ever get into ruts?

[Hugh-P]

In a rut also, teaching carving classes helps me a little, but eventually it will pass. Commissions are an inspiration. But just sitting down to carve, what you want, and how long you want to work on it, is a special way to get inspired. That is usually my remedy, to get myself out of a rut.

[Lonewolfcarver]

I'm not sure if its a rut or burn out. It usually happens after the pre- Christmas ornament rush. I don't even want to look at a piece of wood after carving so many ornaments. Summertime is another bad time. I get so wound up in cycling activities that I can't wrap my mind around carving.

[LMiller]

I am not yet bored with carving but I do have those days when I am just not 'feeling' it. Those are the days I do some roughing as opposed to doing finer details. Getting a knife in hand helps tremendously and I still thrill to see the blade work its magic on the wood.

But 'feeling it' is important to me when doing the finer details.

[Dagwood]

almost daily i find myself thinking of 100s of things i could carve but when it comes time for kiife to hit wood i get blank...its all part of the process for me to focus on what i want to carve... then theres times i just carve an see what comes out...btw those are some of my best pcs....doodles

[mobjack68]

I am a severely add/adhd, right brain, wood craft addict......I carve, I turn, I make trinkets and I always have something going on.....If I get tires of working on something or need soem think time to work out the next steps...I move onto something else....too may projects.too little time to get in the rut...

[Mark Dellinger]

Been there. I was there for the last part of the year and the first month of this year. I was having some issues with my hand and even when I got to feeling better I would just sit there. I kept looking at the different post and the videos on you tube, and bang! I started knocking things out. I thing a big part of it was that when I started back up I tried a whole new style and that gave me the push I needed to get over the rut.

Safe carving and God Bless,

Mark

[breezly]

i to have been in ruts had a few carvings started but seemed to always have something to do you must know the old saying tomorrow is always better to start something new . this year i brought my knives and some chisels with me to florida and went to afew shows and joined local club and havent looked back living and breathing woodcarving once again and enjoying it mike

[Gulf Coast Handyman]

Yep, every so often I get in a rut, usually doesn't last long. More often then not I can't get enough carving time. Guess it all works out.

Dave

[Sharon of the Dell]

I think trying something totally different to carve and different method to do it. If you use "hand" tools to carve realistic, for example, get a dremel or some kind of grinder and just start grinding away with various burrs and bits and do an abstract or just make holes in the wood.Might come out with something you're pleased with and it's a great way to take out deep down buried aggressions!!! Great therapy for a troubled mind, works for me anyway!