Came across this interesting site on the net and thought I'd share it with you.

Its another aspect of carving, not wood but 'nickels' and I found it interesting and broadening of my carving knowledge.

Not sure if I want to give it a try myself, but maybe someone else on the board will find it interesting too.

I know Rick in Seattle enjoys his Hobos, so maybe he'll give it a try.....

www.hobonickels.org

Enjoy.....Coffeeman

Coffeeman,
If you dig deep enough in their news articles, you will find one on my hobos.

Or this will take you right to it.
http://www.hobonickels.org/ferry04.htm

Coffeeman,

this might not be the proper place to ask this question, but its on your hobos.

the beards and hair.

i have tried to make hair and whisers look uniform like yours, but i guess i havent figured out the trick.
i use the knife, and wind up cutting every whisker which usualy looks like i did it with a mini weed whacker..
big and little marks.

and i have tried to impress with a dull edege to compress the wood which works about the same.?

give me a clue please..!

[BasketballJones]

Rick, so you did see that link I posted for you from my hometown rag err newspaper.

BobD, I think WCI needs to feature Rick, Colin, Terri, Calleynne and others' carvings in this next years issues.

B-ball,
Are you Â*associated with that group?
Rick :-/

Thomp, If yo are talking about the hair on my hobos,

Start your hair by drawing the flow of the hair with a pencil;
Make several shallow cuts following the lines you drew.
Fill in the hair completely with shallow V cuts.

Now comes the fun part; using about a 60 degree V-tool, make some deeper cuts again following the contours you have layed out.

In some areas make several V cuts to sort of hollow out an area to give the hair some depth and flow.

I would suggest practicing on a peice of scrap so you can be truly creative.

There are lots of other suggestions I could make, but I have to get to bed, I have a woodcarving show this weekend.

Good luck, Rick

[don]

Rick answered this question for beards and moustaches for me a while back in the caricature's topic. Look under the heading '2 hour seminar'. My mustaches and beards are looking much better now. I just finished one of the 3 wise men and I practiced the head a couple of times before working on the real figure and really helped Don
How did that seminar work out, Rick ?Doing any more?--Eyes, Hands....... :-[

[BasketballJones]

No Rick I just know the who the person is. We have the largest railyard in the US in Beaver County. Hobos were a folklore back in the mill days, they would camp along the tracks near the river. They never bothered anyone then they'd move on. Back in the 80s one of them committed a heinous crime and law enforcement cracked down on their loitering. The profile changed and they became known as stragglers. Now they are younger and often found to be fugitives or illegal aliens. About 5 years ago one of them jumped in the river and saved a kid who shouldn't have been swimming in the river. He became an instant media celebrity and the hobo nostalga came back for a short period. He received a nice reward, a dishwashing job, free room and board at the tavern/boarding house. That lasted for about a week. He left a note stating he was born to ride the rails. They say he passes through once every summer and stops in for a free meal at the tavern. Sort of like the last cowboy.