Carving the Head in the Classic European Tradition, Revised Edition E-Book

Martin Geisler-Moroder

• Herausgeber: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Seitenzahl: 52

Beschreibung

Learn to carve a classic European bust using the traditional and famous system of Tyrolean carvers. This book presents a complete woodsculpting course in proportion and design, prepared by instructors at the renowned Geisler-Moroder Austrian Woodcarving School, the largest international woodcarving school in Europe. Carving the Head in the Classic European Tradition, 2nd Edition offers easy-to-understand visual instructions for mastering the carving of the human head, with explanatory sketches, proportional drawings, and full-color photographs that demonstrate precise cuts. An inspirational gallery of completed contemporary busts illustrates creative finishing techniques. Once you have completed the featured step-by-step project, and learned the authors' creative methods, you can easily extend your new skills to additional projects.

Leseprobe

Alan Giagnocavo

Publisher

Christopher Reggio

Vice President – Content

Anthony Regolino

Editor

Christopher Morrison

Design and Layout

Horst Pali

Step-by-Step Artwork

Zita Baracsi

Text and Photography

All photos supplied by the Geisler-Moroder Austrian Woodworking School except for the following that were obtained through Shutterstock.com: amattel: page 47 (top right); Dream2551: page 44 (bottom); Ivonne Wierink: pages 46/47 (background); Juris Kraulis: top of pages 15, 23, 39, 53, 67, 77, background of page 59, and bottom of “The Geisler-Moroder Way” boxes throughout; Mushakesa: page 14; vallefrias: page 33 (bottom); xpixel: page 24 (right).

© 2006, 2018 by Martin Geisler-Moroder and Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc., 903 Square Street, Mount Joy, PA 17552.

Carving the Head in the Classic European Tradition, Revised Edition (ISBN 978-1-56523-973-9, 2018) is a revised edition of Carving the Head in the Classic European Tradition (ISBN 978-1-56523-302-7, 2006), published by Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holders, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.

Print ISBN 978-1-56523-973-9

eISBN 978-1-60765-524-4

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

For a printable PDF of the patterns used in this book, please contact Fox Chapel Publishing at [email protected], stating the ISBN and title of the book in the subject line.

Names: Geisler-Moroder, Martin, author.

Title: Carving the head in the classic european tradition / Martin Geisler-Moroder.

Description: Revised edition. | Mount Joy, PA : Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc., [2018]

Identifiers: LCCN 2018025423 (print) | LCCN 2018025879 (ebook) | ISBN 9781607655244 (ebook) | ISBN 9781565239739 (softcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Wood-carving--Patterns. | Wood-carving--Technique. | Head in art. | Busts. | Wood sculpture--Technique.

Classification: LCC TT199.7 (ebook) | LCC TT199.7 .G456 2018 (print) | DDC 736/.4--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018025423

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

As this book was the result of teamwork at the Geisler-Moroder Austrian Woodcarving School, I wish to thank the following instructors: Michael Bachnetzer, Pascal Wirth, Gottfried Kaschning, Robert Simon, Markus Treml, Claudia Grutsch, Bernhard Tragut, Werner Seidner, and Walter File.

A very special thanks is extended to Horst Pali, an instructor at the Geisler-Moroder Austrian Woodcarving School, who carved the project on which this book is based.

Contents

About the Author and the Artist

Preface

Part 1: Getting Started

An introduction to the process

Tools and materials

Wood

Safety

Theory

Part 2: Step-by-Step Modeling

Making the armature

Geometrical building blocks

Geometrical shaping

The first modeling cuts

The finished model

Part 3: The First Stage of Carving

Before the first cut

Cutting the profile view

Fixing the profile

Cutting the first planes

The planes of the neck

Part 4: The Second Stage of Carving

Setting the forms of the nose, the mouth, and the chin

Setting the forms of the eyes and the hairline

The sides of the head, the shoulders, and the collar

Carving the back

Part 5: The Third Stage of Carving

Detailing the nose, the mouth, and the chin

Shaping the ears

The finishing touches: the hair, the collar, and the base

Part 6: The Final Finish—A Gallery of Ideas

Appendix A: Metric Conversion Chart

Appendix B: Illustrations

About the Author and the Artist

Martin Geisler-Moroder and family

Geisler-Moroder Austrian Woodcarving School

A-6652 Elbigenalp 63

Lechtal, Austria

Tel. [phone]

Fax: [phone]

[email protected]

www.woodcarvingschool.com

The Geisler-Moroder Austrian Woodcarving School

The tradition of woodcarving has been passed on from generation to generation in the Moroder family for over 400 years. At the beginning of the 1950s, Professor Rudolf Geisler-Moroder began to teach woodcarving to a group of young students in Elbigenalp, Austria. This was the seed of the school that today is called the Geisler-Moroder Austrian Woodcarving School.

The professor’s son, Martin Geisler-Moroder, established the present school in 1984. It is not only the largest school of its kind, where creative people from five continents come to learn the art of woodcarving, but also the only school that follows a “dual-system education” in the field of carving. Practical and theoretical lessons are taught in parallel during the weekly courses. All courses are bilingual, presented in both German and English, and are available at all levels. The participants can find suitable courses in any area of woodcarving, including figure and ornamental carving. This list of classes includes portraits, nude figures, animals, relief, decorations, rough outs, nativity figures, and many more. Specialized courses, such as modeling, chainsaw carving, stone and bronze sculpturing, woodturning, painting, and gilding—to mention only a few—are also among the possible choices.

Many of those who carve as a hobby spend their holidays in Elbigenalp, participating in short courses and benefiting from both the high-quality courses and the beauty of the surrounding Alps. For those who wish to pursue woodcarving as a career, the school offers a longer-term structured curriculum to prepare for the Professional Wood-Sculptor Diploma. Classes are held all year round.

There are special “English weeks” organized for those who wish to meet other English-speaking carvers.

Martin Geisler-Moroder and his family welcome all course participants to enjoy their comfortable guesthouse and their excellent restaurant. For information on courses, please contact the Geisler-Moroder Team at the address at the left.

About the Instructor Who Completed the Project

Horst Pali was born in 1965 in St. Johann/Tyrol, Austria. He studied woodcarving for four years in the government Woodcarving School in Elbigenalp and graduated as a Wood Sculptor in 1985. He is a self-employed sculptor and a carving instructor at the Geisler-Moroder Austrian Woodcarving School. He specializes in the restoration of churches.

Horst lives with his wife, Maria, and his two sons in their family home in Tyrol.

Preface