Article discussion thread:Vic Hood: 2011 Woodcarver of the Year

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[bzcarvn]

EXCELLENT choice. I was just in my shop putting the finishing details on an Indian bust that I started in a class with Vic at East Berlin, Pa. I took a break and while checking out WCI, before I get back to carving, I was delighted to see your selection of Vic as carver of the year. This May I took my first class with Mr Hood. This type of carving is a little different than I usually do, but I found his class to be very good and I can't wait to take it again next year. He is extremely talented and knowledgeable about the subject matter.

[leavyc]

So glad to see you recognise Vic. He is such a great carver and all around nice guy. I haven't taken a class from him yet, but he is on my "bucket" list. Vic's carvings are amazing and well worth seeing. Congrats to you Vic!!

[feb]

Excellent artical and great carver. I wish one of theses great carvers would do a book or DVD on carving turned faces in all directions. I would love to take a class from him if he was in my area.

Feb

[groozier]

I took a weekend class with Vic the 14th,15th and 16th of Oct. in Halls Crossing,Tn. near Knoxville.We carved 1/2 to 3/4 lifesize realistic pieces.We started with big blocks of butternut.It was the largest thing that I've carved so far.He has a wealth of knowledge stored away about carving.Larry Nowell of Knoxville was his assistant and kept everyones tools honed up and gave advice also.
If I ever figure out how to download the pictures from my phone I will post the WIP pictures of the class.

Keep the chips flying,
Lance Brooks aka groozier

[Northwest29]

Lance, you lucky dog you! No offence. I'm just super jealous of you. I emailed Vic a couple of weeks back asking if he had any plans of coming out to the west somewhere next year and to my disappointment he said no. With the economy being what it is I won't be able to travel far enough to get the pleasure of his wisdom. Oh well, perhaps one day I will. Please do post your photos and descriptions if possible.

You should be able to email them to yourself, then upload them from your computer. At least that's what I do, but then I have a phone that's about 4 years old.

Ron
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[feb]

Thanks Lance I'm also looking forword to thoses pictures.

Feb

[groozier]

Here are the pictures as promised.If this is hijacking of the thread please move to another section.
Photo 1 is near the beginning of the carving.
Photo 2 is a picture of my grandpa that I'm trying to carve,with the addition of a hard hat and caplight.
Photo 3 shows the massive amount of butternut in the blank.It was 12' wide,8" thick and about 12"tall up to the top of the shoulders,with about an 8" square on the top for the head.
Photo 4 shows more progress.
Photo 5 shows more progress.
Keep the chips flying,
Lance Brooks aka groozier

[groozier]

Here are more pictures of the class.After three days of intense gouging noboby in the class completed their piece.Mine is sitting on the dining room table waiting to be taken to the shop and hopefully finished.The wood was cut 6-8 months ago and was still wet when you cut into it.I've got mine covered up with a plastic bag and remove it daily and turn it inside out to remove the moisture.
Photos 6-8 shows where the chin was to fat.
Photos 9-10 show front and side profile of the WIP.The smile lines have to be taken down some because the face is not 90 degrees at the nose.
The main holdup on my progress was building a carving stand kinda like the one Dylan Goodson uses.The paint finally got dry and it's ready for use.


Keep the chips flying,
Lance Brooks aka groozier

[groozier]

Here is the final picture post on the class.Vic teaches great and is very knowledgeable about what it takes to make up an award winning carving.
The spots you see on these pictures are from the bar oil from the chainsaw.
As you can tell from the pics there are still alot of wood to be removed from this piece.



Keep the chips flying,
Lance Brooks aka groozier