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Yeah, Joe has been working hard on trying to master the other keys of the keyboard. I think he's done pretty good. Next week we're going to work on emoticons! :-)
Mark
-------------------- Mark Rogan The Great Barrington Sign Company 2 Stilwell Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230 mark@gbsignco.com
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I didn't know when Mark was going to post these, so I'm sorry I'm a little late with this post.
I can't take credit for the Hotchkiss medalion...it was made by an unknown letterhead. I've been asked to price and make 2 or 3 more. it is 1"x20" and will be mounted on a lecturne (sp?).
It's made of one piece of mahogany. The first pic shows that the lettering is actually carved into the 1/2" deep radius inside the edge. Makes it tough for most shop routers....I think? The depression was all hand carved and slightly, but not obviously, uneven.
My plan is to turn the panel on a lathe and apply the bust. That will save a lot of time and be more consistant. The lettering was carved and guilded through a mask...I'll do the same.
How would you make this? What would you charge?
I've just given them a price so the second question is academic...
Tir Na NOg (Land of Youth) is 1 3/4"x23"x35", eastern white pine....all one piece (stone wall too... ). None of the carved sections are sanded ("you don't get paid for sanding"...JC) ... It is "stained" with 1shot and cleared with a spar urethane and will be mounted on a single post....the customer really loved it!
Karyn Bush slapped a little gold on it at MM3....ain't she a ticket!!!
Thanks again Mark for posting these!!!!!
Joe, Makin Chips and Havin Fun!
-------------------- Joe Cieslowski Connecticut Woodcarvers Gallery P.O.Box 368 East Canaan CT 06024 jcieslowski@snet.net 860-824-0883 Posts: 2345 | From: East Canaan CT 06024 | Registered: Nov 2001
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Too bad about the picture quality. But having seen your carvings first hand, I know the work is top notch. The horse carving has so much depth. Awesome!
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Joe: We saw you working on the medallion piece in Quebec and it is nice to see the finished product. Everything is so clean cut! The work of a true craftsman.
What is your advice to us novices? Practice, practice, and practice some more. Isn't that always the way.
Take care and post more pics of your fine work. Harry
-------------------- Harry Pinkse Sign Matters Mount Forest, ON Posts: 32 | From: Mount Forest. ON | Registered: Aug 2003
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Harry, Make Chips, Make Chips, Make chips and then Make MORE Chips Seriously, once you learn how to make any kind of chip, then you can carve anything. I think what discourages most folks very quickly is they start out wanting to carve some recognizable object and they haven't learned how to make the chips yet. They don't realize that they have two mountains to climb. They are not sculptors AND they are not carvers.....That's when the files, grinders and sandpaper come out. I almost never sand my carvings (FKAB is the exception). When you sand, there is only one texture you can leave. When you carve, you can leave any texture you want. Your tools become your pallet, in a sense.
My advice.....get a nice piece of pine....say 10"x12"....clamp it down or use the rubber shelf liner trick.....then using the detail knife (I think you got one from me?) and a shallow gouge, like a 20mm #5 and using ONLY those two tools, start carving the board. Make cuts across the grain, with the grain, across the end grain, skew the gouge at an angle and see what you get, make a totally random pattern of squares, rounds, cylinders, waves and then carve over them and change the pattern. Use your knife to make stop cuts, undercuts and outlines. Drop one corner of your gouge into the wood and see what happens....etc.
When the entire board has been reduced to chips at you feet....you will have advanced your carving skills way beyond where you'd be if you were trying to carve some object. And quite honestly.....It's FUN! No worry about ruining the piece....lol Just Make Chips!
That's my advice. And it's worth every penny you paid for it!!! Ask 10 carvers the same question and you will get 10 different answers ....go figure.
I make the same thing every day...CHIPS!! Only thing is, at the end of the day, the hole I dug in the board may look like a horse or a Greek Soldier.....etc.
Make Chips!!!
Joe, Makin Chips and Havin Fun!
-------------------- Joe Cieslowski Connecticut Woodcarvers Gallery P.O.Box 368 East Canaan CT 06024 jcieslowski@snet.net 860-824-0883 Posts: 2345 | From: East Canaan CT 06024 | Registered: Nov 2001
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Only thing I think of when I see Joes name is "Craftsman". That is beautiful work. Very inspiring!
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