relief carving videos

[Bill Whig]

Originally Posted by BobbyD

I actually just made a video of me carving a relief wall plaque. It is not a complete how-to, but you should be able to get some good ideas and tips. Here's the link: How to carve a relief style plaque - YouTube

BobbyD, Clearly your style is your own and I applaud you for that. Since you are presenting this to some relative beginners, it might be instructive to point out where the techniques you use in the video differ from traditional ones. My remaining comment is not addressing that.

Throughout the video I was watching the "?". Did you achieve your desired goal with it? I thought you might undercut it or use stains to make it stand out. Of course, you used a separate "font" for it and, having little experience, I have no answers about the best way to integrate them (the fonts).

Thanks for sharing your work! It was an interesting video!

Bill

[BobbyD]

Originally Posted by Bill Whig

BobbyD, Clearly your style is your own and I applaud you for that. Since you are presenting this to some relative beginners, it might be instructive to point out where the techniques you use in the video differ from traditional ones. My remaining comment is not addressing that.

Throughout the video I was watching the "?". Did you achieve your desired goal with it? I thought you might undercut it or use stains to make it stand out. Of course, you used a separate "font" for it and, having little experience, I have no answers about the best way to integrate them (the fonts).

Thanks for sharing your work! It was an interesting video!

Bill

Hi Bill, I'm not sure what you mean by "traditional techniques". Are you referring to my using a router to remove the background material verses hand tools? About your other question, having the "?" remain subtle was intentional, I wanted the words to be the focal point. Anyway, this piece wasnt ment to be a great work of art, I was going for a simple design that wouldn't take long to make.

[Bill Whig]

Originally Posted by BobbyD

Hi Bill, I'm not sure what you mean by "traditional techniques". Are you referring to my using a router to remove the background material verses hand tools? About your other question, having the "?" remain subtle was intentional, I wanted the words to be the focal point. Anyway, this piece wasnt ment to be a great work of art, I was going for a simple design that wouldn't take long to make.

Router-No, Dremel-Yes, Sandpaper-YES, Finishing-YES.

If the piece is what it was intended to be, then it is needless for it to be held to any higher standard. I build more things with the intention of discarding them than I keep, but they serve their purpose. My garbage can overfloweth.

I appreciate the follow rule of thumb, "Good enough is seldom good enough." When you admit, "I was going for a simple design that wouldn't take long to make" it makes me think, then, that it hardly merits criticism unless we evaluate with respect to those qualities. I mean, if it doesn't stand up to your own standards of excellence, then what is anyone else to say (that matters)? If you publish and receive compliments on work you know is less than your best effort, what will be the consequence of that?

As so many of the people here do, I could just say, "Wow, it looks terrific! Great work!" to most every project that comes along. I strive to "give" in my replies as I would want to "receive" and to generate further discussion. It seems as though you are already pretty mature in your craft. Happy carving!

Regards,
Bill