Carving fish

[CV3]

When I am not in the shop carving them I want to be out caching them. I love to fly fish. So carving fish is fun for me. I have chose to do wall hangings rather than carving fish in the round. First they are faster to carve and I fine more people have room for things they can hang up.

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[LiliB]

Hi CV

Love the fish. Now I'm no fly fisherman, and watched "A River Runs Through It" twice and still couldn't grasp the attraction of standing knee deep in freezing mountain streams for hours, but the fish themselves are indeed beautiful.

What sort of timber is it? I particularly love the texture and light and shade on the third one.

Cheers
LiliB

[CV3]

Hi CV

Love the fish. Now I'm no fly fisherman, and watched "A River Runs Through It" twice and still couldn't grasp the attraction of standing knee deep in freezing mountain streams for hours, but the fish themselves are indeed beautiful.

What sort of timber is it? I particularly love the texture and light and shade on the third one.

Cheers
LiliB

I will pass on standing in the ice cold river. I am happy in the warm waters of the Deep South and the Gulf of Mexico. </ST1The two top fish were carved from basswood. The bottom one is oak.

[ToothFairy]

Bugger. Thought this might have been about how to cut up large fish for serving on dinner plates.




[Sorry - couldn't resist. ]

- Michael

[artme]

Just about the only fish dopey enough to let me get my hands on them!!

They are well done CV. I like the slightly rustic touch your carvings demonstrate.

[Claw Hama]

Hi CV, love your fish, very realistic, realy like the third one.

[underfoot]

Nice ones CV I also like the third one. although I suspect it may be because of the painted finishes on the others.
I've often wondered why carvers rarely paint their work over here, yet in many other countries and cultures it's considered the norm.

[springwater]

Hi CV3, I'm not a fly fisher myself but I think to some dgree I understand why people are attracted to it. It brings out the inate cunning hunting and the skill in making flies can be marvelous let alone some of the names they're called, do you make your own?

I notice you can carve fish in both directions, excuse me if that isn't astounding to you but I suppose because I'm not experienced enough I would think I would really have to try forgetting the moves required to carve a fish one way to successfully do it the other.

The third one does it for me too, something about appreciating the woods carving and the depication of the fish although in my humble opinion, melding the water and the fish would be a good thing to aspire to.

Now about Darwins theory of evolution, can som scholar shed light on how a fish developed a mark on its tail that imitates an eye and thought that was the way to go to avoid capture?

[CV3]

Thanks for all the kind words. I like the last one the best also.
Sringwater you ask about carving both directions. When I started caving the lady I learnd the most from was Nora Hall. You can find her on the web. I orderd her vhs tapes. One of the things she encouraged was to work on being able to swich hands and carve in both directions. It has taken some work to do but it saves time, you do not have to turn the work around as much. It was worth time I spent to teach your self.