A question on grain

Dundee · #1 10-13-2007, 06:04 AM

I'm about to start Mark Gargac's "Woodspirit in Basswood" tutorial but I am going to use butternut instead of basswood. It was cut from a branch crotch so I can carve from the center of the growth rings out or the other way around. I'm wondering which way would be best to carve a face.

Thanks
Chris

mark yundt · #2 10-16-2007, 10:07 PM

Don't know if it'll matter all that much since carvings go every which way as it is,,,but I think I'd approach it from the growth rings in,,as if you were carving a woodspirit in a full log....can't give any real reasons why,,just seems "right".

Dundee · #3 10-18-2007, 09:06 AM

That was the way I went with. It occurred to me afterward it might be more with the grain that way then going from the inside out. I was just curious as to how do people assess how grain will affect the carving aesthetically when they don't have to worry about strength.

Chris

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