It seems to me that "beginner" lessons should have a lot of emphasis and learning about handling grain direction. This one highlights grain considerations superbly.
THANKS for showing 2 carvings with differing grain directions!
Oooh. You ARE looking for a challenge. Have you ever tried carving a bunch of holes in wood? The only way to make those cuts clean is to carve with the grain from each side and make the general hole (grape). Then come across the grain in each grape to clean up the bottom of the "trough". The only way to really clean this is to cut across the grain as a final cut. This is tricky when carving in a whole. Check out the beginning carving lesson on "Basic Carving Cuts" where I show how to clean out a hole. Have fun!
Hello Mary,
Perhaps you could include the fast paced video along with the original video that has the narrative. The accelerated pace provides the general idea while the video with narrative provides the details.
One other observation would be to include other music along with accelerated video as opposed to repeating the same tune ad nauseum. The repetition tends to grate on the nerves. The style of music is very good just not over and over, and over, and over.
Keep up the good work as I do genuinely appreciate video.
Charles
Hi Charles,
This fast paced video was made for fun to see the carving "grow". That's a good idea including it with the actual lesson, but I would be afraid it would make the actual lesson too long. I will consider this with future videos, however. Thanks for the suggestions. The fast pace works for some videos, and not for others.
Sorry you don't like the repetitive music - it was fast paced and lively music to keep you awake - not to lull you to sleep or annoy you! For now, turn the volume down if it gets annoying 🙂 I will look for a variety. How about rap music?
Hello Mary,
Thank you for including the template for the fruit basket. Looks like a very interesting piece to carve. I remain curious as to which material used for this project. I know you said Mahogany, but which Mahogany. There is Honduras, Philippine, African just to name a few. Your tools appeared to just glide through the material with minimum of effort.
Please advise
Thank you,
Charles
It was quite a while ago that I carved this, but I believe it was carved in genuine Honduran mahogany. It really was very nice wood to carve. Much of the mahogany you find now (African generally) is very stringy and has some real grain issues (switching direction about every 1/2 inch or so). Still nice to carve, but certainly creates other challenges in working with the grain. Sharp tools is really important - no matter what type of mahogany.
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