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4th August 2010, 03:20 AM #1New Member
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Molten wood
I'd love to see feedback from you folks on the digital collage with wood sculpture I have been making..
See Molten Wood, digital collage with wood sculpture
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4th August 2010, 04:25 PM #2
Hi Caril, it's always nice to have another carver around here.
I really like your carvings and am intrigued with the digital imaging and carving combination, tell us more.
oh, and welcome to the forum
what if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
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5th August 2010, 02:11 AM #3New Member
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Thanks...
I did the water in blender 3d.... fascinating and weirdly unreal compared to working with wood..
The wood is from "Sound in Water", deep relief in 2" birch selected and collaged in Gimp software.
Caril Chasens
http://www.chasens.ca
Sound in Water
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5th August 2010, 03:53 PM #4Skwair2rownd
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G'day Caril and welcome to the shed!!
A wonderful and fascinating body of work you have there.Love the etherial quality shown in some of the works.
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5th August 2010, 04:32 PM #5
Welcome Caril, fascinating pieces, you have a great imagination. Lovely to see more artwork on the forum.
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5th August 2010, 08:57 PM #6
Carl I love you work
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5th August 2010, 10:43 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Excellent site, Caril. Allow me to quote your words:
Sanding is not a substitute for clean tool work. In most cases, it is much more efficient to remove wood by cutting than by sanding.
Tool cuts lend an expressiveness of their own to apiece of work. A face, for instance, with a sanded finish, may require much more toolwork, much more shaping, to achieve a subtlety of expression comparable to that achieved by sharp tools alone. Sanding can remove toolmarks, or when done lightly, simply touch them with the hand of time. Even light sanding may cause a profound change in appearance. Sandpaper is a shaping tool, suitable for removing small amounts of wood, when one wants the effect it produces.
It is nice to see an artist who understands woodcarving.
Now I'll just sit here and wait for the volley of rotten tomatoes.
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6th August 2010, 02:42 AM #8New Member
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Again, thanks...
Correction... the slabs of birch I joined to make the Sound in Water piece averaged about 2 1/2 inches, but one retained the natural flair at the base of the tree which gave the depth at the top right.
Re sanding, I don't think I have any argument with those who promote no-sanding styles of work. It is, simply, a difference in style and taste, a choice. I have suspected that no-sand might have developed at the hand of masters who had to deal with apprentices who might have tried to substitute abrasion for proper finishing of the work with sharp tools.
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6th August 2010, 05:59 AM #9
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6th August 2010, 04:12 PM #10GOLD MEMBER
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Indeed. I was pedantic, not argumentative.
I was agreeing with "Sandpaper is a shaping tool, suitable for removing small amounts of wood, when one wants the effect it produces."
Shaping, not carving. Different result, as Caril says eloquently.
BTW, I saw once a good article on an old issue of a woodcarving magazine which illustrated this concept by making the example of a masculine, angular face being better suited to carving and a feminine, smooth face being better suited to shaping with sandpaper.
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