[Woodcarver] Caricature idea

[Jeodea at aol.com]

Hi 
You make it sound like white pine is inferior to basswood. I  would much 
rather carve in Eastern White Pine than Basswood and I like the look  of Pine 
better than the blandness of Basswood. I will admit that for caricatures  I use 
basswood as it is better at holding detail in small scale. I usually am  not 
satisfied with a piece until I have done 2 or more so starting with pine (if  it 
is cheaper) to get overall proportions, style and form seems like an  idea. 
Course clay works well also and is reusable. Depends on what you hope to  get 
out of creating that "1st piece". Your approach and tools may be  different for 
the detail work in pine than in basswood.
 
Jim O'Dea
 
 
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 20:52:32 -0500
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Another thought I had was to make my first (and  maybe 2nd......) cutout from 
white pine to see how it comes out before I start  hacking on a good piece of 
basswood.  Has anyone tired something like  that?  
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