[Woodcarver] Caricature idea

[Mike Bloomquist]

My vote would be for oil based, non hardening clay over wire armatures
(echoing Mush).  On WOM Matt has a crude story board I did for a project
earlier this year.  It might be enough to point you in that direction.

http://carverscompanion.com/Ezine/Vol9Issue5/MBloomquist/MBloomquist7.html

 

. and JMTCW, but if you found white pine to be frustrating, construction
grade 2x4s are going to be down right brutal.  I think maybe you got an
inferior piece of white pine. or a mis-identified piece.  Any white pine
I've had the pleasure to carve has been just that, a pleasure. 

 

Keep on Carvin'

-Mike B.->

 

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Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 5:55 PM
To: [Woodcarver]
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What I was thinking of was construction 2 x 4 laminated together just for
cutting out a model.   That costs nothing compared to basswood.   There is
no way I could carve out a caricature in white pine, because the grain
steers my knife too much and pieces do chip off.  I have seen some pretty
good carvings out of white pine but I suspect the carvers are experienced
enough to design the carving to work with the material, even if they do it
without really thinking about it.

 

Anyway, it's definetly not inferior, it's just good for different things.

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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
From: "egamage" <egamage at friendlycity.net>
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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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