Make your carving flow - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

12-22-2004, 03:02 PM

Hi Gang,
I was looking at Nancy_G santa carving in the holiday thread. I commented on how I loved the way the carving flowed. Not that I show my carvings a lot but I do attend a lot of the carving shows. I know a lot of judges and talk to them all the time. I dont know if I mentioned this before but with them the carvings that win are the one's with the great flow lines. By this I mean a carving that makes you want to follow the flow lines. When you look at it that your eyes want to look at the whole carving to follow the flow lines that take you all the way around the carving. I myself like a carving that does that so I would think that someone buying a carving would be the same way. Just a thought that may help you in your next carving.
Colin

Rocket39 · 12-22-2004, 03:31 PM

Colin,
I have to agree, during the past year I have worked on enhancing the hair on Santa's I have carved from simple "S" lines to attempting to illustrate cross over hairs...while I am finding it difficult, I believe some people are just truly gifted!!

big_Wayne_P · 12-22-2004, 03:35 PM

Collin
I see yhat you got the smileys in the text
I thought you were talking about putting them up at the top

Nowthat you got it to work . will you tell the me how to do it???????????

12-22-2004, 03:02 PM	#1
colin_partridge Guest Posts: n/a	Make your carving flow Hi Gang, I was looking at Nancy_G santa carving in the holiday thread. I commented on how I loved the way the carving flowed. Not that I show my carvings a lot but I do attend a lot of the carving shows. I know a lot of judges and talk to them all the time. I dont know if I mentioned this before but with them the carvings that win are the one's with the great flow lines. By this I mean a carving that makes you want to follow the flow lines. When you look at it that your eyes want to look at the whole carving to follow the flow lines that take you all the way around the carving. I myself like a carving that does that so I would think that someone buying a carving would be the same way. Just a thought that may help you in your next carving. Colin

12-22-2004, 03:31 PM	#2
Rocket39 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 19	Re: Make your carving flow Colin, I have to agree, during the past year I have worked on enhancing the hair on Santa's I have carved from simple "S" lines to attempting to illustrate cross over hairs...while I am finding it difficult, I believe some people are just truly gifted!! __________________ Tony

12-22-2004, 03:35 PM	#3
big_Wayne_P Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 132	Re: Make your carving flow Collin I see yhat you got the smileys in the text I thought you were talking about putting them up at the top Nowthat you got it to work . will you tell the me how to do it??????????? __________________ Wayne P keep on whittling keep your knife sharp http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HouseOfWoodCarving/

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