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Design
Every blog article tagged Design.
August 7, 2024
Wood carving pictures, and how to read one before you carve it
A photograph gives you the outline and the proportion honestly, then lies about depth every time. Here is how I read a picture on paid work, the paper and glue transfer that has not changed in twenty years, and why your leaf keeps coming out flat.
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June 30, 2024
Wood carving tips that matter, and what really makes a master carver
Tips are worth very little on their own. What separates a carver who keeps improving from one who stalls is understanding why each move is made. Here are the reasons behind the moves, the layer trick that makes relief read deep, and the two places practice actually pays.
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