Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 28 Fall 2004 E-Book

Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated

• Herausgeber: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Serie: Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Seitenzahl: 159

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Folk Art Fox                                                                                     Here's a quick and easy project with lots of appeal.Ozark Grin                                                                                                    Carving legend Harold Enlow shows you why the mouth, more than any part of the face, enhances the look of a figure.Carving a Realistic Dachshund                                                   Mastering these basic techniques will enable you to bring any breed of dog out of the wood.From the Mind of JamesThe imaginative and award-winning works of James Fecteau will fuel your passion for carving. Paint a Scandinavian-Style TrollMaster carver Harley Refsal shares his techniques for painting the character you carved from the last issue. Caribou Pattern by Gordon StillerIntroducing a new regular pattern column from Gordon Stiller's pattern archive of about 2,500 land and sea animals.Extreme Pumpkin CarvingThis October, showcase your carving skills with something special for Halloween.Product ReviewSealing and priming is faster and more effective and blending is purer with the new JansenArt Traditions high quality matte acrylic paint.Celebrating Small VictoriesHere's a challenge—try carving in a 2" x 2" cube. You won't believe these carvers' work from the Dayton, Ohio, Artistry in Wood competitions. Sassafras TurtleLeo Datzman, a winner in the WCI-Woodcraft® Supply 2003 Wildlife Carving Contest, recalls what he did for his tortoise to finish first in the Amateur—Other Wildlife division. Swiss Woodcarvings     Bulldog Bulletin BoardBow-wow wow! Kathy Wise shows how to relief carve this popular dog to watch over your messages and reminders. An Introduction to Carving Miniature—NetsukeWelcome to Susan Wraight's small, small world of netsuke, part of Japanese traditional dress now highly sought after collector pieces worth $1,000s.Lost in Thought Santa—Pattern Profile    Wood Review: TulipwoodNot easy to carve but its rich colors, fine texture and straight grain make it appealing. The Dream Weaver                                                                                 There's much to learn from professional woodcarver Ian Norbury, whose carvings are in collections all over the world.Ultimate Power SharpenerPut to the test, this sharpening machine has a lot going for it, including easy handling of heavy-duty carving tools while running fast enough to make a sharp, polished cutting edge relatively quick.Regular ColumnsPublisher's LetterFrom Our MailbagNews & NotesTips & TechniquesRelief Column from Lora S. IrishReader's GalleryCalendar of EventsAdvertising Directory                                                                         Classifieds

Leseprobe

Issue no. 28 Fall 2004

Lost in

Thought

Santa

65

Folk Art Fox

15

Here’s a quick and easy project with lots of appeal.

Ozark Grin

18

Carving legend Harold Enlow shows you why the mouth,

more than any part of the face, enhances the look of a figure.

Carving a Realistic Dachshund

23

Mastering these basic techniques will enable you to bring

any breed of dog out of the wood.

From the Mind of James

28

The imaginative and award-winning works of James Fecteau

will fuel your passion for carving.

Paint a Scandinavian-Style Troll

30

Master carver Harley Refsal shares his techniques for painting the

character you carved from the last issue.

Caribou Pattern by Gordon Stiller

36

Introducing a new regular pattern column from Gordon Stiller’s

pattern archive of about 2,500 land and sea animals.

Extreme Pumpkin Carving

39

This October, showcase your carving skills with something

special for Halloween.

Product Review

42

Sealing and priming is faster and more effective and blending is

purer with the new JansenArt Traditions high quality matte acrylic paint.

Celebrating Small Victories

44

Here’s a challenge—try carving in a 2" x 2" cube.You won’t believe

these carvers’ work from the Dayton, Ohio,

Artistry in Wood competitions.

23

Carving a

Realistic

Dachshund

In this

ISSUE

In This Issue

Wood Carving Illustrated • Fall 2004

1

Extreme

Pumpkin

Carving

39

Introduction

to Carving

Miniature—

Netsuke

59

Paint a

Scandinavian-Style

Troll

30

Sassafras Turtle

47

Leo Datzman, a winner in our 2003 Wildlife Carving Contest, recalls

what he did for his tortoise to finish first in the Amateur—

Other Wildlife division.

Bulldog Bulletin Board

53

Bow-wow wow! Kathy Wise shows how to relief carve this

popular dog to watch over your messages and reminders.

An Introduction to Carving Miniature-Netsuke

59

Welcome to Susan Wraight’s small,small world of netsuke,

part of Japanese traditional dress now highly sought after

collector pieces worth $1,000s.

Lost in Thought Santa—Pattern Profile

65

Wood Review:Tulipwood

70

Not easy to carve but its rich colors, fine texture and straight

grain make it appealing.

The Dream Weaver

74

There’s much to learn from professional woodcarver Ian Norbury,

whose carvings are in collections all over the world.

Ultimate Power Sharpener

79

Put to the test, this sharpening machine has a lot going for it,

including easy handling of heavy-duty carving tools while running

fast enough to make a sharp, polished cutting edge relatively quick.

Regular Columns

Publisher’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

From Our Mailbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

News & Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Tips & Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Relief Column from Lora S. Irish . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Reader Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Advertising Directory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Classifieds

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

In this

ISSUE

74

The Dream

Weaver

Celebrating

Small

Victories

44

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Woodcarving and the use of associated equipment can potentially result

in health hazards and injuries.

While we cannot impose safety standards

in every article, we do ask that you make safety your number one

priority.

Protect your respiratory system, hearing, vision and the rest of

your body with the proper safety equipment and prudent precautions.

Read

manuals that are supplied with your tools.

Be aware that most accidents

occur when you are tired or distracted.

And when in doubt, seek advice

from professionals, on how to keep your tools sharp and maintained.

Dear Carving Friends:

As we leave behind the warm days of summer and family vacations,

Christmas gifts and the inside projects call us back into the workshop.

I hope

you will find lots of ideas for your next project in this issue.

This has been a busy year for carving authors visiting our offices. Many come

to have step by step photography taken in our photo studio.We’ve had the good

fortune of meeting World Champion fish carver Clark Schreibis, Harley Refsal and

just last week Canadian Jan Oegema.

For this column I have a very personal story to share.

Several weeks ago, I drove my 75 year old father down to the little country

church where his parents—my grandparents—are buried.

I never knew these

grandparents. Poor, first generation Italian immigrants—their family history is a

sad one. After my grandmother was hospitalized with a chronic illness, Grandpa

couldn’t look after his 11 children.

Some, like my father, were sent out to

orphanages. The ones that remained in the house raised themselves as best they

could.

My Dad never talked about his childhood years while I was growing up

and still does only on rare occasions.

But family lore has it that Grandpa was a

rather harsh parent.

On Sunday morning as we visited the little church, I had the surprise of

meeting a sweet 92 year old woman who remembered my grandfather.

Not only

did she give me snippets of my family history—she urged me to visit the far

corner of the graveyard.

I searched and finally found the tombstone below.

My

grandfather had painstakingly,gently carved this for his son—my uncle—who

had died an early death.

As I traced the delicate lettering, I knew that—whatever his faults—my

grandfather loved his children.

Perhaps unable to communicate it, frustrated by

life’s circumstances—the care and beauty he put into his work showed another,

deeper side of his character.

I left the graveyard feeling connected for the first

time to my Grandpa.

I share that story because I will never forget the special, almost sacred power

that this carved piece had for me. Without benefit of words, across seven

decades, his work, his art spoke to me.

As we head back into the workshop this season,let’s not forget the power of

expressing yourself through your carvings.Maybe you’re not even aware of it,

but every piece you carve leaves a wonderful legacy for your friends and family.

I can’t think of a more tangible way of sharing a piece of yourself with others.

Happy Carving,

Alan Giagnocavo

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Editor’s

CORNER

I never met my grandfather,but this

handcarved headstone he made for one

of his 11children has helped me get a

sense for who he might have been.

Jan Oegema from

Ontario visited our

studio to photograph

two step by step

articles.He’s been

mentoring 12 year old John from Ohio in carving over the

internet.Both were attending the Second Annual Northeast

Carvers Roundup in Honesdale,PA.

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Managing Editor Cathy Hart

responds: I shared your comments

with Dave Stetson, who says that

he has carved hundreds of these

figures in the past 14 years.Dave

adds that these days he can bring

Little Hombre out of a block of

wood in 20 minutes.Thirty

minutes would include not only a

coffee break, but also some time

spent on tool sharpening. He will

take on all bettors, but they had

better put up something he can

bank on.

Quebecois,N’est Ce Pas?

I am an avid collector of early to mid-

20th-century Quebec, Canada folk

woodcarvings with over 50 pieces in

my collection. I found your website

(

www.WoodCarvingIllustrated.com

)

while searching for more information

and have thoroughly enjoyed Roger

Schroeder’s “Editor’s World.”Do you

think Roger will consider writing an

article on Quebecois woodcarving?

Todd Milks,

email

Editor-at-Large Roger Schroeder

responds: I wrote about my visit

to Canada’s woodcarving capital,

St.-Jean Port-Joli, in Issue no.3,

Spring/Summer 1998. Back issues of

WCI are available for $5.99.To order

a copy of Issue #3, visit

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Confessions of

a Trygg Collector

Just wanted to write that

I really enjoyed the article in

Issue no. 24 titled “The Trygg

Family: Prolific Figure

Carvers.”It covers all bases,

especially the signatures,

which of course are very

useful to the Trygg collector.Also,

Roger is very right about the fanatical

ebay bidders, myself being one on

occasion. Some of the finest Tryggs I

have seen have been offered on ebay

but, as he points out, the prices can

be quite high.Yet, that is also the case

in Canada, where many of these

carvings turn up.

I do wonder if the offspring of the

sons have gone into carving as well.

I did come across a caricature carving

by Ellen Trygg, but I don’t know

anything about her. Do you have

information?

Murray Cohen,

email

Roger Schroeder writes:Thanks for

the kind compliments.Regrettably,

I have no further information on

the Trygg family and offspring.

I welcome readers to contact WCI

if they have made contact with

Tryggs who are carving today.

Always Wear Your Dust Mask!

I have a tale that may save your life.

Don’t let what I experienced happen

to you.

On April 5, 2003, I accepted a job

to build a gate for a friend. He gave me

some old wood from his house. I

began sawing and planing the boards.

Working outside my home, I figured I

didn’t need a mask.

That night, my chest started getting

a heavy and tight feeling, and I was

having problems breathing. I figured it

was the flu. Several days passed and

my condition worsened. I lapsed into

a coma for two months.

When I came out of the coma, I was

told I had acute respiratory distress

syndrome, probably caused by bacteria

that worked its way into the wood

from mice and rat droppings. I got out

of the wheelchair in November 2003

and have made difficult but steady

progress. I was fortunate to survive. A

friend in my carving club loved power

carving yellow cedar without a mask.

He died from lung cancer last year.

Please, carvers, always wear a

dust mask!

Stan Freeman,

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Carver Offers to Sell

Brooklyn Bridge

Would you kindly

forward the name and

address of anyone

who believes Dave

Stetson is able to carve

“Little Hombre” (Issue

no. 24, Fall 2003) in

30 minutes, which

includes a coffee

break? When I am so

informed, well, I have

a bridge in Brooklyn

that I’ll sell him.

George Sherwood,

Dover, New Hampshire

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News & Notes

Survey Says:

More Women are

Woodworking

Woodworking Projects for Women

is

proof that workshops and power

tools are NOT just for men anymore.

Written by Linda Hendry, an editor at

Weekend Woodcrafts

and an

accomplished woodworker, this book

will guide women step-by-step

through 16 easy-to-build projects for

the home and garden.

Designed and written to build the

confidence of a beginner,

Woodworking Projects for Women

leads off with a “Getting Started”

section that explains the basic

concepts of woodworking while

providing an overview of wood, tools,

safety, and finishing techniques.

Whether the reader is looking to

build a simple utensil rack, a child’s

easel, or a decorative sofa table,

Woodworking Projects for Women

offers a variety of projects featuring

full-color photography, easy-to-

understand language, and full-size

patterns.

Best of all, the projects can

be completed in a weekend using

basic woodworking tools.

Woodworking Projects for Women

will be available after September 15,

2004, so place your order now for hot-

off-the-press delivery. It's only $17.95

plus shipping.To order your copy of

Woodworking Projects for Women,

call Fox Chapel Publishing toll free at

1-800-457-9112, or visit

www.FoxChapelPublishing.com

.

WCI

Predicts a Hole in One

for Teenage Carver

An unusual and whimsical carving at

the Long Island Woodworking Show

held this April in Uniondale, New York

received much attention when people

realized that it was created by 16-year-

old Rachael Bush.The piece was her

very first woodcarving, but it impressed

the judges enough to place second in

the Novice Class.

Golfer’s Table

stands 20” high, and

depicts a tiny female golfer working

her way toward a hole bordered by a

small sand trap.The slice of terrain,

supported by an oversized mahogany

tee that Rachael carved using a

drawknife, is made from maple. At its

base is a golf ball nearly as big as a

basketball, turned from laminated

poplar and dimpled with power tools.

Rachael’s talent at such a young age

seems due in part to her father, Bill

Bush, who is a master cabinetmaker.

Rachael spent time in his shop while

she was growing up, which gave her a

feel for wood and tools.

A junior in high school, Rachael

plays golf and competes as a swimmer.

She plans to go into architecture and

has been selected for a summer

program at Cornell University in

Ithaca, New York to study the field.

We and the rest of the staff at

WCI

wish Rachael much success and are

sending her a one-year subscription to

the magazine, along with a reminder

to forward us a photo of her next

woodcarving.

—

Submitted by Roger and Sheila

Schroeder,WCI’s Editor-at-Large and

Copy Editor.

Ian Norbury’s Unique

Contest is Simply Sinful

Internationally recognized sculptor Ian

Norbury is conducting a one-of-a-kind

contest to promote his seven latest

sculptures. Each piece will depict one

of the original seven deadly sins and

Ian’s perception of one of the “new”

sins he is observing in today’s society.

The first person to correctly identify the

sins and explain the pieces will receive

one of his original drawings.

The seven sculptures will be shown

on his website,

www.iannorbury.com

, through the

stages of carving to the finished piece,

culminating in an exhibition of all seven

pieces in November.The first of these

pieces depicts a concubine in a Turkish

harem smoking her hookah pipe.

Ian’s website includes a video

workshop where carvers can email

any problems they have and Ian can

help them out live from his studio. For

those still wanting to enjoy Ian’s work

in book form, look for

The Art of Ian

Norbury

, available from Fox Chapel

Publishing or your local supply store.

See the ad on page 28 for more details

and ordering information.

All contest details are on the

website.

News &

NOTES

The first of seven original carvings

by Ian Norbury depicts one of the

seven original deadly sins,along

with one of Ian’s perceived “new”

sins of modern life.