[ejjjohns]

My apologies to ken, looks like I may have taken his post in the wrong way.

good advice Mitchell, and you to Ken, thank you ...

ej

[fishcarver2004]

hi ej, i have carved fish for many years, but have moved on to relief carving, would loved too see some of your fish!
Stacey

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Stacy..I was just looking at your site and see you used that whatever its called to make water on your fish carving, have always wondered what that is and how it works? how you can make it stay in place as i.e. splashes etc? Dave

[Claude]

ej:

Here's how to search for anything:
1) in the forums: When you open the WCI web site, click in the middle of the screen where it says "Message Board". On the new page, near the top, is a green bar with the work "Search" on it. Click there. A little window opens. Type "fish" or any other subject in and click the GO button.

2) in the photo galleries: When you open the WCI web site, click right below the "Message Board" link on the "Photo Galleries" link. When it opens, it'll show you the latest nine photos posted in the galleries. Just above the photos, on the right, in the green bar is "Search". Click that. In the new page, put "fish" into the blank line below "Keywords". Make sure the little button is checked for "search all fields". Now scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the button "Execute Search"

By the way, if someone posts a photo in the forum, it does NOT get automatically put into the galleries; people need to upload photos to the galleries in addition to posting in the forums, if they want their photos in the galleries.

Hope this helps,
Claude

[DiamondWillow]

I do carve a few fish also, although I am a novice at it. I do enjoy it and seem to do one now and then. I jump into other things along the way, but then get back to doing a fish again. Sounds like you have been there doing fish for some time.
Gene

[ejjjohns]

Thanks Claude
That will make my search much easier
ej

[ejjjohns]

Originally Posted by DiamondWillow

I do carve a few fish also, although I am a novice at it. I do enjoy it and seem to do one now and then. I jump into other things along the way, but then get back to doing a fish again. Sounds like you have been there doing fish for some time.
Gene

About 200 fish ago or 15 years Gene, seems a lot longer, either which way you count it. After I get back from calif. , I will be posting some photo's.

I lost all of my recent pic's from my computer, so I'll have gather up the photo's and scan them again.

ej

[fishcarver2004]

Originally Posted by Hi_Ho_Sliver

Stacy..I was just looking at your site and see you used that whatever its called to make water on your fish carving, have always wondered what that is and how it works? how you can make it stay in place as i.e. splashes etc? Dave

Hi Dave, one way is to put your carving in a big freezer and run the water till frozen
but that takes a loooong time , the way i do it is with a clear resin, to part mix kinda like bondo. the fish with the clear hands was a very fun project! A very good friend of mine was kind enough too let me cast here hands as they are very small much like a child's hand would be. to cast here hands i used a paper bucked about the size KFC comes in then i had her hold the fish like you see in the pic. then i mixed up alienate( like the a dentist would use for your teeth) then she held here hand
in the bucked just like she was holding the
fish as i poured the alienate around her hand, it sets up in about 5 mins. then
she can twist her hand out then i would
mix up about a cup full of resin at a time
till the mold was full. the frsin will set up
in about 5-10 mins, depending on hot you mix it. after the hands were done i made a base for the fish and put 2 plexi glass rods
in the center and put two holes in the fish
so the rods would go into the fish and though the one hand about 2" , the i took
some pieces of plexi glass and hot glued them around the rods to kinda look like water running down from the hand, then when you mix up the resin you just add a little bit of hardener so with you mix it will
start to jell up some when you apply it too
the glass on the rod then just add as much as you like, in the base there is a fishing real,part of a pole and some rocks and a few leaves, after i carved these pieces i made a mold and poured them out of the clear resin, then filled the bottom of the base with clear to cover most of the rocks etc. when you look up close you can see the rocks though the clear and i looks pretty neat!
hopes this helps some
Stacey

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

whats the name of this stuff and where do you get it? and thanks

[fishcarver2004]

Originally Posted by Hi_Ho_Sliver

whats the name of this stuff and where do you get it? and thanks

arificial water resien solution
1 gallon kit :$ 39.95
WASC.
www.taxidermy.com
stacey