Project for Beginner

[Claude]

Over in the Group Project thread, a bunch of us are carving parts of a Hillbilly Reunion scene. Everyone is invited to participate; details in the thread.

Here is an example of a carving we need more of: food! These little pies are something a beginner can do. I started with a piece of 3/4 inch by 3/4 inch by something long piece of basswood. I sliced off a piece that was just a little bit over 1/8 inch thick (our scale is 1:14, so a 2 inch high pie would be just over 1/8 thick, and a 9 inch wide pie would be just under 3/4 inch across.)

I scooped out just a little bit so the pie filling would be below the edge of the crust. The grain of the wood is up and down on the pie so that when I made the little "scallops" in the crust around the edge, the grain wouldn't chip off (oh - cut the scallops toward the center of the pie, not towards the outside. I then carved the bottom to look like the slope on a pie pan.

One pie is supposed to be a wild blackberry, so I put a coat of magenta on the filling, then a thin coat of indigo on top of that. The other pie is a squash pie (similar to pumpkin, but sweeter) so a bit of yellow ochre and a touch of maple syrup color for that one. Painted the bottom of the pies silver for the pie pan.

We can use more of these - I made these as a sample to show some of you beginners what we'd like. Go to the thread I mentioned, read it all, and offer to carve something for one of the scenes. If not pies, maybe some beer cans, or some plates, or ????

Claude

[Ripton]

mmm, now I'm an hungered. what size are they?

[Dorcas]

Read the 2nd paragraph again