Post #330645 by congatiki on Thu, Sep 6, 2007 5:15 AM

Nice thread BK. My suggestion for new carvers is "don't be in a hurry." Spend nearly as
much time looking at the wood as digging into it. After a stint of carving just relax and
observe where you are. Squint, change the lighting of your room to see what shadows do to
the carving, move the carving to check different angles, look at your carving from a distance,
stand on your head, etc. After a while something will pop out of the wood to let you know
which direction IT wants you to go. Quick tikis can be fun and exciting, carvings that
ooooze out of the wood slowly are rewarding.
And as others have suggested...study...think about carving when you eat...sleep...dream...
sit on the toilet...put pics everywhere!