[mwilleson]

Originally Posted by BobD

It's funny,
I was talking with Marv Kaisersatt the other day about his design process. He does a clay model for nearly every carving he does...in fact, he said he's got several clay models in his house that he may never carve! For him, even making the armature is a creative exercise!
Bob

Bob,

I can only hope you were talking to him about the design process because WCI plans to do an indepth article about him and his methods!

I'm not trying to start a rumor here, but that would be a good article....or maybe a series of articles.

Go ahead and run with it Bob!

[BobD]

I can't say any more right now....

Bob

[Anthony Filetti]

...Marv...article...this is sounding good...

Colin, give it a try it's actually quite interesting. I like you have always been a Jack of all Trades, master of none and found this to be quite entertaining/fun. (BTW, you are a carver, ya just hadn't waken up to that fact...as an example you took the time to explain the Sumac species and how you derived the cool colors inside, my fmost faorite woodspirits I've seen to date!)

I had seen a few mockups around but Dave Stetson's book (caricature carving from head to toe) got me interested in it as he starts with a skull he crafted (a feat in itself) and used clay to add the musculature to the skull and cervical vertabrae, then he added a thin layer of clay as the skin, it was really interesting.

I had also picked up some Andrew Loomis drawing books, one of which was figure drawing. Of course this included drawings of figures in the nude. I wondered why they were drawn in the nude until someone told me that if you could get the basic anatomy correct adding clothes is easy. It's the foundation you want to work on. Once mastered you can derive any figure from it, even the exaggeration used in Caricature. Marv's book does alot to address building a foundation and how modifications to that foundation affect expression. (...damn Ima begginin' ta sound lots more learned than I truly am...)

Forgive my rambling, but this is my outlet for discussion as I don't get around other carvers often enough...