message.
> Thanks for the comprehensive information.
>
> There's something to learn EVERY day, eh!
>
> Blessings and Peace,
>
> Bill
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> On Dec 30, 2003, at 5:55 PM, Ivan Whillock Studio wrote:
>
> > Relief
> > In sculpture, any work that projects from the background. Reliefs are
> > classified by degree of projection. Relief sculpture is distinguished
> > from
> > sculpture in the round. In a bas relief (low relief or basso-relievo in
> > Italian), the figures project only slightly and no part is entirely
> > detached
> > from the background (as in medals, coins, or areas of large reliefs in
> > which
> > the chief effect is produced by the play of light and shadow). In a
> > haut
> > relief sculpture (high relief or alto-rilievo), the figures project at
> > least
> > half of their natural circumference from the background. Between these
> > two
> > is the demi relief (half-relief or mezzo-relievo). The lowest degree of
> > relief in which the projection barely exceeds the thickness of a sheet
> > of
> > paper is called a crushed relief (relievo sticciato or schiacciato).
> > There
> > is also a relief in reverse, called hollow relief, in which all the
> > carving
> > lies within a hollowed-out area below the surface plane, and which,
> > through
> > an illusion of depth and roundness, looks like raised relief. Hollow
> > relief,
> > also called sunk or concave relief (cavo-relievo), incised relief
> > (intaglio-rilievato) are the kind of carving done on gems by the
> > Greeks and
> > Romans. Reliefs may be carved from hard materials or modelled in wet
> > clay,
> > softened wax, or plaster.
> >
> > I would add pierced relief, in which the background is entirely
> > removed.
> >
> > Ivan Whillock Studio
>
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