Questions for David Sabol

[BobD]

any questions for wildlife and caricature carver David Sabol here.

[feb]

David is your woodcarving basics a CD ROM or a DVD. At amazon it say's CD ROM (DVD)

Feb

[feb]

David I'm sorry if you got this message twice but i ordered your CD ROM (DVD) but i 'm not sure which one it is. I only have a DVD player.

Feb

[sbirkes]

Well I'm not David but I do have his book/dvd right here beside me. It is a DVD according to the package.

I played it last night on my laptop. I'll see David tomorrow and tell him he has questions on this forum.

[Iowa Carver]

I received his book and dvd today. I am enjoying it and look forward to tomorrow watching it. One question for David. When you carve cherry and walnut is it dry or green like the pine you carve? Also was the pine you used on the landscape dry? That was very cool!

Corey

P.S. since have watched the whole DVD and it's great, a ton of info and am amazed at all the different techniques and styles of carving covered.

[sbirkes]

If you haven't heard from David it's not his fault. I got wrapped up in his class and forgot to tell him he had questions on the forum. I'll email him in just a moment. Sorry.

[Gary M. Peiffer]

Originally Posted by sbirkes

If you haven't heard from David it's not his fault. I got wrapped up in his class and forgot to tell him he had questions on the forum. I'll email him in just a moment. Sorry.

Steve,

Thanks for the info. Hope you sent Dave home from the seminar in one piece so that he can answer all of these questions.

By the way, did you participate in Dave's seminar, and if so, what did you think? What did you carve?

[sbirkes]

"sent Dave home from the seminar in one piece so that he can answer all of these questions."
The last I seen of David he was stuffing boxes into his van. He was leaving Branson on Friday after the seminar was over at 4:30. His plan was to make it to St. Louis Friday night and on into home the next day. He had to restock the van for a trip to Arizona where I believe he is now doing a class.

Yes I took David's class. ( You will notice when you see him that he has none left. :>) This was the second class I have had with David the first being a hand tool carving class also at Branson. This time I wanted to learn power carving. Having seen David power carve once I knew he was a good instructor with power tools. Lots of tips/insight and art direction. He does a great job explaining why he designed something the way he did. Flow and all of that stuff.

In general I don't like carving from rough-outs. Someone elses designs seldom look like I envision the subject being. BUT this time I carved a Bobcat kitten hidden in leaves and then a rabbit on a bed of leaves . The Bobcat was the first power carved piece I had ever done. It took all of 3 days. I did just a bit of the final woodburning on it before moving on to the rabbit. The rabbit took about1 1/2 days. I also did a lot of walking around so those aren't actual carving times. I'll see if I can get a couple of good pictures posted. Being plain white basswood they don't photograph too well.

I think power carving techniques will be a great addition to my carvings. There seems to be a lot of things that can be done easier and perhaps better(well, at least different) with a power tool than with a gouge alone. Kinda depends on the desired end result you're after and how much of a purest you need to be to please yourself. For the most part the end result is what I'm after and however I get there is fair.

[Gary M. Peiffer]

Originally Posted by BobD

any questions for wildlife and caricature carver David Sabol here.

Hi Bob,

I spoke with Dave Sabol last night. He is having technical difficulties with registering and or logging onto the WCI site to answer the questions in this thread. Anyway you can help him? His email is sabolcreations@aol.com. Let him know that his "Carving Padawan" sent you to help!

Gary

[David Sabol]

Originally Posted by feb

David is your woodcarving basics a CD ROM or a DVD. At amazon it say's CD ROM (DVD)

Feb

Hi, I'm back thanks to Bob. it's a DVD