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T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Thu, Sep 6, 2007 5:10 PM Tamas’ 2c..? Im another who knows deep down that he’s far too handsome & verile to be counted amongst the ‘old boys’, but thanks for the invite BK. Im also no woodcarver and really only have experience in carving little hard things, which means I can offer no technical/practical help for our beginning woodies – but; carving is carving and learning is learning.. There is some very good advice here & I don’t even know that I can add much other than confirmation of what has been said already. Workbooks are a great idea. Admittedly I don’t add much to them anymore but still refer to them frequently. No particular order, just a book for of inspiring stuff. Anything that rings your bell – were talking visual arts; any form or detail that you find appealing. Mine has sculpture from almost all cultures (esp Polynesian obviously), contemporary & ethnic jewellery, ceramics, furnature – through to electro-micrcoscopic images, photos from space, etc, etc, etc. I would also recommend having another scrapbook full of your own sketches. I tend to draw on whatever is at hand and then manually cut/paste into a book. Better than having a book full of failed doodles/experiments. (the last is for Robin; from my clay days..) What else? Yes, PUSH! Push yourself; it all comes down to passion. You are reading the words of someone who has been there, started at the very bottom & looked up with much fear and trepidation. I don’t know if there is such a thing as an X-factor or not; you’ll most likely find that anyone who rises high in their particular field (anything; sport, pop-music, acting, carving Tikis..) , has most likely put in more hours of practice, study, focus, than anyone else. My own education/career (a work in progress, it goes without saying…) didn’t come particularly easily, and I credit my relative success to sheer bloody-minded determination to ‘get good’. It’s a commitment & a compromise; Im never going to be an All Black because I haven’t (had the drive to) put in the hours, ditto a supermodel, mechanic, airline pilot, brain-surgeon. Shit, my father was right… :lol: And decent tools – “if the job calls for pliers, its no good using tweezers” Well, that’s all you get for 2c. The book costs NZ$39.95 but TCers are entitled to a 15% discount* (but thats my goal) *(only taking orders at this stage) Tama :wink:

Tamas’ 2c..?
Im another who knows deep down that he’s far too handsome & verile to be counted amongst the ‘old boys’*, but thanks for the invite BK. Im also no woodcarver and really only have experience in carving little hard things, which means I can offer no technical/practical help for our beginning woodies – but; carving is carving and learning is learning..
There is some very good advice here & I don’t even know that I can add much other than confirmation of what has been said already.

Workbooks are a great idea. Admittedly I don’t add much to them anymore but still refer to them frequently. No particular order, just a book for of inspiring stuff. Anything that rings your bell – were talking visual arts; any form or detail that you find appealing.

Mine has sculpture from almost all cultures (esp Polynesian obviously), contemporary & ethnic jewellery, ceramics, furnature – through to electro-micrcoscopic images, photos from space, etc, etc, etc.

I would also recommend having another scrapbook full of your own sketches. I tend to draw on whatever is at hand and then manually cut/paste into a book. Better than having a book full of failed doodles/experiments.

(the last is for Robin; from my clay days..)

What else? Yes, PUSH! Push yourself; it all comes down to passion. You are reading the words of someone who has been there, started at the very bottom & looked up with much fear and trepidation. I don’t know if there is such a thing as an X-factor or not; you’ll most likely find that anyone who rises high in their particular field (anything; sport, pop-music, acting, carving Tikis..) , has most likely put in more hours of practice, study, focus, than anyone else. My own education/career (a work in progress, it goes without saying…) didn’t come particularly easily, and I credit my relative success to sheer bloody-minded determination to ‘get good’. It’s a commitment & a compromise; Im never going to be an All Black because I haven’t (had the drive to) put in the hours, ditto a supermodel, mechanic, airline pilot, brain-surgeon. Shit, my father was right… :lol:

And decent tools – “if the job calls for pliers, its no good using tweezers”

Well, that’s all you get for 2c. The book costs NZ$39.95 but TCers are entitled to a 15% discount**

*(but thats my goal)
**(only taking orders at this stage)

Tama :wink:

Post #330779 by Tamapoutini on Thu, Sep 6, 2007 5:10 PM