Chris Pye website

[GFBentz]

signed up good site hope to see more

[RUssL.]

I signed up and, as a long time fan, I think it's great.
The videos that I viewed so far are mostly a review of things I have read and/or seen in Chris' books and videos...but for me, there is nothing wrong with review!
...plus, there is something more immediate about watching Chris actually doing things such as the exercises and projects that don't come through in the books and have not been addressed in earlier videos.

I have watched a few more than a dozen of the videos ( X10 technique/grips).
I want to view them methodically so I don't overlook antyhing.
One had a technical glitch noted by a couple of other viewers. The sound level of Chris' narration could be tweeked up a bit for these old ears, but really for underUS $9/month(8.5 British Pounds) for total access it's worth at least the first year of viewing...just to see where it takes me.
Great idea and pretty good execution, too.

RussL.

[-JBergs-]

Help!

I tried loggin on to Chris Pye's site this morning and couldn't do so... it appears as though there are some techincal difficulties going on near his end of the site... I am using Internet Explorer 8 ... and then tried using Mozilla Firefox...still same results... here's what happened after I try going to his website:

Oops! Internet Explorer could not find chrispye-woodcarving.com

Can anyone shed any light on this?

[GFBentz]

this is the URL

Member Login*|*Woodcarving Workshops

Im having no trouble
check your caps lock etc

[-JBergs-]

I'm back in business! I'm good with computers and tried using several different web browsers to access Chris Pye's site but I kept having the same issue and apparently after a response from Mrs. Carrie Pye, I wasn't the only one (in the states) having similar issues...

After Mrs. Pye consulted their web team I learned the trouble was attributed to "sunspots," which of course there's nothing the Pyes can do about that. Just glad I can get back on now.

I don't know about everyone else but watching a video of a professional wood carver is the next best thing to standing beside them while they carve... books are great, and so are web sites - as I do spend more time on those trying to learn techniques than actually carving but having a video library at our disposal is incredible...

If the Pyes are reading; I would love to see Chris take on a different project for each video series taking us through all of his steps from design through to completion...being able to watch him do this is amazing. My biggest problem is the fact that he makes it look so easy and sometimes (artificially) boosts my confidence... when I end up in front of my bench with a mallet and chisel in hand I'm like ... ... ... ... honey, can you hand me my laptop --- lol.

[GFBentz]

sunspots?? ROFLOL

[carrie pye]

All this social networking is new to me and can consume so much time but I will make an effort to check this forum weekly. As we move ahead there will be many, many more project which I will document from start to finish and when appropriate there will be working drawings that you can download.
I know what you mean, Chris does have a way of making carving look easy, although I have to say that when I allow myself enough time in the studio, usually at about the three hour mark, the carving really begins to flow for me as well.
Honey, can you bring my laptop. Might make a good advertizing slogan for us!
cheers,
Carrie