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[Baren 36619] power carving follow-up question ("bobcatpath # 207me.com")
[Baren 36620] Re: work in progress (Julio.Rodriguez # walgreens.com)
[Baren 36621] Re: work in progress (Shawn + Elizabeth Newton)
[Baren 36622] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V44 #4485 (Aug 15, 2008) ("Patricia B. Phare-Camp")
[Baren 36623] How Do You Do It? (Gayle Wohlken)
[Baren 36624] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V44 #4485 (Aug 15, 2008) (Charles Morgan)
[Baren 36625] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)

Message 1
From: "bobcatpath # 207me.com"
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:28:22 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36619] power carving follow-up question
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Thanks to Maria and Mike for the interesting ideas on power carvers.
Maria , your examples are two very powerful woodcuts
and the dremel
Seems to achieve the type of lines you want-

Mike , your computer- guided chisels are fantastic
but way over the edge for this
woodsy non ‘techie’ type
But your print is really powerful and gorgeous

I believe I will "probably never" use a computer chisel-
But then again , there was a time when I thot that I would not ever get a
computer either.
The RyOBE , I may try sometime-
But I know, I don’t like noise and dust-so go why even start ?

I think I’d prefer to push and pull the knife and gouge
thru the wood
With my own SILENT strenth
And result in wood CHIPS –not dust

I have tried a dremel briefly and the noise was annoying and
the vibration I think,
Is worse on the hands than just carving

My follow-up question on power tools, in general , but specifically- a
U-gouge type-
Does it leave ‘tool marks’ similar to having carved the wood by hand ?

I often use the 'tool marks' to show motion in a print
Or even to direct the viewers eye through the composition

I recently carved a 20"x 50" maple block for a local art project
I think this might be the first time I have done a print
(I am a Black and white oily woodcut artist)
the first time that it is mostly white
instead of mostly black

and so there is a lot of white to carve-
the gound , the sky , the flashes on the water etc
how to differentiate between them all with only white?!
this is where the gouge marks play such an exciting role

to view this print go to
www.equinoxpetroglyphproject.com/artweb/index.html
my computer is too obsolete to get this page or any of the art on the site
so I got you to the artwork index
just click on my name or the title:
HERON , HAWK AT PICTURE ROCK"

The gouge marks lead the eye of the viewer
Thru two double S-curves of movement thru the composition

My right index finger swelled up and got sore after all the back ground
carving
It’s a bit arthritic( my finger) and crooked, too
From over- use- carving and carpentry ,etc
I do use a leather glove that I buy at the hardware store and cut off the
fingers
More to prevent palm -of- the -hand blisters
than to help my fingers or wrists

The best help for wrists and fingers that I know of firsthand- is YOGA
Off- topic, but definetly related
I can keep the carpel tunnel and sore fingers at bay
just by doing my yoga routine regularly
The "full locust" in particular- for those who do-
Will keep your wrists strong and also cure "tennis elbow"

Anyway-does the power carver leave gouge marks
or does it leave the background boringly smooth?

Gillyin in Maine

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Message 2
From: Julio.Rodriguez # walgreens.com
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:43:13 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36620] Re: work in progress
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Shawn,

I really enjoyed looking at your blog/work, specially the 'mustache'
series.....good stuff !!

http://coffeegrinderpress.blogspot.com/

julio

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Message 3
From: Shawn + Elizabeth Newton
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:33:22 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36621] Re: work in progress
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THANKS! i really appreciate it.

> I really enjoyed looking at your blog/work, specially the
> 'mustache'
> series.....good stuff !!
>
> http://coffeegrinderpress.blogspot.com/
>
>
> julio

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Message 4
From: "Patricia B. Phare-Camp"
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:20:54 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36622] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V44 #4485 (Aug 15, 2008)
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You know; someone a while back was talking about using a woodburning
tool to get nice details without strain on the hands. I'm surprised
that person hasn't chimed in yet...I haven't tried this yet but I bought
a woodburner recently to experiment with.

Patti P-C

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Message 5
From: Gayle Wohlken
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:05:45 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36623] How Do You Do It?
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Shawn, how do you get such a loose and hand-drawn quality to your
prints? They have a feeling of life to them. I'm seeing small
incidentals (for instance, in the forehead) that look like pen marks
(yet they aren't) in your piece titled "Paranoia" of your brother,
Jeremy. You have a nice variety of cuts that make your prints exciting.

http://coffeegrinderpress.blogspot.com/

~Gayle
Northeast Ohio

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Message 6
From: Charles Morgan
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:40:45 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36624] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V44 #4485 (Aug 15, 2008)
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I sometimes use a woodburning tool for detail work. The one I use is the Razertip system, and I consider it to be well worth the money. Those cheap ones sold in kids' woodburning kits just do not get hot enough and do not retain their heat. The Razertip equipment is made primarily for wood carving. You can get tips of various designs, and there is a precise temperature control. I got mine through Lee Valley Tools.

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=31042&cat=1,41115,45497

Cheers ..... Charles

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Message 7
From: Blog Manager
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:55:34 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36625] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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