[wtmac]

Dear Deborah:

Thank you for your message. As a beginner I am interested in viewing photos and plans of holding devices for relief and acanthus carvings. Have any I could see? Thanks again,

William

[Donna_T]

Welcome!
We're glad you joined us. Like most families, we razz each other unmercifully, but protect and worry about each other equally well. If Dave is going to adopt you, where does that leave all the rest of us???? I thought he was leaving all his carvings to the rest of us "family."

Seriously, you'll find lots of good hints about carving here. ENjoy.
Donna T

[wtmac]

Hello Donna T:

Thanks for your good message. Yes, Dave has been very helpful to me as a beginner. Still hoping to get input from relief carvers, they're very quiet out there.

Do you Moderators get together at conventions or something? Ha, ha, just kidding.

William

[squbrigg]

Welcome aboard Wiilam. There are lots of great carvers hereabouts, relief carvers too. Did you have a specific question, I do a bit of relief. Comic and carving!

Bob

[wtmac]

Thanks for your message, Bob. I'm glad to know that there are relief carvers out there. The magazine does not deal much with relief work. I had to go back to an issue in the year 2003 to find a serious article on relief carving.

William

[squbrigg]

What kind of relief work are you interested in? I've done sea scenes, and a few flowers and dragons, but not a lot of it. Mahogany was my favorite, Basswood works, as does Butternut and Walnut. Always looking for new ideas.

Bob

[Callynne]

Sorry William, I do in the round carvings, I have big plans to do relief carvings some day.....I have lots of big plans! Maybe you and big brother will have figured out the perfect answers by the time I'm ready to start!

Dave, yes, I've read that on the bottom of Lori's posts....I love it....fits perfect for our family too!! Deborah