Whatcha Carvin'

[K Karver]

Feb, that catalpa piece is making an interesting halo effect behind the NA with its growth rings or is that something else I am seeing?
Piece looks really nice.

John K Karver

Originally Posted by feb

OK, that worked i can't beleive it, so here is the NA the carving is finished now i have to put on stain and wax. Oh the carving is 1x2 ft and the would is catalpa. thanks for looking, comments are welcome.

Feb

[K Karver]

Really nice pieces here Mark. I know that post is a bit old, but that doesn't change the quality of the work.

John K Karver

Originally Posted by Mark N. Akers

Here's a couple of my new projects.Had a person order a Sheriff cowboy ornament,have to say this was a first,and then my 2007 Santa ornament.

[feb]

John K Carver, it is the grain and you can see it better in another post of mine called Hawk Watching, where it is waxed and stained. I had planned to put some feathers, but when I saw that, it already looked like turkey feathers. Thanks for looking.

Feb

[teeburn]

Hi Everybody,

This is my first relief burn. Even though the pics say differently it was finished on 05/01/08. Didn't know that it wasn't set correctly until I seen the pics unfortunately.

I'm very slow but not Rumpelstiltskin slow. LOL I did take a break from it for awhile and just set it up in the living room to see where I wanted to go with it.

I love relief carving and woodburning. I think they are a perfect match.

I'm taking a beginner's class in August, so hopefully the next one will be much better. I will know more of what to do and more importantly what not to do. I basically flew by the seat of my pants on this one, so to speak.

It was suppose to be a shallow relief but my trees kept breaking off. They would be fine when I put it away but it never seemed to fail as soon as I picked it back up to work on there would be at least one tip broken off. Aaarrrggghhh! tee hee

I can laugh about it now but it was very frustrating. But as frustrating as that was it was just as much fun. I really enjoyed the project and look forward to dooing many more.

And please don,t hesitate to share constructive comments, I'm very much still learning and can use all the wisdom I can gleam/get from you all. I know there is a lot here.

I've really enjoyed this thread, it is full of great pieces and artists/artisans.

Well till next time.....

Blessings,
Tina

[Cottonwood]

Someone once told me never to get into an agument with someone that buys their ink by the gallon. Well, this little Newspaper Editor carving and I have had a running agument from the time I removed the his first chip! First, I said that he was too stiff and board-like. He said that if he stood any other way that he would not stand up without falling over. I said that I was going to cut off his legs and attach them at a different angle so he didn't stand so straight and like a board anyway. He said that now due to the angle of his legs, a gap was left that would have to be filled and everyone would be able to see it. Next, I said that his arm was not at the angle that it should be and that I was going to saw it off and reattach it. He became indignant and said that he sure was not going to stand on his own now due to the shift in the center of his gravity. As his final agument he said that now I had really done it and by making all the changes that I had made, I had put on too much paint to cover all the changes and filler etc. Also so that he was too glossy. I told him that I would let the folks on the message board decide!

During this running argument with the editor I carved a Kansas Woodspirit.
He didn't say a word...what a relief.

[Doug Ridley]

Hey Cottonwood, you tell that editor to go drink another bottle of ink and not to bother you anymore 'cause he looks FINE!
Doug

[feb]

Hey cottonwood Ialso think he looks great. Mabue you should get that saw out more often, unless it scares the wood away. lol

Feb

[Tom-H]

Tina, Lookin forward to seein more of your combined wood burning and relief carvin. There can be some really spectacular pieces. Keep up the good work.

Tom H

[Tom-H]

Well Cottonwood, I like em both. I especially like the Kansas woodspirit. This piece with the flower brings back some very special memories. One side of my family is from Kansas. My grandma used to tell us that the ladies of the towns would collect flower seed packets and when they had buckets full they would have them spread from an airplane all along the roads. You know anything about this type of activity? Thanks for showing these two pieces.

Tom H

[Cottonwood]

No, Tom, I haven't heard of scattering seeds along the roads but I do know that when I was a kid(a few years ago) there were a lot more things growing along the roadways. Public roadways had many berries, chokecherry, Sand Hill plums and Sunflowers growing there. Now very few bushes and flowers grow along the road. I guess its for safer road conditions and to keep all that extra snow from piling up from the global warming in the roadways during the winter. What part of Kansas was your family from ?