Hi- I know nothing about copyright issues, so I hope I am not doing something illegal or improper here, but after I watched this excellent video, I had to go back to find the issue of "The Journal of the Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers" that had an article on ribbon carving in it. I found it - issue #22 from last fall. This is a journal that, as far as I am concerned, on a par with Fine Woodworking or Popular Woodworking and it comes free with my membership to the Guild. It is worth trying to find this journal or joining the guild to get it. The article was written by Jeffrey Cooper, and he used the ribbon carving around a mirror also. The two things that he does that add to what Mary has done is that he uses a leather belt, folding it around the way he wants the ribbon to go. That gives him a 3 dimensional view of the carving which he uses to make the drawing. He says the belt stays put, which is helpful. The other thing he does is, after he makes a drawing he uses two colors, coloring the outside of the ribbon one color and the inside the other color - that helps keep straight just what is inside and what is outside as the ribbon twists. He also has other hints that should be useful in carving a ribbon. Now that I have all this information I must carve a ribbon!
Thanks Joyce! Great ideas. Any tips help when projects get this complicated. Another possibility of making a model is rolling out a flat ribbon of clay and fold that to the shape you want. This way you can even shape in the smaller "ripples" on the ribbon.
Absolutely brilliant Mary, first class carving there. I love watching you carve but you don't clear away your shavings as often as I do, so I can't always see when you make a really deep cut as in the ribbon when you drive down to define the high edge of the ribbon as it turns a bend in the carving. Other than that, it's gorgeous.
Many, many thanks Mary, I watch all the time, often re-watching your videos several times.
This is a wonderful project to carve. I was wondering when you make a casting of the ribbon for sale please let me know how to get one as a reference. Sorry I missed you a Woodcraft in Manchester a couple of weeks ago. Will talk to you when you come back.
Regards
Jeff Vail
I'll be back in CT in August to teach a week long beginner class. I hope to get a casting ready within a few weeks. I'll put an announcement in the newsletter.
Hello, Mary. What is possible online these days is amazing and your website is fantastic. I have collected a number of sharpening stones (Shapton, Trend, Norton) for my planes and chisels. I am just starting to collect what I need to explore carving. For the inside edge, I was wondering if I could get away with Flexcut's Slipstrop or will I be better off getting slipstones, leather, and polishing compound? I ask because the Slipstrop appears to have everything I would need at the end of sharpening but might not replace the slipstone.
Thanks Brian!
Since the slip stones actually are removing that wire edge, they do need to be a little more aggressive than just a strop. So I would recommend getting a slip stone, or you will be stropping it a LOT to remove that wire edge burr. Happy sharpening!
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