Log Cabin Carving Class Subject 5

[BillPac]

Here is the last one I will post.



BillP

[mjm46@bellsouth.net]

OK! I got a few questions.
Were these all done by the same person?
Were all the sketches free-handed, transferred or drawn templates/tools?
Some of the initial carving looks like it was stabbed in with specific gouges, were any done freehand with veiners and then cut back to the resulting cut?
How was the background smoothed out in the Issak Haines design to get to smooth without scrapeing or sanding?

Sorry for the barrage of questions, but these are just what popped into my inquiring mind. I'm sure I may have more.

[Cory Joe Stewart]

Bill

Thanks for taking the time to post these.  It is very helpful for me to see teh carving in different stages.

Coryjoe

[BillPac]

Each subject was a different student.  One of the subjects was the very first carving that the student had attempted!  All the drawings were free hand, it took nearly all of the first day to get the drawing correct.  Drawing was just a pencil and an eraser with the eraser being the most important.  Most of the work was done by stabbing in using the closest sweep gouge that we had.  Some of the long gentle lines were cut in with a knife.  This subject here, #5, a veiner was used to cut the upper volute just to see how it would look.  The backgrounds were all lowered and smoothed using flat chisels and mostly a skew chisel in any tight area.  Very small paring cuts and just going over it with a critical eye.  Think that answeres your first line of questions.  Please continue if you have more.
BillP

[alyce-james]

Bill; Thank you for the subject you posted to share with all of us. I find item #5 to peak my interest. Thanks, Jim & Alyce.

[KNeilson]

Bill, thx for posting these. I dont have the knowledge to identify original design, but #4 speaks to me. a couple questions....  Who sells carving "blanks" ?  and,   If I were to construct blanks myself, would it be an advantage to use hard (stock) woods or could a guy get the necessary practice with something like pine?... thx...    Kerry

[yip]

  bill' was the outline cut with a knife or gouges?

[BillPac]

Kerry
Jim Kibler provided the blanks as part of the class fee.  He did have a few extra that he made, you might contact him and see if he has any to sell.  I believe you must really use stock wood to get the feel of how the tools cut and all that.  Jim did have a few cherry blanks as well as the maple.
Yip
As I said earlier in the thread most cuts were stabbed in with a gouge some with a knife and just the one volute was cut with a veiner

[BillPac]

Kerry
Forgot to tell you # 4 is based on RCA #42.
BillP

[KNeilson]

Thx Bill...    Kerry